Well, that was quick. Just yesterday we brought word that Francis Lawrence and Bennet Miller had been added onto the shortlist of directors to replace Gary Ross for Catching Fire, the sequel to The Hunger Games. And now reports are coming in that Lionsgate have offered Lawrence the director’s chair, and it looks pretty likely that he’s going to take …

Last week we reported on the news that a couple of pretty high profile directors were possibly being courted to be Gary Ross’ replacement on the second Hunger Games story, Catching Fire. The highly unlikely choice of David Cronenberg joined Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and my personal pick, Alfonso Cuaron, on an apparent studio shortlist. Well it seems that that shortlist just …

The Hunger Games is the phenomenally successful movie based on the teenage book series of the same name and is currently in pretty much every cinema in the country. But there was a problem. Unfortunately our ever confused rating department, the FPB, managed to give this movie a rating of 16V thereby removing it from the grasp of its main …

So you think you’re a wise guy with your bows and arrows and commentary on society and its ruthless nature do ya? Why I oughta…! Last weekend saw quite a few new films make a splash at the box office, from the beloved comedians being dug out of their graves, through to jails in space and eery cabins that had …

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In case you haven’t heard yet, Aardman Animation, the studio behind such great animated films such as Wallace and Gromit, Arthur Christmas and Flushed Away, are going to be releasing a new movie soon, by the name of The Pirates! Band of Misfits, later this month. It’s looking like a fantastic adventure from the studio so far, and of course, …

With The Hunger Games dominating movie headlines right now, with its premise of kids versus kids in a barbaric free for all of violence and death, you’d be forgiven for considering the film and it’s source material to be an original take on arenas and gladiators, retooled for a more age. And for the most part, it is, I won’t …

Another Monday means another round up who performed the best at the box office, as the current war between the top ten has drawn to a close for this weekend. There was only one real winner though, as previously reported, but here’s a look at who made what and stayed in the top positions. Last Updated: March 26, 2012