November 23. A day that will mean probbaly bugger-all to anyone that isn;t a Doctor Who fan. But to the rest of us, it’s fifty years of Doctor Who, summed up in one big anniversary special that see’s the return of David Tennant as number 10, as he teams up with Matt Smith to uncover the secrets of his past. …
While some of us might harbor some resentment to Brett Ratner for the nearly franchise-killing X-Men: The Last Stand, Brett Ratner has been Hollywood’s generic go-to director for many years now with his filmography including Rush Hour, Red Dragon as as I mentioned above, the X-Men film that I shall rather not name again. Last Updated: April 18, 2013
Unlike their most famous Northern neighbour, the trio of big name South Korean directors making their English language debuts this year – Park Chan-Wook, Jee Woo-Kim and Bong Joon-Ho – all look like they’re actually going to blow up. In a good way, of course. And as a massive sci-fi geek and a huge fan of his 2006 monster movie …
The Korean invasion of Hollywood is in full swing, with Park Chan-Wook’s opening shot, Stoker, already racking up the accolades. The second salvo, Kim Ji-Woon’s The Last Stand, may have misfired a bit (and by a bit I mean a lot!) at the box office but it was still a reasonably fun film. The third prong of this attack though, The Host director Bong …
If you tuned into Doctor Who on Sunday night, you’re no doubt terrified of your Wi-Fi by now. Still, that wasn’t the biggest news to escape the TARDIS in this, the fiftieth year of the long-running BBC sci-fi epic. Big plans are in store for the upcoming special, plans so big, that it might require more than one Doctor to …
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: March 22, 2013
If there’s one comic book writer who hates having his work adapted for the big screen, it’s got to be Alan Moore. Comics such as From Hell and Watchmen have all been transferred to the big screen, and you know what? They were excellent! But out of most of his work that made it onto the silver screen, I’ve got …
There’s something magical about a movie cameo. Whether it’s for a few seconds or a few minutes, seeing a big name Hollywood actor/actress do something that is totally out of their typecast character personality, is an experience that hits us square in the cortex. Here’s a look at 18 such surprise appearances. Last Updated: June 21, 2012
Film classification in the UK is designed to help audiences understand what content is …
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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