Posts Tagged ‘The Hunger Games’
Film Review – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Katniss Everdeen has gone through an interesting journey so far in the Hunger Games saga. Strangely, she has often been the victim of circumstance – constantly trying to adjust as things swirl further out of her control. In Catching Fire (2013) she entered the games…
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Interview – Miles Teller and Jai Courtney – Divergent
On a stop in Dallas on the Divergent press tour, The MacGuffin had the chance to participate in a small press conference with Miles Teller (Peter) and Jai Courtney (Eric). The previous night they had walked the red carpet for press and fans at a…
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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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Interview – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Victory Tour Press Conference in Houston
This Dallas girl drove down to Houston, Texas to attend a small press conference for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The stop in Houston is part of the “Victory Tour” currently going around the country, giving fans an opportunity to meet and interact with some…
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Film Review – Mr. Nobody
Mr. Nobody is a film that should have been out in the U.S. four years ago. Originally released on the festival circuit in 2009 and with release dates in European countries and others from 2009 to 2010, the film failed to attract any major fanfare…
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Film Review – The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
In the quest for the latest, greatest female-driven-based-on-a-young-adult-novel franchise, Cassandra Clare’s book City of Bones, the first in her Mortal Instruments series, takes its turn in the theaters. (Thus the name of the movie, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.) After the success of Twilight…
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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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