Extras! 20 January 2015
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: January 20, 2015
And the nominations for the 2015 Oscars are…
This is it. The big one. The grandaddy of them all. Yes, the nominations for the 87th Annual Academy Awards, aka the Oscars 2015, are finally here. Held at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, California last night, the nominations for all 24 categories were made available altogether (a first for the event), presented by actor Chris Pine, directors …
We review FOXCATCHER – Unnerving true-crime drama led by top performances
I wish I had a time machine. That may be an odd way to start a review about a sombre true-crime drama, but my temporal fantasies has a purpose: I just wish I could see the look on the face of 2013-Me, when I tell myself that in 2015 I will watch a chilling, disturbing character study, steeped in themes …
Movies out this festive season: what's opening in the next three weeks
There are loads of movies coming out over the next three weeks, here’s what you can expect to keep you entertained while you’re on holiday. Highlights: John Wick, Big Hero Six, Paddington, Into the Woods 19 December John Wick With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground, an ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took …
And your 2015 Golden Globe nominees are…
The Hollywood awards season is officially in full swing as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s nominations for the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced last night at the Beverly Hills Hilton. The Globes has always been regarded as not just the slightly more fun, more relaxed cousin to the more stuck-up Oscars (especially since the fantastic duo of Tina Fey …
Top List Thursday – Top 10 trailers of 2014
It’s a well known fact that trailers are not a fair indicator of a movie’s final quality. As Exhibit A in this argument, I would like you to please go check out the trailer for Transformers: Dark of the Moon again and then go watch the actual movie. And then gouge out your brains with a melon-baller. But with that being said, …
Extras! 20 November 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: November 20, 2014
Channing Tatum & Bennett Miller talk more about Foxcatcher, new trailer
Foxcatcher is the upcoming biographical drama based on the lives of Olympic wrestling champions Mark and Dave Schultz (Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo respectively) and their patron John du Pont (Steve Carell), which we first covered here and is currently getting very positive critical reception at festival screenings ahead of release. In an exclusive interview with Yahoo! Movies star Channing Tatum …
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