Month: November 2013
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
After “Thor: The Dark World” topped the box office for two straight weeks, it was time for its blockbuster competition, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” to show up. And show up it did. With a budget estimated at $50 million more than the franchise starter “The Hunger Games,” this second installment upped the ante for…
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12 Years A Slave
A movie leading the charge into Oscar season is Steve McQueen’s adaptation of “12 Years A Slave.” After earning rave reviews on the festival circuit, the film is about to open wide, and this is this season’s must-see. Based on the book of the same name, written by Solomon Northrup in 1853, it follows Northrup…
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Thor: The Dark World
We have finally reached the newest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe! “Thor: The Dark World” will fly into theatres November 8 and it has been well worth the wait. Director Alan Taylor (“Game of Thrones”) has taken the helm from Kenneth Branagh and improved upon the mythology established in the 2011 film, and furthered…
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Ender’s Game
Next up on the billboards is “Ender’s Game.” Based on the book by Orson Scott Card in 1985, the film centers around Andrew “Ender” Wiggins, a third child born into a two-child restricted society, whose military aptitudes may lead him to be the man to save Earth from the Formics, an invading race of aliens.…
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About Time
Embracing the sci-fi epidemic is the romance genre, it seems. “About Time” may seem a bit redundant, in the way of ‘Time Travelers Wife,” but it brings a bit more to the table. “About Time” follows Tim Lake (Domhall Gleeson) in his quest for love. Upon his 21st birthday, he discovers that the males in…