While I know there are many ardent fans of the first Hobbit pic, I was left feeling a bit meh. It was great to be back in Tolkien’s world, brought to life so capably by director Peter Jackson and his cast/crew, and there were many outstanding moments, but with all the padding needed to stretch a 310 page children’s book into …
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: September 12, 2013
…for awesomeness, that is! Now while I feel that the first chapter in The Hobbit Trilogy was the weakest of all of Peter Jackson’ Lord of the Rings film thus far (it managed the feat of feeling both bloated and also not having enough to it at the same time), it was still the best time you could have with dwarves without having to visit Darryn …
Who would ever have thought that when Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto first educated us about the similarities between inches and miles that we’d still be here, 5 sequels and just under $2 billion later? Somewhere along the line though, the Fast and Furious franchise stopped being about just hot cars and hotter women, and we got ourselves a bona fide action thriller …
Only three new films open in South African cinemas today – combining popcorn escapism with crowd-pleasers and indie drama. Last Updated: May 24, 2013
Step aside Professor X and Loki, because when it comes to portraying undead anti-heroes that are commonly mistaken for birthday clowns, it looks like there is only one man that is right for that particular gig! Relativity Media and director F. Javier Gutierrez have been looking to get their reboot of the cult classic film off the ground for a while …
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The first Superbowl TV spot for Fast and Furious 6 was released over the weekend, and it was greeted with much manly grunting. Grunts of tremendous approval for what appeared to be just a continuation of the high octane popcorn thrill ride that was established in the last film. But apparently doing chase scenes with tanks or harpooning giant cargo …
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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