Let’s face it: Neil Blomkamp’s Elysium was disappointing. After the massive critical and commercial success of District 9, the ex-pat filmmaker fumbled with a sophomore effort that was way too heavy-handed and infantile with its politics. At this point in time, we don’t know whether Blomkamp’s third film, Chappie, will rectify that, but thanks to this new trailer we now …
It’s been nearly fifteen years since Steven Spielberg’s Hook brought us a decidedly aged Peter Pan (played by the awesome and sadly deceased Robin Williams) in a movie that decided to shake up the original book by J.M. Barrie. Now in 2014 we have no fewer than three new productions of the story about to grace our screen and stage, talk about bandwagon Hollywood …
When Hollywood jumps on a bandwagon, they make sure they land. Not only are we getting the musical Peter Pan Live! (starring Christoper Walken as Hook) on 14 December 2014, there’s also the modern day take on Peter Pan and the Lost Boys TV series tentatively titled League of Pan in development; but wait, there’s more! There’s the feature movie simply …
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: June 11, 2014
Five new movies release today. Four of those five, unusually, have female leads. The fifth, however, will be the hands-down box office winner of the weekend. X-Men: Days of Future Past: Back in 2000, Bryan Singer’s X-Men ushered in the new Golden Age of superhero films. Fourteen years later, Singer brings us arguably the most ambitious comic book adaptation ever …
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 21, 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: May 19, 2014
I’m usually not one to nitpick, but for director Bryan Singer’s massive mutant mega-sequel, X-Men: Days of Future Past, I’m going to have seriously pick the hell out of those nits. And this, believe it or not, is a good thing. Why? Because if it wasn’t for me getting microscopic in my criticisms, I would probably end up spending the next 1000 …
City life is a game of optimality. In the small studio apartments of Vancouver …
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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