Extras! 18 November 2014
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 18, 2014
Top List Thursday – Great Book To Film Adaptations
As the great Sledge Hammer once said: “I’m waiting for the movie version.” Often people will counter that the book is better than the movie, but this is not always the case. Here are a few films that not only did their books justice, but sometimes turned out even better. Last Updated: July 3, 2014
Extras! Bryan Singer calls up some old X-men, Tease-cendence, Paul Rudd is officially antsy, JK Rowling is playing with Harry Potter, and I saw the devil talk English?! Plus much more!
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: December 20, 2013
Movies out today: Back to Middle-earth for some Elf and Dragon Encounters
Five new films open in South Africa today, although it’s obvious who the box office champion of the new releases is going to be. Last Updated: December 13, 2013
We review The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Alternates the exhilarating and unnecessary… again
A scan over reviews for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug reveals for the most part the “Much better than its predecessor” view that accompanies the release of so many high profile sequels (think Harry Potter; James Bond). It’s easy to get swept up in this mindset. Personally though, I found this middle installment in this epic fantasy trilogy to …
Extras! Spielberg gets presidential againm, Batman (maybe) gets a new car and cowl, Chris McQuarrie blazes stars, Mark Wahlberg knows a little Italian, and World War Walking Dead?! Plus much more!
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 31, 2013
Top List Thursdays–Top ten ground-breaking special effects
We all go to the movies to pretty much watch a great story unfold. But it doesn’t hurt to have a film that is easy on the eyes. And then you get the following films which make viewers forget about the actors in front of them, as it wows them with unreal special effects from the bleeding edge of technology. Here are …
We review The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (HFR 3D) – Return to Mixed-bag Earth
And so it begins… An epic 18-month, 9 hour cinematic adventure as audiences return to JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth, with Lord of the Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson once again leading us through this vast fantasy world. The Hobbit Part 1 of 3 is a journey definitely worth taking on the big screen but it’s also not without flaws – the chief …
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