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 19, 2014

We’ve got a director for Doctor Strange, but like most Marvel movies, this will most likely be the kind of flick where we’ll need a star that can get along with whoever is in charge. Think Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr in Iron Man. Joss Whedon and everyone else in the Avengers. And now, think Scott Derrickson and maybe …

A lot has changed in 30 years; and in some regards, that’s a very good thing. Once upon a time, in the mid 1980s, if you were found to have the AIDS virus, it was over for you. A horrifically painful, wasting death awaited in the very near future. Then there was the stigma that turned you into a social …

In the wee hours of this morning (local time), a who’s who of Hollywood celebs descended on the Dolby Theatre to be made fun of by Ellen DeGeneres while they badly pretend to be happy for somebody else when their name isn’t read from an envelope. Yep, it’s the 86th Academy Awards, the big daddy of the film awards shows, …

This year’s Oscars take place on Sunday night (early Monday morning, South African time). So, naturally, local film distributors are getting in on the action, with the release of two of the biggest names of the 2013 awards season. It’s also, incidentally, a notable week for true stories hitting the silver screen. Last Updated: February 28, 2014

If there was ever anybody to give James Franco a run for his money for the title of Pretty Boy Who Does The Most Stuff, it would be Jared Leto. Not only a successful actor and producer, but also the insanely talented frontman to the popular rock group 30 Seconds to Mars, for whom he writes all the songs, designs all …

While much praise has been heaped on Ben Affleck 2.0 (well, more so pre-Battfleck, that is), there’s another Hollywood actor that as of late has finally started living up to the promise he first showed off way back in his career. Matthew McConaughey, one-time beach bum and rom-com leading man, has had a damn good past couple of years with …

Happy Friday, horror fans!  Today I’m going to have a chat to you all regarding a horror film that falls more under the “guilty pleasure” catagory, but definitely one worth mentioning: Urban Legend. Last Updated: April 26, 2013