Only three new movies open in South African cinemas today, and they offer a mix of revenge and redemption. Taken 2: Sure to be the new box office champion is this (unnecessary) sequel to the 2008 hit that established Liam Neeson as an action badass. This time a family vacation in Turkey goes wrong for retired operative Bryan Mills as he tries …
Just yesterday we brought you word that LEGO: Piece of Resistance – now sporting the punless title of just LEGO – the animated film based on the popular Danish toy blocks and bane of barefooted parents everywhere, gained some serious dramatic gravitas with the casting of Morgan Freeman and Elizabeth Banks. But we still had no idea what they were going 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: August 28, 2012
If you’re in Durban, you still have 3 more days of movies to catch at the Durban International Film Festival. For the rest of South Africa there are 3 biggies to check out at local cinemas from today, as well as the Nigerian historical musical Inale, screening in limited release. Still it’s obvious what most people will be watching this weekend. …
Christian Bale may be the star and fists of the Christopher Nolan directed Batman trilogy, but Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman were most certainly the heart that kept the films from being a touch too dark. A dash of British charm and American smarts helped keep these films real and believable, and that’s something that the duo is only too happy discuss …
I simply love John Sturges’ iconic 1960 western The Magnificent Seven. A westernized remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, it featured an all-star cast of some of the biggest names in Hollywood at the time: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, Horst Buchholz, and Eli Wallach. So for MGM’s planned remake of that remake, it’s only …
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 17, 2012
The smoothest and most comforting voice in all of entertainment, along with it’s current human host, Morgan Freeman, is still going strong as an actor, with upcoming roles that includes a return to the world of billionaires with mental issues, for the Dark Knight Rises, scheduled for next month. As for projects beyond that, Freeman is looking to spend a …
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
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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