Movies out today: slaves, starving proletarians and soccer stars
Catch two Oscar nominees and one… erm… Razzie candidate at the South African box office from today. Last Updated: January 18, 2013
Gerard Butler is going to be a DYNAMO
While I know as much about football as I do about rocket science (A lot when I try to impress women, nothing in real life), but I do know that Gerard Butler loves his soccering games. And while this isn’t the first film wherein he donned some short shorts to kick a ball around, it looks like ol’ Leonidas will …
Extras! Justin Lin subdivides, Jamie Foxx is POTUS, Hurricane on the Bounty, Radar Pictures head to the Magic Castle and Robert Downey Jr has a surprise! Plus much more!
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 30, 2012
Adrien Brody is going to Motor City
Motor City ain’t a county for old men. Or an Oldman specifically. Gary Oldman, who was attached to star as the prinicipal antagonist in the american mean machine revenge flick, has departed, leaving open a spot that needs some desperate filling. And that grodie spot may just go to Adrien Brody, is he happens to be in negotiations for it …
Extras! The minions get a date, The Girl Will Play With Fire in 2014, We'll pay the same price for 48fps, Gerard Butler isn't going to Artemisia, How David O. Russell got Nailed, Sam Claflin catches fire, and which Batman movie sold the most tickets? Plus much more!
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: August 23, 2012
We review Coriolanus – The Bard gets badass, but can’t sustain the intensity
Upfront I can say that Coriolanus is definitely not a film for everyone, given that it transplants one of William Shakespeare’s lesser known tragedies to modern times while retaining the Bard’s verse. This isn’t the first time that Shakespeare has made the leap to present day, language intact (Romeo + Juliet is a smash hit example), but it’s a bold …
New movies releasing today: More bang and blood for your buck
Apart from a couple of more contemplative movies, it’s a macho weekend at the box office – bringing big explosions and buckets of blood for your viewing pleasure. Battleship: Leave your brain at the door for this spiritual successor to Transformers, also from toy company Hasbro. Loosely based on the board/pen-and-paper game, Battleship pits a small naval fleet – in …
Gerard Butler is getting ready for a Manhunt
Gerard Butler is clearly trying to win that coveted “Busiest Man in Hollywood” title. He’s already looking to go on a diamond heist in Brilliant, single-handedly protect the White House in Olympus Has Fallen, scavenge for post-apocalyptic treasure in Afterburn, get his surf on in Of Men and Mavericks and even seduce some soccer moms in Playing the Field. Yet with …
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