Extras! 12 September 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: September 12, 2014
FFD: Are the new consoles making PCs more appealing?
Consoles are becoming more like PCs, while PCs become more like consoles. Does that grant favour to the PC platform?
Monday Box-Office report – The Lorax finds itself ahead of Navy Seals and rowdy teenagers
Another Monday, another tally of box office receipts, as the latest results are in for who beat who have arrived. Unsurprisingly, Dr Seuss is proving to be a name that can print money, while several other debuts arrived with impressive takes. Let’s have a look at who made it to the top. Last Updated: March 5, 2012
Box Office round up – Act of Valour leads the charge and no Good Deed goes unpunished
While everyone may be either fawning or fuming at the Oscar results, one thing is still clear, and that’s that people are still watching movies. The latest box office results are in, and if trends are anything to go by, then army dramas and predictable comedies are leading the critical adulation pack. Last Updated: February 27, 2012
Movies out today: It's time for an action-packed weekend
It’s a weekend of serious stuff (well, for the most part) at South African moviehouses, with manly men doing stuff like picking up guns, and flaming chains, and going to war… against everyone from drug dealers to Germans to, uh, the Devil himself. Can’t you just smell the testosterone? Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance – Of today’s 4 major releases, …
We review This Means War – Far from perfect but fun attempt at the perfect date movie
For those of you who haven’t noticed, 2012 is a leap year. Traditionally that means that with all matters of a romantic persuasion, the tables have been turned. Men are supposed to be on the receiving end for a change. Screw criminally overpriced roses and Lindt. It’s all cacti and beer flavoured chocolates now. Pandering to this sensibility is This Means War, …
Extras! Nicholas Cage is a puppet, Hunger Games gets a soundtrack, Renny Harlin needs a title, Why we love movies and Tom Hardy and Mcg take it in the bum?! 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: February 15, 2012
Heads up! SA movie release dates for the next 3 months
It’s a new week and Nu Metro has just revealed its updated release schedule for the next 3 months. Two of the flicks I’m most excited to watch, Haywire and Shame still have yet to be assigned release dates unfortunately – although Ster Kinekor says the latter is out on 2 March – but these are the others we can …
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