Much fuss will clearly be made over the next few days about the winners at the Oscars, while the runners-up will be relegated to funny animated gifs showing off their “I want to die inside, but I’ll smile anyway” faces. It’s easy to forget that to just be nominated meant that you did something right, despite being overshadowed a bit. …
Stop reading right now if you’re planning on watching a delayed broadcast of this year’s Oscars on TV this evening. The 85th Academy Awards ceremony – this year presented by Seth “Family Guy” MacFarlane – has just wrapped in Los Angeles, capping off another season of black-tie awards events, envelope openings and overblown acceptance speeches. Last Updated: February 25, 2013
Can you believe it? Since 1927, the film industry has been getting into a frenzy about securing a little gold naked man for their picture. The Oscars have been dealing out those prestigious awards unless you’re Ben Affleck, for many years now. 85 of those awards, have gone to the movies deemed to be the best of the year. Time …
Flight marks the return of director Robert Zemeckis to live-action cinema after a decade of dabbling in motion-capture animation. And it’s clear from the outset of this addiction-themed drama that the movie maker, who gave us crowd-pleasing special effects blockbusters like Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Forrest Gump, is still in an experimental state of mind. …
I grew up on cartoons. Instead of sportsmen or great leaders, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck were my role models. Which, if you know me personally, certainly explains a lot (I would still be willing to sacrifice an appendage for a real life portable hole). But animation can be used for more than just gags involving coyotes and really fast …
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 4, 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: January 18, 2013
Given the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominations last Thursday, and the Golden Globe winners on Sunday, today we want to know what you think of the 2013 award season? Do you have a favourite nominee who (you think) deserves the accolades? Do you even care? Are the various awards bodies on target this year, or are they on 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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