When it comes to genre hopping, there are few people that do it as successfully as the Coen Bros. In fact, I’d say that they are a genre unto themselves. That genre containing just about every other genre, only kind offbeat versions of them. And the latest entrant in the Coen Bros genre is Inside Llewyn Davis, which boast all the …
When I was watching Ocean’s Eleven I always thought “Man, wouldn’t it be cool if instead of Las Vegas, this was set in WWII Europe and Danny Ocean was actually a military man who rounds up his Hollywood A-List friends, not to steal Andy Garcia’s money but take back Hitler’s stolen art cache?” Then again I’m weird like that. And also, it …
The problem with movie prequels is that most of the time they feel unnecessary and forced – with events contorted to set up the relationships and major plot points of the original film. At the same time, your typical prequel will attempt to follow the same unsaid rules as your average movie sequel, sticking to the established formula that audiences …
Three films open in South Africa today, and two of the three are sequels/prequels set in academic environments. Time to head back to school at the cinema… Last Updated: June 21, 2013
I was never one to drink The Hangover‘s kool-aid. It was a reasonably fun comedy, and it did a great job of creating a star out of Bradley Cooper (and unfortunately also Zack Galifianakis), but I never felt it the second comedy coming, like some folks did. Apparently though, millions of you guys loved the Wolf Pack’s narcotic fueled amnesia …
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: February 15, 2013
Flight marks the return of director Robert Zemeckis to live-action cinema after a decade of dabbling in motion-capture animation. And it’s clear from the outset of this addiction-themed drama that the movie maker, who gave us crowd-pleasing special effects blockbusters like Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Forrest Gump, is still in an experimental state of mind. …
Inside Llewyn Davis is the new film written and directed by the Coen Bros, starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and Coen regular, John Goodman. And really, that should be all you need to know before making up your mind on whether to see it or not. Yes, there’s a new trailer out, but for fellow Coenheads like myself, we’ve already booked …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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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