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The Hunger Games: Ten Big Differences between the book and the blockbuster

Posted in: 10 Differences
March 22nd, 2012

Arriving in theaters today is the highly-anticipated film, The Hunger Games. Starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, the movie is an adaptation of the first in a series of books written by Suzanne Collins. In adapting the book into a motion picture, it was inevitable...

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5 Reasons We Love Kristen Wiig

March 14th, 2012

Over the weekend, the new dramedy Friends with Kids opened up in theaters nationwide. The film focuses on three couples– two married and one in a platonic relationship– who have children. One of the married couples in the film is played by Jon Hamm and Kristen Wiig,...

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5 Reasons Why John Carter Disappoints

Posted in: 5 Reasons
March 9th, 2012

John Carter could have been a good movie. In fact, I included it in a list of 10 films that we here at Screen Rant were looking forward to this month. The trailer made the imagery look exciting and I was eagerly anticipating one of the first leading movie roles that Friday Night...

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10 Movies We’re Looking Forward To: March 2012

Posted in: 10 Movies
March 6th, 2012

Now that the Oscars have passed and we’ve survived the doldrums of the past two months, it’s time to get excited about movies again. Although we still have a few months before 2012′s biggest films hit theaters – I’m talking to you, The Dark Knight...

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Battle for Oscar Gold: The Actor Edition

Posted in: Award Shows, Oscars
February 26th, 2012

This has been a year of great male performances in the movie theaters. It’s unfortunate, though, that that Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences failed to recognize two of the year’s best. Michael Fassbender’s work in “Shame” should have received...

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Five 2011 Films the Oscars Snubbed

Posted in: 5 Films
February 26th, 2012

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has a problem. Each year, it neglects or fails to appreciate some of the best films of the year. While it makes a lot of great decisions, often it overlooks certain genres or stories that don’t appeal to them. This year was...

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