Extras! 05 August 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: August 5, 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: August 5, 2014
They say that breaking a mirror gives you 7 years’ bad luck. But what if the mirror totally deserved it, because it was a seriously spooky piece of glass that may have made your parents kill each other and then put the blame on your young brother. Yes, mirrors can do that. Just ask Karen Gillan, who has left the …
For years, Karen Gillan was known as the fiery-haired and -hearted “girl who waited”, Amy Pond, on BBC’s Doctor Who. But with her role on the long running British sci-fi show (greatest sci-fi show EVER, I might add) coming to an end in 2012, she’s moved on up to bigger things in Hollywood. She landed a major gig as the “girl who …
Five new films open in South Africa today, offering something for everyone, from R-rated action junkies to families with young children. Last Updated: October 25, 2013
They say you can’t keep a good man down. Well, that goes double for a bad man. So after a 9 year hiatus and a whole lot of their own time and money, star/producer Vin Diesel and writer/director David Twohy have brought antihero Riddick back to the cinema screen. And much to long time fans’ delight, the li’l mass murderer …
From a man in a bad halloween costume sticking out his arm while somebody off camera throws a net to a team up that hulk smashed the box office records (and a certain god of mischief), we’ve certainly come a long way when it comes to superhero movies. And yet, despite the fact that we’re around the corner from a …
Vin Diesel’s been hogging a lot of headlines lately, what with him getting his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and admitting that he was supposed to headline some mysterious future Marvel project before being cast (dare I say it, typecast?) as the voice of a wooden character with a limited vocabulary in Guardians of the Galaxy. But that’s still …
For a guy that’s best known for sticking to the shadows, Vin Diesel’s Richard B. Riddick just couldn’t resist taking the spotlight for a little while at Comic-Con this weekend past. The bright-eyed and not-so-bushy tailed anti-hero got his own panel focusing on the upcoming 3rd film in Diesel and writer/director David Twohy’s sci-fi franchise. And not only did they …
In the labyrinth of the mind, where focus flickers like a candle in the …
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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