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: October 2, 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: September 20, 2013
Saoirse Ronan is very talented young lady. Unfortunately, one of those talents is not always picking the best scripts (The Host come on down!). Based on this first trailer, the verdict is still out on whether or not her newest project, How I Live Now, is another one of those bad choices. She does have the benefit of this speculative-sci-fi-post-apocalyptic-romantic-drama-thriller *BREATHE* …
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 27, 2013
I’ve been keeping an eye on Neil Jordan’s Byzantium for a while now, not only because Gemma Arterton does non-PG-13 rated things to my nether regions, but also because this appears like it could be that most rarest of films lately: a vampire film that doesn’t suck. This is something that Jordan has some past affinity for though, seeing as how …
Ever watched Luc Besson’s The Professional and thought “Man, I wish that teenaged Natalie Portman had a girl friend of equal age who was also trained to be an assassin and the two of them would go on hired assassin jobs together but still retain their teenage girl innocence”? You have? Well, firstly, you may need professional help. Secondly, you’re in …
If you take Twilight, Beautiful Creatures and, now, The Host as examples, it looks like the film adaptations of Young Adult novels file away all edge from the genres those specific stories are set in. What’s left is utterly, well, blunt. If you’ve never been exposed to supernatural or science fiction cinema before, that’s good and well. You’ll have no …
There are some good to great actors who consistently pop up in mediocre movies. In other words, they’re way better than the film they appear in. Recent case in point: The Host’s Saoirse Ronan. Today we want to hear about those unfortunate stars who you think have a tendency to sign up for cinematic disappointments… or completely fall off the …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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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