I’ll be honest, and admit that there were several parts of the first Muppets movie that had my skin crawling. Such as Walter and Gary being so sickeningly sweet, that I may have left the film with type 2 diabetes. Still, maniacal laugh and all that, and the movie did some decent business. Quicker than you can recycle a joke …
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It’s Valentine’s Day today and your choice of new movies for backseat cinema cuddles this weekend is surprisingly vast. From inane comedy to historical drama, take your pick. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues: It’s been a decade since the world first met Will Ferrell’s idiot 70s TV anchor Ron Burgundy in the comedy that went on to achieve cult status. …
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: January 14, 2014
Tina Fey may have done another fantastic job co-hosting the Golden Globes the other night, but I’m sure she felt a little envious when her hosting partner in crime, Amy Poehler, won a Globe but she didn’t even get a nomination for her work in Muppets Most Wanted. What’s that you say? Muppets Most Wanted isn’t even out yet and therefore wasn’t …
Unlike the super-prestigious The Movies awards that are held once a year when the staff spin a bottle and choose their favourite films, the Golden Globes…Oh wait, that event actually sounds better. Dammit, well moving on, the silver medal of awards shows and a good indicator of what will happen at the Oscars this year kicked off last night. Hosts …
I have to admit something to all of you. I don’t think there is an easy way to say it so here today, on The Movies, I will just have to come right out with it: For most of my life, I’ve missed out on the entire Muppets phenomenon and I really didn’t know what all the fuss was about…until …
In the very elite sub-genre of movies about anthropomorphic animals with men’s hands up their bottoms who go on hilarious musical adventures with Jason Segel and Amy Adams, there’s one movie that reigns supreme. Actually there’s only one movie, so it’s a good thing that it was brilliant. That movie is The Muppets, a film that won the Oscar for Best …
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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