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It’s December which means I have pretty much exactly no time to do anything lately but that hasn’t stopped me from seeing a couple of movies, just from writing them up in a timely manner.
But since I’ve seen so many you’re gonna get the shortest version of each of these reviews that I can muster.
We’ve already seen a boat load of posters for this movie but this time we see Katniss’ face!
We’ve already seen a lot of posters for the 3rd Hunger Games movie but none with the films protagonist. So they fixed that sorta.
Continue reading “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Teaser Poster: Katniss Is Back”
The first half of the last third of The Hunger Games has a trailer. Let’s watch!
Next week sees the release of the latest film in the X-Men franchise: Days of Future Past. Why not give yourself a refresher on what led up to that movie by checking out 2011s First Class?
Featuring a story that chronicles the early days of mutant kind and the friendship between James McAvoy’s Professor Xavier and Michael Fassbenders Magneto, and how that friendship became animosity. It’s great stuff with great performances by McAvoy and Fassbender as well as Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, Nicholas Hoult as Beast, and Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw.
It’s not a perfect movie but it’s easily the best of the X-Men films to date, it’s fun, it’s exciting, it has great action and a fantastic score, and what else do I really need to say here? Below are referral links to the movie on iTunes and Amazon, pick yourself up a copy and help us keep the lights on at the same time.
Thanks, enjoy, and have a great weekend!
There’s finally a full trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past and, well, I have mixed feelings.
Continue reading “X-Men: Days of Future Past: We Gotta Get The Band Back Together!”
The marketing machine is ramping up for X-Men: Days of Future Past. Here are a bunch of trailers which are… well some of them are good and some of them are awful. I’ll let you be the judge.
Today’s the day people, there is finally a full trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past. Let’s watch!
Continue reading “X-Men: Days of Future Past Trailer + Poster”
It’s hard to believe that it has only been a year and a half since The Hunger Games came out. There has been a string of young adult books adapted into movies following the success of Harry Potter, most of them featuring an up and coming young actor in the lead surrounded by Hollywood veterans, usually fighting against some oppressive regime. The Hunger Games was no different. Jennifer Lawrence was aiming for her big break and Lionsgate was looking for a new cash cow.
The film itself wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t really good either. Suffering from a small budget and a weak screenplay it fell comfortably into the “good enough” category and made enough money to warrant adapting the rest of the series into movies.
It’s a good thing too because where The Hunger Games was just good enough, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is actually really good.
Next week the second film in The Hunger Games trilogy, Catching Fire will be released. As it’s the second part in a trilogy what better way to spend this weekend than catching up on the first part?
The Hunger Games is set in a future dystopia where kids are forced to fight to the death every year. Jennifer Lawrence stars in her first big lead role. Unless you live under a rock though, you know all this. So check it out at the links below. These are affiliate links to help us keep the lights on. You may need to turn off your ad blocker, so we humbly request you do so.
Because of the number of links this week you’ll find them below the jump.
Continue reading “Something for the Weekend… The Hunger Games”
IMAX posters are usually pretty cool but this IMAX poster for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is just gorgeous.
Continue reading “Awesome: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire IMAX Poster”
The first trailer was mainly just clips set to music and it looked awesome enough. This one has some character and plot elements and I’m even more on board.
Continue reading “American Hustle Has Another Trailer and I Am Even More Convinced I Need To See It”
American Hustle looks like it might be another smash hit from director David O. Russell, he of Silver Linings Playbook and The Fighter fame. You’ve already seen a trailer for the abscam thriller and now you can get a closer look at the characters.
Continue reading “American Hustle Character Posters: Bad Hair Never Looked So Good”
David O Russell has made some great films and it looks like he’s basically asked everyone who’s been nominated for an Oscar in his last few to come back and be in his new one, American Hustle. The film is a fictionalization of the ABSCAM FBI sting of the 1970s starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Renner. That cast alone is enough to get my butt in a seat, but there’s a trailer now too so let’s check that out.
Continue reading “American Hustle Trailer has Bigger Balls Than You”
We finally have a full trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Let’s take a look!
Continue reading “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Trailer, In Which Things Really Kick Off”
