2015 is shaping up to be a massive year at the US box office, possibly even the biggest ever thanks to some gigantic blockbusters already released and two of the potentially biggest releases ever (Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Spectre) still to come. In short: there are a whole lot of people counting a whole lot of money over …
Welcome to our Weekly Round-Up for the The Extras! A collection of the 15 most popular movie related clips, posters, pics and just plain cool stuff posted on our Twitter profile and Facebook page using the hashtag #TheMoviesExtras in the last week. Remember, these are only the contributions that received the most likes and views since last Thursday, so if …
Last year, during Walt Disney Africa’s Annual Showcase event, Nick and I got treated to the first look at The Lion Guard, Disney’s upcoming direct-to-TV sequel movie/TV series to its seminal 1994 classic The Lion King. While the sequel is clearly aimed more at kids and seemed to lack the maturity and depth of its Oscar winning, $987 million grossing …
“Civil War” – the comic book that is – was a knock-down drag-out running battle across the breadth of the Marvel Comics Universe as essentially small armies of heroes went to complete and utter war with each other over the Superhero Registration Act. By necessity, Captain America: Civil War can’t be the same thing, despite borrowing the title and general …
Long before Disney started practising their lightsaber skills with their newly acquired Star Wars, was a newfound drive to make animated films which weren’t only box office succeses, but critical hits as well. And the last couple of years have been good to Disney with that plan in mind. Thanks to the likes of Tangled, Frozen, Big Hero 6 and …
It was Disney’s D23 Expo this weekend past, and while most Star Wars fans already knew not to expect huge revelations for Star Wars: The Force Awakens thanks to last week’s epic revelations, JJ Abrams’ upcoming flick is of course not the only Star Wars film in development. In this case, during the Star Wars portion of Disney’s “Worlds, Galaxies, …
Welcome to our Weekly Round-Up for the The Extras! A collection of the 15 most popular movie related clips, posters, pics and just plain cool stuff posted on our Twitter profile and Facebook page using the hashtag #TheMoviesExtras in the last week. Remember, these are only the contributions that received the most likes and views since last Thursday, so if …
Every year, Disney SA holds a delicious buffet stocked with some of the most scrumptious danishes, amazing smoked salmon and capers, delicious quiches and much more. Okay, so maybe the buffet is only what greets us media folks lucky enough to attend Disney SA’s Annual Showcase, but man, what a spread! The actual showcase though is a small bit of …
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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