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

This weekend South Africans can catch a free TCM screening of Do the Right Thing as well as a decidedly old all-star concert flick 12.12.12., in addition to five other flicks that cover a wide spectrum of genres. Non-Stop: Your 2014 release in the unofficial “Liam Neeson as an unwilling but badass action hero” series is this thriller about an …

The “Liam Neeson Punching People” genre has become a fan favourite since its inception in 2008, with such genre entrants as Liam Neeson Punches Kidnappers in Europe, Liam Neeson Forgets Who He Is and Punches Assassins in Berlin, Liam Neeson Punches Wolves in Antarctica and Liam Neeson Punches Kidnappers in Europe Again. Spanish born Jaume Collet-Serra directed the second entry on that …

It isn’t often that a bromance movie hits our screens and when I say bromance I mean between a guy and his laptop. Of course I am talking about Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial début Don Jon, a movie that explores issues of sexuality, romance and the perceptions that we come to believe are real when they are far from it. However, it would do …

Three new movies hit South African cinemas today, and they all centre on rather unsavoury, self-absorbed characters. Last Updated: January 10, 2014

The Movies is going on seasonal shutdown between Christmas and the first week of January. These however are the movies hitting South African cinemas over the next three Fridays. Whatever you’re in the mood for, you got it! Last Updated: December 20, 2013

Oh Liam Neeson. First you murdered your way across most of Europe, single-handedly reducing the population of the world with kickass and guns. And now, you’re going to murder the sky, aren’t you? Yep, Despite being old enough to be my grandad, Neeson is back in Non-Stop, a film where he faces the most terrifying evil of all time: Economy …

It’s a busy week in terms of new movie releases, with five new films hitting South African cinemas today. For the record, the emphasis seems to be primarily on comedy of the action-packed kind. Last Updated: September 6, 2013