Hunger Games Sequel Progress Leaving Audiences Starving
Eventhough its a long time coming, here’s an update to the successful Young Adult novel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Eventhough its a long time coming, here’s an update to the successful Young Adult novel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Launching to the second-highest Easter weekend debut ever, action sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation rejuvenated an iffy franchise with overseas totals to back it up. The remaining openers meanwhile surprised and disappointed in turn.
As the summer blockbuster is about approach a major movie franchise is getting a collector’s boxset release. Also coming out are two British movies, a documentary and a classic musical. Find out what they are in this week’s DISCussion.
Outside of The Twilight Saga, The Host is Stephanie Meyer’s biggest novel and since the success of her supernatural series, her sci-fi novel has been adapted. There is a stronger cast and director for The Host, than the Twilight Saga but how does it fare on its own terms?
Since his rise to fame with 2002’s The Scorpion King, the former wrestler’s films have racked up a hugely impressive $1.16 billion domestically, but more impressive (and inherently interesting) is how some of his biggest hits have come from him stepping into other actor’s franchises.
It’s quite the rare (and somewhat unsettling) occasion when I wish a movie was dumber. Don’t get me at all wrong G.I. Joe: Retaliation is utterly brainless – moronic – but it lacks the unintentional, campy hilarity that made the original an unequivocal guilty pleasure for me back in 2009. This sequel stands as the very rare occasion where its upgrades – cast, action execution, hero characterization – actually work against the inherently silly nature of it all, resulting in bland schlock rather than kitschy gold.
Even though the arrival spring has just recently provided us with the hope of some warmer weather to come, in the world of trailers it’s already looking like summer. Breaking over the last few days have been some slick clips for upcoming blockbuster properties lead by a duo of trailers for the hugely anticipated return of the bladed mutant Logan in The Wolverine.
