You just can’t keep a good man down, especially if that man is a genius botanist/astronaut who is willing to eat poop-potatoes to survive! In its fourth week on the charts, Ridley Scott’s brilliant The Martian returned to the top of the US box office this weekend past with an impressive $15.9 million haul. Well, that’s impressive for a fourth …
It’s official: The bumps’ gonna goose ya! Coming off the backs of surprising good reviews, the Jack Black-led live-action action adaptation of R.L. Stine’s classic Goosebumps books has opened strongly in the US, with the horror-for-kids adventure flick scaring away most of the competition as it debuted top of the charts with $23.5 million. The comedy adventure fell short of …
It would appear that Matt Damon’s constant need to be rescued in movies is the gift that keeps on giving. After debuting at the top spot on the US charts last weekend with a whopping $55 million opening, the Damon-led The Martian has retained pole position with only a 32% drop off in its second week. That remarkable staying power …
This week, Matt Damon gets lost in space, N.W.A. teach us the history of rap, the kids get an early Halloween treat, two local films generate some buzz and Nicholas Cage does what Nicholas Cage does best… star in a terrible movie. The Martian During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce …
Ever since we first saw it in the sky and gave it its godly name, humanity has sort of had an obsession with Mars. As our enigmatic celestial neighbour, it’s captured our imaginations and has been at the centre of huge swathes of pop culture, and movies have most definitely not been immune to the red planet fever. (Like, for …
If last year’s Interstellar was director Chris Nolan’s philosophical call-to-arms about achieving impossible dreams out in space through the power of unbridled imagination, then Ridley Scott’s The Martian stands as both it’s thematic opposite and cinematic brother-in-arms: a wildly thrilling testament to how nothing but hard science braininess can overcome the most improbable odds in our celestial quest (Provided you …
Director Ridley Scott has a lot on his plate at the moment. He’s currently out and about doing press rounds to promote The Martian, starring Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on… Mars, which was very well received following its screening at the Toronto International Film Festival; and it’s a timely return to form for the legendary director because he’s also …
Welcome to our Weekly Round-Up for the The Extras! A collection of the 15 most popular movie related clips, posters, pics and just plain cool stuff posted on our Twitter profile and Facebook page using the hashtag #TheMoviesExtras in the last week. Remember, these are only the contributions that received the most likes and views since last Thursday, so if …
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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