Posts Tagged ‘Lionsgate’
Film Review – The Quiet Ones
My writing reviews of horror films is one of trepidation and gullibility. I do not like them unless seeing them with a bunch of friends, I am easily scared, and I usually fall for all of the tricks in the horror film book. Enter The…
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SXSW Film Review – Cesar Chavez
Doing a film about a historical figure is always a difficult gamble. On one hand you hope to introduce them to a new generation, and on the other, try to humanize the individual, and not get caught in deifying or demonizing, as it is so…
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Double Feature Showdown – Battle Royale vs. The Hunger Games
Last year when The Hunger Games came out, all I heard was Battle Royale this, Battle Royale that. Everybody kept talking about how similar the plots were between the two, but nobody really gave specifics, other than “kids forced to kill each other off until…
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Film Review – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games was a huge box office success, the only young adult novel adaptation since Twilight to achieve that title. I read the trilogy by Suzanne Collins before seeing the film, and I really enjoyed it. Like many others, I was excited to see…
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Giveaway – All Is Lost Tickets
The folks at Lionsgate have given us two tickets to All Is Lost to give away. To be eligible please fill out the form below.
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SDCC – Audio Podcast #174
Spencer is joined by the newest MacGuffin contributor, Sarah Ksiazek, to discuss her experience going to her first San Diego Comic Con. Segments include: figuring out the ropes at Comic Con, trials and tribulations, covering film and television, and lessons learned for next year. Upcoming…
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CinemaCon Days 3&4 Recap
If screenings of clips from Star Trek Into Darkness and Fast & Furious 6 weren’t cool enough, we still had two days worth of studio presentations (Disney, Sony, 20th Century Fox, and Lionsgate) at CinemaCon 2013. Generally the presentations went two ways: either the presenters would briefly mention a…
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