It feels like only yesterday that we moved out on our own, set up WidescreenWarrior.com, and shortly thereafter celebrated our 200th episode. Now it’s 100 episodes later… but the more things change, the more they stay the same. We deal with the technical troubles of adding a few more seats as we gather together the current iteration of the show along with the Queen of the Podcast to talk... 

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 show’s title comes from the new Avengers push that has come literally on the heels of Captain America: The First Avengers (stay through the credits of that film to see the teaser for next year’s The Avengers. If you missed Thor, you haven’t actually seen why Renner is being included in the super hero team. Meanwhile, we offer you three reviews of Captain America, sum up a little... 

Marvel has had pretty good luck this summer, laying in some key pieces for their upcoming The Avengers movie with Thor, which introduced both the Thunder God and (briefly) Clint “Hawkeye” Barton. Now it’s time to lay the final stone of the foundation. This is not just any character, however, but Captain America, “The First Avenger.” Despite having four other movies building up to The Avengers... 

Marvel has done it once again, delivering a fun, earnest, action-packed superhero movie with filled with heart and rich, rewarding characters. Captain America: The First Avenger is a terrific companion to Marvel’s Iron Man and Thor and sits somewhere between the two. While it doesn’t capture the sense of wonder and astonishment that Iron Man excelled at, it triumphs with a strong lead character... 

High School is an interesting microcosm. As someone who works there, I can say this. My occupation makes me an observer and infrequent participant in the world that is high school. It has its own rules, its own standards, many of which are far removed from the “real world.” It is a domain of hyperbole, which is why it only makes sense when movies that use that setting as their own resort to such... 

Peter Jackson has come a long way from his low-budget horror roots, really entering into the public consciousness courtesy of his big-budget powerhouse adaptations of Lord of the Rings, as well as his remake of King Kong. His latest endeavor, an adaptation of the novel The Lovely Bones, is a departure from a lot of Jackson’s work – a more personal drama of a little dead girl and her family....