We’ve just experienced the conclusion of the Oscars for this year and seen all the years most critically recognized films get awarded and now its time for an awards ceremony that’s a little bit more fun – with the MTV Movie Awards whose nominations were announced yesterday evening. The MTV Awards typically focus on popularity rather than technical merit, but …
Due to the break we took recently, it’s been a few weeks since we last did a box office report. But really, you didn’t miss much since there’s essentially just been one story – really the only story – dominating the headlines: Star Wars: The Force Awakens shattering every box office record in front of it as it makes a …
How’s that famous quote go? “I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in joy and it doesn’t look they’re going to be silenced any time soon!”. Well, not quite, but I have a feeling that that’s what it should be as Star Wars: The Force Awakens opened last week (on Wednesday …
It looks like Katniss Everdeen has something to be thankful for on this past Thanksgiving weekend. Despite a less than expected start to it’s US box office run the week before, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 managed to retain its top spot by pulling in a solid $51.6 million second week total. On the newcomer front, Pixar’s The …
If there was ever a case of being a victim of your own success, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is it. Being the finale of one of the most popular movie franchises of recent memory, led by Jennifer Lawrence, one of the most popular Oscar-winning actresses of recent memory, and with solid reviews all around, everybody expected Katniss …
After last week’s drought we are finally getting on to the end of year blockbusters. This week, we have Katniss Everdeen kicking ass and taking names, Owen Wilson in a breathless action-fest of a thriller and Arnold Schwarzenegger… in a zombie movie! Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part Two At the end of the saga, Katniss Everdeen realises that the stakes …
Despite it being mentioned right there in the title, there’s very little left in Liongates’ box office smashing dystopian sci-fi series that is a game. The Hunger Games may have started its cinematic adaptation life as a poppy brightly coloured YA spectacle masquerading as thinly veiled social commentary courtesy of Gary Ross’ briskly entertaining first film, but ever since Francis Lawrence …
I kind of feel a bit sad for the The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. That may sound like a strange thing to say about the highly anticipated final chapter of a box-office record breaking franchise that has been a gigantic critical and commercial success for nearly 4 years now, but it just so happens to be a highly …
Blizzard continues to delight players. This time, the developers have shared information about what’s …
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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