When it was announced that Peter Jackson was turning the 300 page The Hobbit into 9-hour long film trilogy, the collective rolling of eyes around the world must surely have jiggled Earth in its orbit. Some simple stories are just that, and really don’t need crazy amounts of embellishment. However, the converse is also true, in that some stories really need …
Like a typical Batman, just when we were all turning around to celebrate or say something profound, Christian Bale has vanished from the scene. The scene in this case being director Danny Boyle’s (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire) planned Steve Jobs biopic, which Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network, West Wing, The Newsroom) is scripting. After the lackluster effort that …
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: October 24, 2014
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: October 17, 2014
The first biopic for Steve Jobs came out in 2013 with the imaginative title of Jobs and starred Ashton Kutcher as the iPhone creating genius. Sadly it wasn’t a very good film (although I think Kutcher was pretty decent) receiving just 44% on Metacritic. So I am weary but also a little excited by the news that Christian Bale is …
After a few decades of limited offerings, Hollywood has once again jumped full-on into the biblical epic business. Noah opened the flood gates – pun intended – and now veteran director Ridley Scott is looking to lead the next wave – pun still intended – with Exodus: Gods and Kings. Scott has produced some true cinematic marvels in his time, …
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: October 2, 2014
It’s official: the Great Jungle Book Adaptation War has officially begun. On one side we have Disney and Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book and on the other we have WB and Andy Serkis’ Jungle Book: Origins, both producing new live-action/animation hybrid adaptations of Rudyard Kipling’s classic stories. Disney had the opening salvo, announcing their cast and crew a while back, but …
A good loot box never feels like a coupon. It feels like a moment. …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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