Thanks to looks, personality or general demeanour, actors can very easily be typecast in certain roles. Owen Wilson makes the perfect beach bum, Michael Cera is always the awkward indie teen and Christopher Lee can’t be anything but a crazy supervillain. But what about when movies get weirdly specific with their typecasting? Sean Bean is notorious for (almost) always dying …
Some truly saddening news as The Telegraph UK are reporting that screen legend Sir Christopher Lee has passed away at the age of 93 in London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, after suffering from respiratory problems and heart failure for the past three weeks. Lee actually succumbed to his symptoms at 08:30 on Sunday morning already, but his wife Lady Birgit …
‘Tis the time of year for Christmas decorations and carols. The arguments over Christmas movies have begun and many of us just wish we could go into hiding until the 26th, Last Updated: December 11, 2014
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The word “epic” gets thrown around a lot these days – I’ve personally done my fair share of slinging – and thus it has lost it’s efficacy a tad. But I’ll be damned if this final trailer for the last installment in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy hasn’t just returned the word to it’s former glory. I was bit pretty tough …
And so it begins… An epic 18-month, 9 hour cinematic adventure as audiences return to JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth, with Lord of the Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson once again leading us through this vast fantasy world. The Hobbit Part 1 of 3 is a journey definitely worth taking on the big screen but it’s also not without flaws – the chief …
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: December 21, 2012
Actually, 2 of the weekend’s 3 new releases have been screening in South African cinemas since Wednesday. However, if you’ve been saving up your movie viewing for the long weekend, or, even better, the start of your Christmas holidays, here are the latest additions to the local cinema circuit. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Load up that backpack with supplies. …
CS: GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) is one of the most popular first-person shooter games, …
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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