Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles We all know what this is about, so I’m not going to bother with a full synopsis. They’re mutant turtle teenagers trained by a mutant rat to be ninjas, to fight the evil Shredder and The Foot clan, that about covers it. So, let’s talk about the controversy surrounding this movie’s existence instead! Nothing is more …
Despite popular belief, comic books are not a genre (I should know, I read far too much of them). Comic books are in fact an entertainment medium composed of different genres. So while tales about super strong guys in capes with their underwear on the outside is by far the most popular of these genres, comic books can be as …
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about Snowpiercer. There’s been a trailer or two, and a massive battle wherein director Bong Joon-Ho strived to keep the original cut of his movie intact, one wherein action and visual effects were balanced with a strong critique of the social class system. Joon-Ho won that battle eventually, ensuring that his movie would be …
Snowpiercer has yet to pierce the shores of America due to the infighting between Harvey Weinstein and South Korean film director and screenwriter Bong Joon-ho, with the former wanting to give the critically acclaimed apocalyptic thriller the ‘western treatment’. Who can blame him? When things get ‘westernised’ they tend to suck, just look at the abysmal 47 Ronin, something I …
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: November 25, 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: November 4, 2013
You know the old stereotype about Asians just being smarter than everybody else? Yeah, well apparently so does Harvey Weinstein. The Weinstein Company currently hold the international distribution rights to the post-apocalyptic sci-fi epic, Snowpiercer, acclaimed Korean director Bong Joon-Ho’s English language debut, which released in South Korea last Wednesday. The film’s first reviews are already out with many calling it a …
There’s reason I’ve been beating the Snowpiercer drum ever since I first heard about it. Korean director Bong Joon-Ho’s The Host (not the Stephanie Meyer one, the good one) is one of my favourite films of the last decade, and having the filmmaker dabble in a mixture of sci-fi and social commentary again gets me all bubbly in my underpants. And now it …
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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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