UNITE OR FALL…. The Transformers live-action movie franchise has been somewhat of a “slippery slope” since it began back in 2007. Overseeing by director Michael Bay, the cinematic saga (based on Hasbro’s classic toys line of “robots in disguise”) has been called many things, including loud. bloated, slightly racist / stereotyping, nonsensical, too silly, repetitive, mindless, etc. However, despite these glaring
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SNOW LANDS ON TOP Released in 2012, Lionsgate Films released The Hunger Games, a film adaptation of Teen / YA dystopian novel by author Suzzane Collins, and introduced moviegoers to the world of Panem, a post-apocalyptic world where a tyrannical government rules the land and asks its various regions to offer up tributes every year in a violent and
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Witness the rise of power as Lionsgate releases the second official trailer for the upcoming prequel of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. View trailer below.
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Every story has a beginning as Lionsgate releases the official trailer for the upcoming prequel to The Hunger Games titled The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. View trailer below.
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AND I LOVED MY PRIDE! Director Joe Wright has always gravitated towards doing historical period pieces for his film projects, letting the setting and era speak for itself within the cinematic backdrop and finding a complimenting rhythm in the period piece. Whether guided towards historical events or just the thrill of doing a costumed drama, Wright has brought several
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A CHARMING AND ENTERTAINING SEQUEL After the critical praise yet middling box office results from 2012’s Rise of the Guardians, DreamWorks Animation released The Croods, their latest computer animated comedy adventure, the following year. Written and directed by Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders, the film, which starred the voice talents of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, and Ryan
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PLUCK MY LIFE Created by the Finnish company Rovio Entertainment, Angry Birds (a mobile downloadable game) first debuted back in December 2009 for Apple iOS. Drawing inspiration from “Crush the Castle” (a mobile game developed from Armor Games), Angry Birds has been praised by many for it simplistic nature of fun gameplay and comically style (all of which is
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THE BOSS FINDS LAUGHS IN AMIDST WEAK STORY AND SCRIPT Melissa McCarthy has become a staple of recent comedy movies of being both big (rotund) and foul-mouthed throughout her roles and movies. Using 2011’s Bridesmaids as her break-out role, McCarthy has unleashed her “potty” mouth angst to moviegoers everywhere with such hits as 2013s buddy cope movie The Heat
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Red strikes back in the new trailer for the animated feature The Angry Birds. View trailer below.
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Get ready to take flight and get “Angry” in the teaser trailer for The Angry Birds Movie. View trailer below.
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