When it was announced that Peter Jackson was turning the 300 page The Hobbit into 9-hour long film trilogy, the collective rolling of eyes around the world must surely have jiggled Earth in its orbit. Some simple stories are just that, and really don’t need crazy amounts of embellishment. However, the converse is also true, in that some stories really need …
Ever read The Stand? It’s a Stephen King novel, and considered to be one of his very best works of fiction. It’s about good vs evil, with a ton of post-apocalyptic subtlty caught in the middle. A pretty grim film then, one which has failed to really get the movie deail that it deserves. So what makes Josh “The Fault …
And the McConaissance continues…. An adaptation of Stephen King’s acclaimed post apocalyptic novel The Stand has been in the works for a while now in some form or another, with the latest attempt being Warner Bros’ feature film effort directed by Fault In Our Stars‘ Josh Boone. And according to Deadline, WB and Boone want Matthew McConaughey for the role of Randall Flagg. …
As long as Stephen King is cranking out books and avoiding cars, Hollywood will be adapting them. The most recent example of that being Under the Dome, which got a TV series this year. There are a bunch of other films in development hell right now, based on King properties. And it looks like Paul “Captain Phillips” Greengrass is …
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Sure, it’s a day late, but you can blame Dr Martin Luther King for that! With an extra day to make some long weekend cash, the box office had several new faces around, from the return of Arnie himself, to a new horror film backed by Guillermo Del Toro himself. So who came out on top then? Guns or frights? …
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 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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