In a class of its own, the “found footage” film is, in relative terms, just a baby to the papa genre and one that has not yet had the time to run its natural course of mainstream popularity. But seemingly gearing up more than powering down, when will the detractors of this gimmick finally be able to breathe a sigh of relief? A few years? Five? A decade?
Many bestsellers have been turned into fantastic movies, but sadly, the film industry has also made poor adaptations that are disloyal to the original work. Now that Paul W.S. Anderson has turned The Three Musketeersinto a steampunk fantasy, we at Player Affinity are going to look at some dead authors whose works have been ruined by Hollywood.
John, Max, Kieran and Simon, a quartet of fine gents, delve into some of the hottest movie news, including the title and casting rumors for “Die Hard 5,” before dissecting the first trailer for The Avengers, and finally talking about the new directors for Thor 2 and The Twilight Zone.
Isn’t it great when old friends get back together? You bet — especially when those friends are the ones you laughed at and with through the early 2000s. Our featured clip this week is the long-coming fourth installment of the “American Pie” franchise, American Reunion, which finds the original cast back to their gross-out ways.
Footloose took America by storm in 1984, giving rise to Kevin Bacon and providing a popular soundtrack that topped the charts for 10 weeks and spawned two number one hits, so a new version of the film was inevitable. Here at Player Affinity, we decided that we’d cut loose and compare the elements of both films for old time’s sake.
Welcome to Box Office Wizard, Player Affinity’s Movie Box Office Prediction Contest. Just read through this post and tell us your top five box office predicted finishers for this weekend. Finish out 2011 on top and you will win something COOL.
The setting of your fright fest, whether it be a decrepit house or the cold Arctic — like this weekend’s The Thing — needs to set the proper atmosphere if your viewers are to be scared out of their seats and minds. It’s in this spirit that we wax poetic on three of our favorite and most classic settings in horror films.
Jack Black and Steve Martin come together this weekend for The Big Year. In preparation, we look at the 10 funniest and most memorable intergenerational comedy pairings.
Once upon a midnight
dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, there was a featured trailer on Player
Affinity called The Raven starring
John Cusack as a murderer-hunting Edgar Allen Poe. Then, director Jason Reitman
of Juno and Up in the Air reteams with scribe Diablo Cody for Young Adult, starring Charlize Theron
and Patrick Wilson. Though already covered on our site, I’ll toss in my two
cents about the first trailer for Marvel’s massive undertaking The Avengers and finally we shall see if
Michelle Williams’ Oscar buzz for portraying Marilyn Monroe is warranted in the
biopic about the starlet in My Week with
Marilyn. Some like it hot and some like movie clips – it’s Trailer Tracker.
Welcome to Box Office Wizard, Player Affinity’s Movie Box Office Prediction Contest. Just read through this post and tell us your top five box office predicted finishers for this weekend. Finish out 2011 on top and you will win something COOL.
