At first glance, sci-fi thriller The Darkest Hour sounds like it could be a bit of alright. The film refreshingly removes the “When Aliens Attack” action from the United States and transplants it to Moscow instead, for shots of an imposing city that cinema audiences rarely get to see on-screen. The plot also sounds intriguing – in The Darkest …
Believe it or not, ol’ Rubberface, Jim Carrey celebrates his 50th birthday today! With movies such as The Mask, Ace Ventura, Dumb and Dumber and Liar Liar, the wonderfully expressive comedy master has left an indelible mark on pop culture. In celebration of his half century, here’s some interesting and not well known factoids about the man, that the …
If you’ve been anxiously awaiting proof that they Mayans had it right and that we are now truly living in the End Times, then this is it. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that production studio Lionsgate Entertainment may go ahead with more sequels in the Twilight saga, despite author Stephanie Meyer not having penned any more novels to adapt. Lionsgate …
The argument can be made (and I’ll most probably be the one doing the arguing) that Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark is about as perfect a movie as Hollywood has ever produced. The massive framed poster adorning the wall behind me right now, gives testament to my endurinng love of the film. So when something this …
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In the latest edition of Weekend Extras!, I posted about some really cool Shaun of the Dead LEGO that has recently surfaced online. Well, earlier today we received some pretty cool mail in response to that post: Hello! This is a message for Kervyn in reaction to his post Weekend Extras! My name is Greg/Yatkuu and I’m the guy who built …
There is no valid reason to sit through an awards ceremony. Well, actually there are three: you are nominated, you paid for the whole thing or you work as a caterer. Nobody else has any need to attend to these things. Nobody even has reason to pay attention. If you could bottle pointless self-importance and spill it on a red …
Did you enjoy the cheesy 80’s machismo of The Expendables as much as I did, and also cannot wait for more raw, undiluted manliness in Expendables 2 ? Well, it looks like the manly movie gods are looking down on us mortals with favour, as they lounge on their celestial couches; remote in one hand, divine mead in the other.Cheap …
The director of the underwhelming reboot of Conan The Barbarian, is set to helm a feature based on the cult comic, which has been stuck in development hell for several years now.
A recently released promo photo of Noomi Rapace in much anticipated sci fi extravaganza, Prometheus, seemed like pretty standard fare at first glance. But just as we recently discussed, these promo pieces all seem to be more than what first meets the eye. This is the originally released pic: Pretty normal, right? But look closely, and you’ll notice two ominous …
Freshly announced, the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards took place last night (early this morning, South African time) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Generally regarded as a pretty good indicator of the Academy Awards results every year, the Golden Globes are chosen by the approximately 90 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. As an awards ceremony …
Note to EON Productions: This is not how you get people excited in your upcoming movie. Understandably, it is one of the most recognized franchises on the planet, so you don’t have to do much, but just a modicum more effort than this would be appreciated. Maybe I’m expecting too much, or maybe they’re just trying to tap into that …
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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