Back at the beginning of the year we profiled the 25 most interesting and eagerly anticipated movie releases from the first 6 months of 2012. Now it’s time to consider the treats in store for cinemagoers in the second half of the year. The Dictator: The latest no holds barred, politically incorrect comedy from Borat and Ali G star Sacha …
You ever watch a trailer for a film and it feels like you’re actually watching the entire film? That’s the boneheaded result of the Hollywood marketing machine somehow coming to the conclusion that if they show us the Reader’s Digest version of the entire movie once for free, that we’ll then pay to see it again. The latest overly-exposed culprit …
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 21, 2012
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 20, 2012
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 31, 2012
‘Tis the season for high profile sequels! How do you feel about the apparently endless series of cinematic follow-ups? Has Hollywood gone too far with its scripting and approval of sequels before the original has even come out (e.g. The Amazing Spider Man)? Should decades’ old classics be left alone instead of being hauled out for a wrinkly second/third/fourth/fifth/sixth installment …
It’s just over a month away until a sticky-fingered man in pyjamas with an arachnid fetish is once again swinging into our cinemas. We’ve been shown quite a bit of The Amazing Spider-Man – director Marc Webb’s Spider-man reboot – through pictures and trailers, and I’ve personally liked what I’ve seen so far. The new cast seems to a great …
In yesterday’s Extras we featured a video by Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield that was less a singing Spider-Man commercial than it was evidence to be presented at the Hague in a crime against humanity trial. Now Andrew Garfield spills to Vulture on how that rather embarrassing (and physically painful to listen to) video came to be. And no, unlike what …
City life is a game of optimality. In the small studio apartments of Vancouver …
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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