Tag: Film
REVIEW: Borderlands (2024)
Borderlands is based on a video game series of the same name made by Gearbox Software and published by 2K for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation, among other platforms. I am not a big gamer and rarely know much about video games, so I was attracted to the Borderlands movie for the same reasons I would &helli...
Read MoreNew Hunger Games Prequel Film Announced for 2026
jesslind | Jun 6, 2024 | 2
It is once again time to revisit the dystopian land of Panem. Lionsgate announced that there will be yet another Hunger Games film set to release in November 2026, with Francis Lawrence, who helmed the last two films in the franchise, in talks to direct. Along with this, author Suzanne Collins told�...
Read MoreMiyazaki Not Retiring After All?
At the Toronto International Film Festival, Studio Ghibli Vice President Junichi Nishioka indicated that famed director Hayao Miyazaki might not retire after The Boy and the Heron, as previously reported. Check out Nishioka’s translated statement here: “Other people say that this might ...
Read MoreHollywood Writers Go on Strike
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | May 2, 2023 | 0
The Writers Guild of America, the WGA, has gone on strike, demanding higher pay in the new streaming-oriented landscape of Hollywood. What does this mean for the average audience member? Very little. At a time when production companies’ stocks are plummeting, budgets are higher, and profits are lo...
Read MoreJohn Williams is Not Retiring
BlabberingCollector | Jan 18, 2023 | 0
It looks like John Williams won’t be retiring after all! In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the nearly ninety-year-old legend said: “I’ll stick around for awhile,” he said. “I can’t retire from music. A day without music is a mistake.” This comes as he ...
Read MoreFrank Oz Calls Oscars Out
On Monday, March 28th, actor-director Frank Oz tweeted his displeasure with the Oscars. He clarifies that his disappointment doesn’t concern recent fumbles like “the slap” but rather the general state of the event. Oz is famous for his portrayal of Yoda across the Star Wars franchise, as well ...
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