Much like Harry Potter and A Song of Fire and Ice (Game of Thrones), I discovered The Hunger Games as a series of novels because of the hype that was surrounding the adaptation of the series into another format, in this case a movie. It didn’t take long for me to fall in love with the incredible story of a very unlikely heroine, Katniss Everdeen, who volunteers her own life to save that of her sister... 

Before I start with the review proper, let me make this perfectly clear; I haven’t read a page of these books. I also haven’t seen stuff like Battle Royale or The Running Man or any of these other really famous blood sport movies people keep comparing The Hunger Games to. My opinions here are completely unbiased on either end and are only based on my own opinions. Well, now that the disclaimer... 

The wait for a decent trailer for The Hunger Games has ended. We’ve had a brief glimpse of the movie for a few months now – a glimpse that only offered us Katniss running through the woods. Now we get a solid look at the movie and a new wait begins: the wait for the March 23rd release date. The full trailer for the novel adaptation gives us a lot more of the world of The Hunger Games, including... 

There probably isn’t another movie on the horizon that I’m looking forward to as much as The Hunger Games. After devouring the trilogy this summer, I see how much potential there is for the series. The question on my (and everyone else’s) mind is whether they’ll manage to tap into that potential or whether the producers are just looking for another Twilight and as a result the... 

There’s a scene in Our Idiot Brother where the titular character Ned, played by Paul Rudd, is exposing his sheltered nephew to the comedy stylings of The Pink Panther movies. It’s an interesting inclusion as the film, as the star of those movies, Peter Sellers, would draw acclaim for playing an idiotic character who was confused for a wise man in Being There. Rudd’s Ned is not a character on... 

If it was any other week, The Next Three Days might have had a chance. The thriller, which stars Russell Crowe as a man whose life gets turned upside-down after his wife is accused of murder, certainly has a high enough pedigree: Crowe, writer/director Paul Haggis (Crash), and Elizabeth Banks (W), among others. But up against the phenomenon that is Harry Potter, well, this movie just didn’t have... 

I’m having a lot of animal issues lately, ranging from stray cats to a sudden appearance of a possum family in my backyard. Three times over the past week I’ve had to rescue a stupid possum from my basement’s window wells and, while I’ve tried to be kind, my frustration is reaching its peak. At the same time, my wife is ready to just kill the little buggers, which definitely conflicts with...