If there’s one aspect of the movie-making business that doesn’t get enough love these days, it’s the hard work that originates from the workshops on film sets that create the physical aspects of movies today. Small props, towns big enough to have a showdown in at high noon and the fast cars that make a getaway so memorable. And today, …
After last week’s massive Disney-Lucasfilm news triggered a tsunami of movie geek reaction (some good, some bad), today we want to know all about your feelings towards the Star Wars franchise. Are you a lifelong fan with “New Hope” for the future? Did the lacklustre prequels and George Lucas’s milking of the series completely turn you off? Or have you …
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 1, 2012
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 31, 2012
No, you are not dreaming. That headline is real. But that certainly doesn’t make it any less shocking. In the very definition of a surprise move, the Walt Disney Company has revealed that it will not only be acquiring Lucasfilm , but already has plans in place to release the next chapter in the Star Wars saga, with a follow-up …
Today it’s your chance to be a time-travelling hero. If you could go back and stop the making of a single massive movie disappointment, which would it be? Lock away M. Night Shyamalan before he could botch the Last Airbender movie? Eradicate Terminator Salvation from the world’s memory? Punch Ridley Scott in the mouth before he could talk up Prometheus? …
We love superhero films over here. There’s so many good ones, such as X-Men First Class, Hellboy and Batman. But for every Dark Knight that hits the screen, there’s also a few duds that follow in its wake. One such classic bomb, was Howard the Duck, released in 1986 and produced by George Lucas. The film was a box office …
Say what you like about George Lucas, but the big man has generated massive amounts of cash from his Star Wars Galactic Empire, thanks to some business savvy and forethought. The man isn’t all Star Wars however. He happens to regard himself as a filmmaker first and foremost, roots with which he would like to return to. And that’s just what he …
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
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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