Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere is an incredible piece of urban fantasy fiction that has already seen itself adapted to various mediums. Gaiman originally penned the twisted tale for a 1996 BBC TV miniseries which he created with Lenny Henry. While the story ideas were great, some technical issues left much to be desired on the TV production, giving us a bit …
Stand back, JJ Abrams. There are some new masters of the “Mystery Box” in town. On Monday afternoon some Hollywood press (via Mashable) received emails with a new viral poster for the upcoming final chapter in the Hunger Games saga, telling them that “Tomorrow, 6.9.15, the Mockingjay will be heard. The Capitol must fall so that we may be free”. …
If you enjoyed the The Hunger Games and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, then I have some potentially bad news for you: You may not find this penultimate chapter in the story of reluctant but incendiary rebel icon Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) agreeable with your palette. That’s not to say that Mockingjay – Part 1 is a bad film – far from it, …
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Spoiler alert for those of you who haven’t read the books: In the The Hunger Games: Mockingjay shit blows up! And I mean that in both the literal and figurative sense. As you can see in this final trailer for Part 1 of the franchise’s closing chapter, there’s a whole heap of pyrotechnics on display but the scale of the …
Quicker than you can say ‘I am Reboot’, the rather awesome movie I am Legend (2007, directed by Francis Lawrence) is set to return to the big screen, only this time it’s most likely without Will Smith. Deadline has reported that Warner Bros. is going to adapt the script of A Garden at the end of the World by Gary …
Despite several challengers to the throne, when it comes to YA adaptations, there’s really only one big elephant in the room. Only this elephant is rather good looking and pretty mean with a hunting bow. It’s also about to start it’s madcap dash on the final straight. And now, before my horribly mixed metaphors have you thinking about a sexy, …
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is one of those far too rare franchise sequels, in that it actually improves upon its predecessor, itself a fairly decent movie. And while many may say that the film benefits hugely from having the effortlessly charming – and current girlfriend to the internet – Jennifer Lawrence in the lead (and really it does), that’s …
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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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