Tag Archive | Hunger Games
August: The Dead Month of Movies?
For a year that was highly-anticipatory for film, January through April took its sweet ‘ol time passing through, delivering only one fairly memorable film–The Hunger Games–and made all us viewers wonder if 2012 was really going to deliver, or just release a few biggies during the summer and Oscar seasons. Finally, May rolled around and The […]
AEOS Review: The Hunger Games
The phrase, “The Truman Show Meets Gladiator,” was dubbed by Chicago film critic, Richard Roeper, in his review of the vastly marketed picture The Hunger Games, which opened this past weekend. I make a regular habit of reading/watching film reviews by my two favorite Chicago film critics, the internationally acclaimed critic, Roger Ebert, and one of […]
Lenny Kravitz and The Hunger Games
Lenny Kravitz is known far more for his music than his acting, and rightfully so. At least, that’s how he sees it. According to his interview with Rolling Stone, he sees himself first as a musician, and than an actor. When asked about his return to acting, Kravitz responds, “I always figured it would come back into my […]
The Hunger Games Official Trailer Released!
As of early this morning (on Good Morning America) and now on iTunes movie trailers, the first full trailer for The Hunger Games has finally been released. This is extremely exciting news for all the fans (like me!) left wanting after the extremely short and unrevealing teaser from the VMAs. Enjoy! The really cool news is […]
The Hunger Games: Following the Marketing Footsteps of Twilight?
Posts with titles like these typically turn off the sensible and rational audience, and they won’t get past the title. I completely understand that, and in some sense, would probably be the same way. There’s so much unnecessary, childish controversy over such unimportant issues, like which team someone has chosen sides with (Edward or Jacob), […]
2012: A Peak for Film Series?
The year 2012 holds possibly some of the greatest film conclusions and beginnings of series (and then a few more . . . ) that have not only your typical fanboy jumping with excitement, but your average theater attender as well. Now, I will not be including Scary Movie 5 or Men in Black 3 (sorry […]
