Quite possibly the biggest movie surprise of 2015 for me was Spy. Sure the pairing of writer/director Paul Feig and star Melissa McCarthy had produced good results in the past with Bridesmaids, but The Heat had been just decent, McCarthy’s loudmouthed schtick was starting to grate terribly and the trailers didn’t particularly grab me initially. And then I watched the movie. And holy …
Welcome to our Weekly Round-Up for the The Extras! A collection of the 15 most popular movie related clips, posters, pics and just plain cool stuff posted on our Twitter profile and Facebook page using the hashtag #TheMoviesExtras in the last week. Remember, these are only the contributions that received the most likes and views since last Thursday, so if …
Mad hatters, mad cap comedy and mad action take centre stage with this week’s new releases. Pity none of it is very good… Alice Through the Looking Glass Alice returns to Wonderland to find she’s the only one who can save the Mad Hatter and prevent the whimsical kingdom from being transformed into a barren wasteland. Turning to Time himself, …
It’s not often a trailer manages to bomb so badly that the internet explodes, well that’s exactly what happened to the first trailer of Paul Feig’s version of Ghostbusters. It managed to rack up a staggering 808,000 thumbs DOWN on Youtube, more than double the thumbs up. Ouch. That’s gotta hurt. Frankly all I think it shows is how the internet is full …
Hosted by the upcoming Central Intelligence leading duo of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart, the MTV Movie Awards took place on Saturday 9 April at the Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California. While the Oscars are the most prestigious movie awards ceremony on the calendar, the Golden Popcorn rewards those that captured the attention of audiences most over …
Welcome to our Weekly Round-Up for the The Extras! A collection of the 15 most popular movie related clips, posters, pics and just plain cool stuff posted on our Twitter profile and Facebook page using the hashtag #TheMoviesExtras in the last week. Remember, these are only the contributions that received the most likes and views since last Thursday, so if …
I was a tad bit underwhelmed by the first trailer for Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters reboot. I really, really wanted to like it more, as I’m a fan of nearly everybody involved in this project and can certainly see the comedic potential, but that first preview was more GhostMEHsters than Ghostbusters, as Nick so eloquently put it in our …
A new Ghostbusters film this year means a new set of gadgets to gawk at. Gadgets which are reminiscent of the original props, but updated and tweaked for today.
Traci Braxton husband was Kevin Surratt Sr., a longtime partner who stood by her …
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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