Well, here’s a shocker. Gary Ross’s adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games has been a rip-roaring success both critically and financially and with the hiring of Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours) to adapt the second book in the trilogy, Catching Fire, everything seemed to be moving ahead swiftly. But now word has come out that there appears to …
Starting from tomorrow it’s the 4-day Easter Long Weekend in South Africa. That means the week’s new releases are out in cinemas from today. Of these new movies, there’s nothing really for parents with young children, but teens and adults should find something to their fancy. American Pie: American Reunion: Nostalgia is a strange but powerful thing. It keeps bringing …
With The Hunger Games dominating movie headlines right now, with its premise of kids versus kids in a barbaric free for all of violence and death, you’d be forgiven for considering the film and it’s source material to be an original take on arenas and gladiators, retooled for a more age. And for the most part, it is, I won’t …
The weekend saw a number of big films debut, all attempting to unseat current kings and queens of the box office. But as usual, only one could claim the top spot, bringing in more cash for its hungry studios, so lets have a look at who grabbed the top spot this week. Last Updated: April 2, 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: March 27, 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: March 26, 2012
The Hunger Games, that teen novel adaptation it’s actually “acceptable” to be squee about, opened to record-breaking box office numbers in the United States this past Friday. South Africans however have to wait until 13 April to watch this sci-fi actioner – based on Suzanne Collins’s best-seller about a dystopian future America where teens are selected by lottery to fight to …
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 22, 2012
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
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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