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Top List Thursdays – Top ten Oscars snubs

By Darryn Bonthuys
February 21, 2013
in :  Entertainment
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It’s Oscar season! Next week is the big event, as someone is walking away with a naked gold man in their purse. Probably Kervyn, because he’s trying to infiltrate his way in with a different disguise this year. This year has seen the usual nominations announced with quite a few surprising snubs as well, right Ben Affleck? But the Oscars …

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Extras! Hit-Girl gets romantic, Albert Brooks finds Nemo again, Pirate a documentary, Miss Piggy's getting married, Bryan Singer is no storm chaser, Daniel Craig will still play with fire and Some more Oscar nominees get between two ferns,

By Kervyn Cloete
February 13, 2013
in :  Entertainment
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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

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Heeeere's a trailer for The Shining documentary, ROOM 237!

By Darryn Bonthuys
February 11, 2013
in :  Entertainment
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Stanley Kubrick’s The Shinning (or Shinning according to the Simpsons), is more than just a well directed and eery look at isolation, fear and madness. It’s a film that also has numerous allegations of Kubrick leaving hidden meanings everywhere, pushing his actors to the breaking point with take after take and generally making life hell for everyone. Much like this …

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Unproduced Stanley Kubrick scripts are headed to TV

By Darryn Bonthuys
August 30, 2012
in :  Entertainment
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When director Stanley Kubrick died several years ago, he left quite a few projects uncompleted, while several of his abused actors from previous projects started taking tap-dancing lessons for when they eventually visited his grave (citation needed). Some of his work survived though, snapped up by Philco Films, a company that his son-in-law, Phillip Hobbs created with Steve Lanning. They’ve …

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Extras! Secret cameos Die Hard, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers heads to the City of Bones, Daniel Day-Lewis is Abe Lincoln, You probably won't see The Hobbit in 48fps, Your TV is going to The Beach, Lost Kubrick film finally released, and the Dumb and Dumber sequel is happening again?! Plus much more!

By Kervyn Cloete
August 8, 2012
in :  Entertainment
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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: August 8, 2012

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Warner Bros taking a shine to a prequel for THE SHINING?

By Kervyn Cloete
July 30, 2012
in :  Entertainment
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“Heeeeeeeeere’s Johnny! Again! Maybe!” Sure to elicit screams about how “nothing is sacred” anymore, Warner Bros are looking to revisit the scary world dreamed up by Stanley Kubrick when he adapted Stephen King’s horror novel, The Shining. That’s right, it looks like we may just be headed back to the Overlook Hotel to assault more doors with axes. Last Updated: July …

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Extras! George Clooney looking at a Yankee, Dredd could get very violent, Kevin Spacey hangs out with a dummy, Nature is filled with horrors, James Bond gets dressed, Get some cheap Star Trek and the Black Panther casting guessing game begins! Plus much more!

By Kervyn Cloete
June 7, 2012
in :  Entertainment
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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: June 7, 2012

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Midweek Mouth-off: The most overrated filmmaker

By Noelle Adams
May 16, 2012
in :  Opinion
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Tim Burton. Zack Snyder. Robert Altman. Steven Spielberg. Robert Rodriguez. Stanley Kubrick. Sam Raimi. Ridley Scott. Judd Apatow. Guy Ritchie. James Cameron. Wes Anderson. Quentin Tarantino. Joss Whedon. Christopher Nolan… With Dark Shadows, the latest Tim Burton-Johnny Depp collaborative effort now in cinemas, today we want to know who you think is the most overrated filmmaker? Which director started strong …

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