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I finally got around to catching the first Hunger Games movie last month, and shockingly I actually loved it. A big budget movie that features a strong, full-realized female protagonist, an intelligent script that remains accessible without pandering to the viewers, and a topical moral about how the first world uses weaker areas for resources and how the media romanticizes real-life violence? MORE OF THIS, HOLLYWOOD. Anyway, here's the first MORE
Because The Hunger Games desperately needs a pretty boy who isn't either useless (*cough* Peeta *cough*) or a total dick (*cough* Gale *cough*) Finnick is finally being introduced in the next installment, and surprise! Sam Claflin is being cast in the role! Well, I guess it's really only a "surprise" if you didn't see us post the same thing twice, but this time it's official! Way to drag this one out, Lionsgate. Entertainment Weekly reports MORE
This has more or less been a pretty solid decision for a few weeks now, but Lionsgate went ahead and officially announced that Jena Malone, who you might remember from Saved! (yay!) and Sucker Punch (ummm ... a little less yay ...), will be playing the role of Johanna Mason in the upcoming The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Via Entertainment Weekly: EW first reported last month that Jena Malone was in the running for the pivotal role. (Some MORE
After much deliberation and many sleepless nights of wondering which pretty boy actor could be sufficiently pretty in the role of Finnick O'Dair, it seems The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has finally found the right guy: Jesse Williams! Oh, wait, I meant ... English actor Sam Claflin? I have no idea who that is, but okay, he's pretty damn cute (see his picture below). Variety reports: Finnick was the most coveted available role in the Hunger MORE
Because it worked for Harry Potter (critically AND commercially) and Twilight (commercially, but not critically because those movies can suck a moose's b-hole for all I care), the final installment of The Hunger Games will be split into two movies, even though the last book had a little more of a reserved pace and could easily be crammed into one movie. But then they wouldn't be able to double their income, so why bother? TWO MOVIES IT IS! MORE
Remember how I reported that there was a shortlist for Finnick Odair in the upcoming The Hunger Games: Catching Fire film? Well, ummm ... yeah, it turns out that it may have kinda sorta been (oh how do I put this?) total bullshit. The producers of the next movie sat down with the LA Times to basically tell everyone to calm their asses down, because there's no shortlist, no decision has been made yet. “That’s the thing that’s crazy -- MORE
I'm going to be completely honest with you: when I finally got around to reading The Hunger Games trilogy, I couldn't give a crap about either Peeta or Gale. Peeta was a useless pussy and Gale was a jealous asshole, so I really just couldn't get into the whole "Team Peeta/Team Gale" bit. That being said, I was kind of hoping for a second "Team Cinna/Team Finnick" triangle to break out. At least they had some sort of useful skill and personality MORE
To be honest, I have no idea what the hell is going on with the El Hormiguero show, but it has puppets, so just go with it. Jennifer Lawrence was on the show to promote The Hunger Games, and while there, was asked to show off her archery skills. Turns out, she's not all that great, but she's cute enough that I don't really care. Although it does worry me that the host is apparently a helluva shot with a bow and arrow. I guess what I'm trying to MORE
Hey everyone, thanks for hanging in there while I dealt with a personal matter yesterday. Posting should go back to normal now ... hopefully. Anyway, if you've seen The Hunger Games already and you know you have, everyone has seen it, the movie made enough to fill one of those Scrooge McDuck money pools. So chances are you're already waiting breathlessly for the second film from the trilogy, Catching Fire. Well, good news! The movie has made MORE
For some reason, the sight of Jennifer Lawrence looking not like a starving refugee apparently infuriated critics of The Hunger Games to the point where they felt the need to go onto the web and post shit like "JENNIFER LAWRENCE IS TOO FAT!" Because calling someone fat on the web is a fresh, new form of journalism never before seen. Anyway, Jennifer has responded to the criticism, basically saying that she's normal and the movie made a ton at the MORE
So the other day, I told you about how a small, stupid, vocal part of the web is pissed off that the characters of Rue, Thresh and Cinna from The Hunger Games were all portrayed by black actors, despite the fact that both Rue and Thresh were defined as black in the books. So yeah, racist and dumb. Winning combination. Anyway, Amandla Stenberg, who is thirteen-years-old and plays Rue, fired back at the critics in the most polite and respectful way MORE
So the other day, I relented on the whole hoopla over The Hunger Games thing and went out and bought the first book in the trilogy. Apparently, you guys are really into the series. Turns out? The book is kind of awesome. Not gonna lie. It's no Harry Potter, but at least it is leaps and bounds ahead of Twilight. Well, turns out that certain fans of the book are up in arms over the fact that the characters of Rue and Cinna are played by Amandla MORE
In case you were wondering how realistic The Hunger Games movie is, consider the fact that Jennifer Lawrence gave her co-star, Josh Hutcherson, a concussion during her performance. Via Page Six: "We were just goofing around, and like doing some shadow boxing for fun," Hutcherson said on the Late Show with David Letterman Wednesday. "She throws this beautiful kick, but it landed right on my temple and literally knocked me to the ground. I was MORE
OMG you guys, are you sick of hearing about The Hunger Games yet? I mean, super excited to see the movie?!? Yah, me too. Since there's no such thing as media over saturation, let's see how the film's stars got in shape to film those killer fight scenes. Because this is the kind of stuff you need to know for that impending end of the world 2012 thing. "It's lots of training," Jennifer Lawrence told MTV, "but the training's actually really fun. MORE
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