Yes, we’re right in the middle of the Hollywood awards season, with the Golden Globes taking place this weekend past, and the Oscar nominations being released later today. But while those two biggest awards shows are all about honouring achievements in movies, there’s another that exists for exactly the opposite. I’m of course talking about the Golden Raspberry Awards aka …
UPDATE: Alas, it seems it was just to good to be true. DenOfGeek, who broke the “news” earlier today that Fantastic Four was moving back to Marvel as part of a deal for the X-Men TV rights, have now updated their original story with a statement from a Fox representative saying that story was “completely untrue”, with Marvel also denying …
When it comes to comic book movies, Mark Millar is the gift that keeps on giving. The Scottish comic book writer has already seen several of his works adapted for the big screen (e.g. Wanted, Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service), and still has several more high profile projects in the pipeline. Not to mention that it was his version of …
When it comes to adapting a classic comic book to the screen, if at first you don’t succeed, make a controversial reboot. And if you still don’t succeed, just give up entirely, right? That seems to be what everybody assumed would happen after Fox’s latest attempt at adapting Fantastic Four turned out to be one of the worst reviewed comic …
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 …
Yes, the forehead tattoos and Bond villain-like grill is a bit much, but I’ll be damned if I’m not really excited to see Oscar-winner Jared Leto’s take on the Joker in writer/director David Ayer’s upcoming Suicide Squad. There have been several different incarnations of the Joker since he first made his screen debut – Cesar Romano’s goofy cheeseball, Jack Nicholson’s …
By now, I think we can all agree that Fantastic Four is a terrible, terrible movie. Whatever the reason behind it, 2015’s Fantastic Four will go down in history as the most expensive reason ever to retain comic book rights by a studio. And the thing is, Fantastic Four did not have to be the kind of movie. It could …
It may have fallen like Ice Cube’s street-cred after making Are We There Yet?, but Straight Outta Compton is still going strong at the US box office. Keeping a first place slot, Straight Outta Compton took in another $26.8 million in domestic sales, edging out newcomers such as Sinister 2 and American Ultra. Horror sequel Sinister 2 was aiming for a $15-$18 million opening this …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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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