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!
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As a bonafide comic book geek, I say this with the utmost respect: Hawkeye is stupid. This is a character who hangs out with gods and godly men, and all he brings to the table is “I done shoot arrows, real gud!”
And yet, Jeremy Renner completely sold me on the character in The Avengers. Just a pity, that it appears that his mouth may also have sold him down the river without a job.
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In 2004, a promising young filmmaker would release a film that would change the face of horror forever. The film was Saw, and the filmmaker’s name was James Wan who, if you recall previous Friday Fright Club articles, Wan has since then managed to forge himself a promising career and a reputation as a director who manages to scare the pants right off his audience.
Somebody needs to tell Guillermo Del Toro that he already had most of us at “hello giant robots versus giant monsters”. But apparently, just watching big things punch each other’s brains for no reason other than it’s cool, wasn’t enough for the acclaimed director.
No, he and co-writer Travis Beacham have also apparently filled the movie with things like “story” and “mythology”, things that this final trailer will introduce you too. Oh and also lots of monster brain punching.
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Four new movies open in South African cinemas today, although it’s obvious upfront which of these new releases will end up the big box office winner of the weekend…
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Bullet to the Head, the latest salvo in Sylvester Stallone’s one-man crusade to put the “men” back in entertainment, opens up with a giant CGI bullet fired towards the screen, loudly breaking through the logos of various companies that he and director Walter Hill convinced to give them their money, before eventually, and presumably, burying itself in the viewer’s head.
It’s a sequence that is certainly ear- and eye-catching, but also a bit dumb and clumsy at the same time. Much like the rest of the movie, in fact.
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While I have quite the love for creature features, I’m not much a straight-up horror fan (more Lourens’ area of expertise). And no, it has nothing to do with being a scared little girl (Darryn’s area of expertise). Quite the opposite, in fact, as years of watching movies has made me very adept in picking up horror movie tells and thus I very, very rarely get spooked by these things.
But I will admit that last year’s horror anthology V/H/S had some scenes that left me thoroughly… frazzled, shall we say. And judging from this trailer, the sequel is going to keep that …
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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!
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Despite what a starry Motown singer once proclaimed, war is actually good for something. Specifically, movies. Now when it comes to WWII movies, Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan is considered by many to be the high mark, one that Hollywood has not yet been able to better since that movie’s release.
But outside the borders of Obamaland, we’ve had a number of recent entries (especially from South Korea), that are not only coming pretty close, but are also presenting less American-centric views of the war. One such film, is acclaimed Russian filmmaker Fedor Bondarchuk‘s Stalingrad.
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Hi folks! While the transition from the small screen to the big screen isn’t such big news these days anymore, with almost every possible series from the 80′s or the 90′s having a reboot or a remake either already out or in progress, with most being disappointing. The transition from film to series has also been a tricky one for studios to crack…except for Disney animation films of course, seeing as almost every single one has been turned into a kids show. There are a few worth mentioning though, either for kick starting successful series or for still being viable …
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James Franco is a bit weird. And no, I’m not just talking about that time he hosted the Oscars. He’s made some very unexpected choices in his career, which is why it should have come as a surprise to nobody that someone most famous for being high on recreational drugs, has decided to write and direct an adaptation of Willam Faulkner’s classic novel, As I Lay Dying.
And now, a first trailer for his adaptation has been unveiled, ahead of its debut at Cannes.
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When scribe Drew Pearce created No Heroics, the acclaimed British sitcom about the off-duty antics of a group of D-list superheroes, little did he know where that cape and cowl gig would lead him. Fast forward a few of years and Pearce is still playing with superheroes, only way more successfully.
Global hit Iron Man 3, which Pearce co-wrote with director Shane Black, looks set to pass the $1 billion mark this weekend. So what do you do after the billion dollar adventures of Tony Stark? How about penning the next quest for arguably the 2nd greatest spy in entertainment today with Mission: Impossible 5!
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