The Hunger Games wins the box office again

24 days later it is still #1 in the US.

1. The Hunger Games ($21.5M)
2. The Three Stooges ($17.1M)
3. The Cabin in the Woods ($14.8M)
4. Titanic 3D ($11.6M)
5. American Reunion ($10.6M)

To go with this news, The Hunger Games has now passed $500 million worldwide and approximately $375 million domestically and $200 million overseas. I can only imagine what Catching Fire is going to rake in at the box office... and I bet you anything Breaking Dawn Part 2 won't make shit in comparison come November.

The Cabin in the Woods - Review (non-spoiler)

If you have not seen The Cabin in the Woods all I have to say is, go see it! Do not let people spoil this movie for you. I repeat; DO NOT SPOIL THE MOVIE. Go see it for yourself.
If you want a basic non-spoiler plot, basically 5 friends go for a weekend retreat to an isolated cabin. When they get there they unleash something that is more than they could have ever imagined or guessed.

As cheesy as that sounds that is all I'm willing to give you for the moment. I want you to go see this movie whether you are a horror fan or not, but especially if you are a horror fan. It's a basic horror film, for the most part, up until the last half hour or so. Shit hits the fan and it hits it hard... and I loved every second of it. I still am processing what I saw.

Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins are great. Their characters are priceless. And the pothead friend. He is the best character in the whole movie. Not to mention the end credits plays "Last" by Nine Inch Nails. That made the end even more awesome.

This Friday the 13th has been great so far. I got good news at work, I got off work early, and I saw an amazing movie. I think you could make your 13th, or your whole weekend, better by seeing The Cabin in the Woods. It doesn't have a 93% standing on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.7/10 on IMDB for nothing.

Looper teaser trailer released

This movie looks like it's going to be awesome.

Sin City sequel finally happening!

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For has been confirmed and is set to begin production this summer in Austin, TX. Casting hasn't been announced just yet but it is rumored Rosario Dawson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Mickey Rourke, and Michael Madsen will be returning.

I have been waiting for a sequel to Sin City so I am fucking stoked.

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/224665/rejoice-sin-city-a-dame-to-kill-for-officially-announced/

Carrie release date set

We will have the newest reboot of Carrie in less than a year. The release date for the remake is set for March 15, 2013. As I have previously posted the lead role will be played by Chloe Moretz and it will be directed by Kimberly Peirce.

One thing I want to know about as casting begins to role out... cameos? I would love that.

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/224625/carrie-burns-down-theaters-march-15-2013/

Catching Fire director possibilities already being discussed

Of course this has to happen soon due to the fact that filming for Catching Fire begins this fall.

With that said, the names that are already being tossed around are David Cronenberg, Alfonso Cuarón, and Alejandro González Iñárritu.

Cronenberg:
Cosmopolis
A Dangerous Method
A History of Violence
The Fly

Cuarón:
Children of Men
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
A Little Princess
  
González Iñárritu:
Biutiful
Babel
21 Grams

Personally, out of these choices I would prefer David Cronenberg but I would be alright with Alfonso Cuarón as well. I haven't seen any of the movies that Alejandro González Iñárritu has directed so I am a bit biased in not choosing him, but if you haven't seen anything then you haven't. I think that is fair.


http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Catching-Fire-Director-Shortlist-Includes-Alfonso-Cuaron-David-Cronenberg-30400.html

Arrested Development movie to film this summer

YES!!!


http://www.vulture.com/2012/04/arrested-development-movie-will-shoot-this-summer.html?mid=rss


How about that Funke?

Evil Dead reboot begins filming today

It's really happening, ffs.

Ghost House's reboot of The Evil Dead is set to be released on April 12, 2013. Fede Alvarez is in the director's chair.


http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/223611/fede-alvarez-begins-filming-the-evil-dead-tomorrow/

Gary Ross will not direct Catching Fire

Gary Ross has officially stepped out of the director's chair for Catching Fire, the upcoming sequel to The Hunger Games.
This is kind of sad. The way it sounds is that he feels they are rushing the movie a bit with the 2013 release date. Maybe he was hoping for 2014.

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/04/10/gary-ross-will-not-direct-second-hunger-games-installment-catching-fire/

The Simpson's hometown of Springfield is in...

Oregon.

According to the show's creator Matt Groening has revealed that the town of Springfield in Oregon, approximately 100 miles south of Portland, was the basis of his characters and the town they live in. I wouldn't have guessed Oregon so that was a bit of a surprise for me.

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=717227

Maleficent release date set

Maleficent, the live adaptation for Disney's Sleeping Beauty, will be released on March 14, 2014. The film will star Angelina Jolie as Maleficent. So far this is the only casting announcement we have, that is confirmed, but it is rumored that Elle Fanning is up for the role of Princess Aurora (aka, Sleeping Beauty). I guess we shall see.

http://collider.com/dictator-maleficent-release-dates/158061/

Ben Kingsley in negotiations for Iron Man 3

It seems that our villain for Iron Man 3 will be played by Ben Kingsley. He is in final negotiations to play an unannounced villain. Jon Favreau had been setting up the villain to be Mandarin but this new news kind of contradicts that and says Mandarin is basically out of the picture and will not be played by Kingsley.
Production is set to begin this May in North Carolina with Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, and  Scarlett Johansson reprising their roles from Iron Man and Iron Man 2.The third installment of Iron Man is set to be released in May 2013.

http://collider.com/iron-man-3-ben-kingsley/158084/

The Dark Knight Rises receives a PG-13

Is this surprising or something? Batman Begins and The Dark Knight both were PG-13. This one wasn't going to be R-rated, ffs.

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/dark-knight-rises-gets-pg-13-rating-violence-sensuality-36883

Another shameless plug for The Hunger Games

As I mentioned before, my buddy Cameron created a forum for The Hunger Games trilogy and we're trying to build up the membership. It's free and will be a lot of fun once we get some more members. If you are a fan of either the books or the movie, or both, come on and join. We don't bite.

The goal is to try and build it up similar to what House of Jigsaw was for the Saw franchise. That is actually how I met Cameron was through HOJ. We had VIP members on HOJ from the Saw franchise (James Wan, Darren Bousman, Leigh Whannell, Peter Outerbridge, Betsy Russell, etc.) and the other goal is to try and get VIP members from The Hunger Games. Cam is already trying to snag Jennifer Lawrence and we're trying to get some smaller characters as well. Hopefully once Catching Fire gets rolling we'll be able to build it up a bit more.

So please guys, if you want to discuss some Hunger Games with us come on and try it out. Hell, come and talk about anything with us. We have a subforum for general discussion. Once we get more members we will probably add some more subforums similar to what HOJ had (music, other movies, etc.). Don't be shy. =^D

http://www.thehungergames-trilogy.com/forum.php

American Reunion - Review

I will be the first to say that I was honestly excited for another real American Pie movie. Not the shitty direct to DVD ones about band camp, but a real movie. I am a big fan of the American Pie films (aka, American Pie, American Pie 2, and American Wedding) and was the most excited to see the full cast reunite once more.

With that said, I wasn't all that disappointed. It was a little raunchier than American Wedding was, and kind of unnecessarily so, but the nostalgia was definitely there. They brought back jokes, songs, pictures, yearbooks, and characters that I didn't really expect. The only semi-important cast member that didn't return was Jim's mom and they played it off as her passing away three years prior to the reunion. Stifler's brother and Kevin's brother didn't make cameos either. A list of returning characters, to the best of my memory:

Chris Ostreicher (aka, Oz)
Jim Levenstein
Michelle Levenstein (aka, Michelle Flaherty the Band Geek)
Kevin Myers
Paul Finch (aka, Finch)
Steve Stifler (aka, the Stifmeister)
Vicky
Heather 
Jessica
Jim's Dad
Stifler's Mom
Milf Guy #1
Milf Guy #2
Chuck Sherman (aka, The Shermanator)
Nadia


The basic plot is the "old gang" returns for their 13th reunion (they compensated for not releasing the movie in 2009 this way). Jim and Michelle are still married with a 2-year old son, Oz is an on-air sports guy who recently participated in a show similar to Dancing with the Stars and has a crazy Hollywood girlfriend, Kevin is married and is a stay at home architect, Finch claims to be a world traveler, and Stifler is a temp office assistant at an investment firm. Vicki is still in New York City and Heather is working at a hospital after completing medical school and is dating a cardiologist. At the actual reunion is where you see the brief (and yes, they are very brief) cameos from Sherman, Jessica, and Nadia. Sherman married, had a child, and got divorced. Jessica is now a lesbian and brings her girlfriend with her to the reunion. Nadia catches Jim and Michelle having sex in the band room and is with a boyfriend who resembles Jim.

Overall I feel like it did a good job of bringing you up to speed on who the characters became after high school and college. I think the middle of the movie was a basic waste of time because it focused on Jim trying to avoid his now 18-year old neighbor Kara who is trying to have sex with him because she always had a crush. Jim and the guys crash her birthday party on the lake and she tries to have sex with Jim once she is drunk but he sneaks her into her house with the help of Stifler, Oz, and Finch because he wants to stay loyal to Michelle. That all felt kind of forced, but it followed the basic pattern of the movies. In American Pie we had the internet broadcast with Jim and Nadia, in American Pie 2 we had the lesbians making Jim, Stifler, and Finch make out and Jim supergluing his hand to his dick, and in American Wedding we had the dance off between Stifler and the gay men and Jim shaving his balls and then dumping all the hair into the A/C. In this one, we had Jim's fiasco with his underage neighbor.
The beginning and the end were the best parts of the movie. What I always liked about American Pie was how they balanced the humor with the serious moments that actually had a message. This one didn't fall short. Jim still got the advice from his dad about keeping his marriage alive after having a baby, Oz and Heather reconciled, Kevin and Vicky finally made peace, Stifler realized that it was time to grow up and stop trying to re-create high school, and Finch came to terms with the fact that his life isn't what he intended it to be. I really liked how it ended. It did, unfortunately, leave it open for a 5th movie but I don't think they will go for it. The actors are all a little old at this point and it showed, especially Chris Klein and Jason Biggs. They look a good 10 years older than the characters are supposed to be.

So yeah, it wasn't bad. At least for what it was. It's an American Pie movie.