The Hunger Games started off as a young adult book series written by Suzanne Collins. The novel series began with The Hunger Games in 2009 but continued with Catching Fire in 2009 and Mockingjay in 2010. Like many books that are immensely popular with kids and adults alike, the trilogy was quickly turned into a movie franchise. The movie series ran from 2012-2015 and starred Jennifer Lawrence in the lead role of Katniss Everdeen....
Shonda Rhimes is one of the most accomplished screenwriters of our time. Creating a slew of television shows and recently signing a landmark $100 million deal with Netflix, she’s somebody we imagine will continue to make an incredible impact on the entertainment industry for the foreseeable future, and we’re not mad about it. Every time a new Shondaland show makes its debut, we tune in in our millions to watch the action go down....
Mild SPOILERS for A Series of Unfortunate Events season 2, episodes 1 & 2 ahead! - It is with our deepest sympathies that we must inform you of a new season of A Series of Unfortunate Events and that it remains as delightfully absurd and quirky as the first season. We regret to share this news because it will surely lead many to binge the whole second season of the Netflix adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s darkly funny children’s books in a single sitting, possibly even disregarding some obligation in order to so....
Cisco has announced a notable update to its Webex Room, Desk, and Board series devices with deeper for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users. With an update coming in June, Cisco’s Room, Desk, and Board devices will be able to serve as AirPlay targets, allowing Apple users to easily cast their screen to one of those devices. For those unfamiliar, the Room, Desk and Board families of products are Cisco’s hardware devices designed for Webex meetings....
Captain America: Civil Warwon’t come out until May 6, 2016, but its first wave of publicity, along with its first trailer, have already started making waves. The film’s influential source material, coupled with its all-star cast and crew, make it an explosive and large beginning to what the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is calling “Phase 3.” If the third installment of the Captain America movies follows in the footsteps of its predecessors and the Avengers movies, then it will prove to be a box office juggernaut thanks to its large and mobilized fan base....
It’s that time of the year when series get canceled. It’s a sad period for many, as some of their favorite shows are canned in lieu of rubbish starring any member of the Kardashian clan. Simultaneously, it’s a time of optimism as passionate fans rally behind their treasured programming and appeal to other networks to pick them up. Just look at Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Expanse as two recent examples. Both shows appeared to be finished but were rescued by other networks, delighting their fans and proving, like Marian Carey and Whitney Houston said, there can be miracles when you believe....
I Am Mother is receiving much more positive reviews from critics and fans than almost any other of Netflix’s forays into science fiction. It’s set underground in a world which needs to rely on robots like Mother to repopulate the earth. Mother’s chief duty is to look after Daughter, seemingly the only human left alive - that is until Hilary Swank’s character turns up. The set up of I Am Mother is a science fiction staple - characters are confined thanks to an outside threat only to discover that what they’ve been told isn’t necessarily the truth....
Two years ago, It became the highest grossing horror movie of all time with a Stephen King adaptation that finally felt like the work of the master properly translated to the screen. Rather than the nostalgic view of the ‘80s we get in Stranger Things, It offered us a bleaker, more accurate version of the ‘80s in which real-life terrors go hand-in-hand with paranormal ones. So, while you wait for the second and concluding chapter of It to be released later this year, catching up with the Losers Club as adults who are determined to eradicate the titular supernatural beast once and for all, here are 10 terrifying horror movies to watch if you liked It....
Far away in a distant part of the universe, there existed a species of aliens known as Time Lords, creatures that could manipulate the time-space continuum to travel backward and forward to any point in time and space. From this massively powerful species emerged a single Time Lord, who took it upon him/herself to travel all over the universe (making a surprising number of pit stops in 21st century suburban Britain) in his/her time machine called the TARDIS....
While a lot of people write off TV spinoffs as indicative of a lack of originality on the part of show creators, as well as an easy cash grab for networks, it’s hard to deny their appeal. It takes characters and universes we already know and love and expands upon them in interesting ways, be it focusing on a specific character or looking at a previously, completely unexplored location or time period of an existing series....
The way Hollywood operates these days, there’s less focus on big stars than a recognizable brand. With every big blockbuster being a reboot, a sequel, or an adaptation, it’s clear that tentpole-seeking movie studios would rather pay big for an existing intellectual property than greenlight something just because it has a good cast. But the good news is that with VOD and online distribution, indie movies are still being made and new, exciting actors are still being discovered every day....
Last week, James Cameron made a surprise appearance at Las Vegas’s CinemaCon and announced not one, and not two, but four sequels to Avatar, to be released in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2023. While any and all plot and character details are being kept under wraps, JC and his crew have dropped hints here and there as to what this epic five-part saga could ultimately entail. By the time Part 2 comes out, the original film will be nine years old, so hopefully Cameron is arriving on the project with some fresh ideas....
Some people just can’t win. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride, they say. And the same can be said of movies. In particular, we’re talking about the films on this list, which made tons of money at the box office but never reached the top spot. Since we’re talking about bridesmaids, Bridesmaids itself was never “the bride,” never rising above the second spot, but just missed this list at 16th in gross domestic revenue, with $169,106,725....
It’s no surprise that many actors who star in a movie or show together end up dating at one point or another. Pretending to be in love often results in real-life romance, whether it’s a full-fledged relationship or simply a few nights together. When sparks are flying for the camera, there’s most likely some chemistry off-camera as well. It’s hard to film a steamy kissing scene and just forget about it once the cameras aren’t rolling....
For some time now it has appeared as if studios have been moving away from original ideas, and relying more heavily on established stories for franchise fare. This is not necessarily surprising. Franchise films command enormous budgets, which require even larger receipts at the box office. The stakes become so high that it is simply less risky to adapt a franchise with built in fans, than it is to create original big budget stories....
You might think that taking actual people out of a movie means taking the mistakes and human error out with them. But anyone paying close attention to modern animated films knows that even the smallest mistakes seem hilarious considering someone made them one frame at a time. And the bigger the mistake, the better it is to search for. Here are 20 Massive Mistakes in Animated Movies. Zootopia The animals may have evolved to walk and talk, but math is still a problem....
Grandpa comes over to tell his sick grandson a story. Not just any story - one of the most action-packed fantasy stories ever told. There’s fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, and of course miracles. After her true love was taken away at seas, Buttercup agreed to marry Prince Humperdink. He’s plotting to end her on their wedding night and blame a neighboring kingdom to start a war, so he has her taken....
In the mighty Marvel universe, there are many heavy hitters in the supervillain sphere. We saw how tough Thanos was in Avengers: Infinity War. Doctor Doom always gives The Fantastic Four a run for their money. Besides the solo players, there are also a bunch of evil organizations causing havoc for our favorite heroes and the world at large. Groups such as A.I.M. have plagued just about every superhero team and lone wolf metahuman at one time or another....
For those interested in making it in show business, the numbers are against them. Thousands of actors are all competing for the same roles, and only a select few are chosen. Even fewer become successful, and even a smaller number become household names and iconic movie stars. For those who have reached that level of fame, they know the long and arduous journey that an individual has to take to get there....
There are tons of anime out there that have caught on with American audiences and have turned into unexpected success, but none have been as successful as Dragon Ball. Not only did the simple series turn into the first anime that many American children had ever watched, but it also opened the floodgates for other series and showed that there’s certainly an audience for these kinds of programs overseas. It’s been decades since Dragon Ball made its debut in America and it still holds that special power over many viewers....
