When it comes to franchises that begin with the word “Star”, you don’t get any bigger than Star Wars and Star Trek. And you also don’t get fan communities that are more heated in their debates as to which franchise is superior. Which is kind of odd, because they’re not so different really. They’ve got spaceships, hokey religions and various …
What makes Star Trek Beyond different to Star Wars after both franchises have been touched by the mark of JJ Abrams? Science fiction vs science fantasy, says Scotty.
Look, the previous trailer for Star Trek Beyond was just not a good one. Using a horribly tonally incorrect music score and editing, it made the movie feel like it had completely lost what little Trek-iness this rebooted universe still had left. Coming from the directing hands of Justin Lin, it looked like the franchise was jumping the shark Fast & Furious-ly. Luckily, …
Over the years Zoe Saldana has sure shown her range as an actress from likable love interest in Guess Who, to deadly assassin in Colombiana. This time around she takes on the role of singer, Nina Simone in the biopic – Nina. And based on what I have seen from the trailer below, it looks like she is bringing one …
As many of you may know my man crush for Chris Pratt is as legendary as the levels of Trevor’s depravity, a crush that started with the oh-so-awesome Guardians of the Galaxy! I also have great respect for James Gunn, a risky choice to helm a huge Marvel movie as his only other ‘major’ work was Slither. So I follow both, in the …
[Editor’s note: Apologies. It seems Craig was taking a hit of grandpa’s old cough medicine again. Star Wars: Episode VIII was of course delayed to December 2017, and not 2018. Sorry for the confusion this editorial mistake caused. We’ve changed the article below to now reflect the correct dates – Kervyn] It looks like we’re going to miss out on …
It appears that this was the week for stars. On Wednesday we all geeked our brains out for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but before that we actually kicked off the Star-ry sci-fi goodness a bit earlier than expected when Paramount unveiled the first trailer for Star Trek Beyond four days ahead of schedule. And damn, it’s explosive! No, really. …
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 …
A good loot box never feels like a coupon. It feels like a moment. …
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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