Despite it being the Easter Long Weekend, it’s not exactly the greatest weekend for movie lovers, with just 4 films – of varying degrees of quality – hitting South African cinemas. At least it’s been easy to choose the pick of the new releases… Last Updated: March 28, 2013
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: March 5, 2013
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: February 13, 2013
Now we often mock Nicolas Cage around these parts, calling him whatever creative synonymous slur we can come up with for “batsh-t crazy”. But there’s a very good reason we pick on Cage: He really is batsh-t crazy. There was a great 2-part documentary made recently, focusing on just how unhinged he is. I believe they were called Ghost Rider and Ghost …
I’m actually kind of sad that Tim Burton never got to make his Superman Lives movie. By all accounts, it would have been crazy, weird and a 90 minute advert to sell more Superman toys. But dammit, it would have been worth it just to see Nicolas Cage as Clark Kent/Superman! Precious few photos or video have escaped from the …
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: January 22, 2013
I love bad movies. Not watching bad movies, mind you. No, I often feel like taking to my eyeballs with a spoon-shiv while doing that. I mean that as somebody who writes about movies, there are very few muses as efficient as an absolutely terrible film. And with all these awards being handed out for the truly great films, it’s …
Why just yesterday we were talking about all things animated, and I mentioned how I rarely go see animated movies in the cinema. Before you commence with the booing and the hissing, notice that I said “rarely” not “never” as I do make exceptions. And I’ll especially make one if the animated movie is being made by the same people who …
Every archive has that one photograph that stops you mid-scroll: a crowded market square …
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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