Yet another public holiday in South Africa means the vast majority of the week’s new film releases are out from today – Workers’ Day. And there are seven of them. 3 Days to Kill: Kevin Costner plays a terminally ill CIA agent in this action espionage thriller, written by Luc Besson and directed by McG. Costner’s character wants to reconnect …
I may have suffered from bad sinus problems my entire life, leaving me with a seriously lame sense of smell, but if there’s one thing I can sniff out from a mile away, it’s potential Oscar bait. And ladies and gentlemen, I think my schnoz just hit gold. The Homesman, a new drama written, directed and starred in by Tommy Lee …
You’d think that today was Valentine’s Day given the number of romances that are hitting the big screen in one go. However, the big release of the week is more about bullets and broken limbs than broken hearts. RoboCop: Also screening at IMAX is this sci-fi actioner that reboots the RoboCop film franchise. Joel Kinnaman is good cop and family …
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! We have a bumper edition today, to make up for the last two weeks we spent making trifle pudding in a cement mixer and just pouring it down our throats. Last Updated: January 6, 2014
“This is basic rocket science, people” one adult trainer tells a class of prepubescent commanders-to-be in one scene of Ender’s Game, writer/director Gavin Hood’s feature film adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s critically acclaimed, classic sci-fi novel. That oxymoronic sentence is used in the film to demonstrate this particular young class’ advanced intellect, but it also serves as quite the allegory for …
I’m sure that there will be people who will look at this new trailer for Romeo & Juliet and go “WTF?! They’re rebooting Romeo+Juliet? Not only are they moving it from Miami to Venice, but they’ve also replaced all the cool guns with sissy swords! NO!”. And it’s probably because of folks like these, only familiar with Baz Lurhman’s most recent contemporary take …
I think we can all agree that Orson Scott Card is a really talented writer. Unfortunately, we can also agree that he is a vitriol-spewing bigot. Card has made a number of increasingly inflammatory statements over the years regarding his controversial stances against everything from Muslims to Mexicans, and recently his diatribes against same-sex marriage got him removed from a highly …
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: May 14, 2013
Traci Braxton husband was Kevin Surratt Sr., a longtime partner who stood by her …
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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