Extras! – 10 February 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 10, 2014
Paul Bettany will play the Vision in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
When the Avengers was released back in 2012, it did a great job in paying homage to the first few issues of the comic books, setting up Loki as the key antagonist, while Thor, Iron Man and the Hulk formed a team to oppose his plans. With Captain America and others of course. And the sequel looks set to continue …
Unlock the most fundamental secrets of the universe with the new TRANSCENDENCE trailer
Humanity and technology are intrinsically linked. Google Ads track our every move across the web, social media networks control our interactions, and you will never be able to unsubscribe from Linked-In invitation spam for as long as you live. All this draws us ever closer to the theory of Singularity. Last Updated: January 23, 2014
Wally Pfister's TRANSCENDENCE gets a proper synopsis
Going into 2014, one film that has my attention is Transcendence. The directorial debut from Wally Pfister, he’s the man who framed various Christopher Nolan films, and pretty much the visual reason for the success of the Dark Knight trilogy. Taking a page from Nolan however, his film has been shrouded in mystery for months now, with most of the …
Get blown off your feet and out sea with this trailer for English thriller BLOOD
As much as the Wood of Holly tends to dominate the movie business, I’ve always had a thing for the films from our ex-colony masters from across the pond. I guess all that English rain and fog just lends itself well to moody thrillers, which is exactly what Blood, a new cop thriller with a twist, appears to be, judging from this …
Extras! Jennifer Lawrence is getting blue, another last exorcism,Spidey tattoos,Kermit is a thief, George Lucas is a horrible man and more!
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 1, 2013
Guilty Pleasures – A Knight's Tale
My lords, my ladies…And everyone else here who is not seated on a cushion! It gives me great pleasure to announce the following film! You saw him rock the Dark Knight. He created an imaginarium as Dr Parnassus! He thrilled in the Lords of Dogtown! But before all that, Heath Ledger was a knight, known as Sir Ulric…VON LICHTENSTEIN! Thank you, …
Movies out today: bad cops, bad financiers, bad cults and bad weepies
Four new movies open in South Africa today. I can’t say any of them really falls into the Must-see Category for me, personally, but different tastes for different folks I suppose. 31 Million Reasons: Along with Afrikaans romantic musicals, crime dramas seem to be South Africa’s big cinematic flavour of the moment. 31 Million Reasons is yet another genre entry. …
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