Monday was Day 6 of the Cannes Film Festival, which marks the halfway point. It also meant film fans would finally—FINALLY—hear word on The Tree of Life, director Terrence Malick’s long-awaited film about family life in 1950s Texas and the origin of the universe … or something like that. And with expectations as high as they were, it shouldn’t come as too big a surprise that reactions were decidedly mixed.
The horror genre is commonly known for its villians rather than the heroic figures. For example, few people would know who Nancy or Dr. Loomis are, but they would know Nancy’s antagonist (Freddy Krueger) and Dr. Loomis’ worst enemy (Michael Myers) really well. Truth is there are some really cool, courageous, and honorable heroic figures in the horror genre. Although I won’t be delving into every single final-girl or badass in the horror genre, I will be covering five really awesome figures that do battle with evil and come out on top.
Welcome to Box Office Wizard, Player Affinity’s premiere movie box office prediction competition that you ignore every week because you don’t hath the stones of a real wizard. Entering is and always has been simple, so why not get your beard on and give it a try? Just read through this post and leave a comment with, in order, what you think the top five box office finishers will be this weekend. Finish out 2011 on top and you will win something COOL.
This week the 64th Cannes Film Festival kicked off, and for all intents and purposes, it marks the kick-off of the 2011-2012 Oscar season. This year’s lineup is one of the most anticipated in recent memory, and a few days in, it’s already living up to its lofty expectations.
Things kicked off on Wednesday with the premiere of Woody Allen’s latest film, Midnight in Paris, and many are hailing this as the director’s best film in years.
“It’s a man’s world.” It’s a phrase that’s stuck around for a while, especially in show business. Fortunately, there are those in the world who challenge such a statement. In the world of comedy, where men often seem to have the upper hand and comedians like Adam Sandler can lead humor-oriented flicks to phenomenal success, funny women – who pack more comedic heat – have trouble doing the same.Will the ladies of Bridesmaids find themselves becoming some of the most sought-out talents in comedy? We don’t know just yet, but in honor of the acclaimed comedy, here are ten women that are hugely revered in the world of laughter.
Word around town is that French game developer/publisher Ubisoft is looking to get into the Film/TV business in hopes of bringing its games to a new audience. While the people they’ve appointed to run that operation try to figure out how in the hell to pull it off successfully in a world of middling video game adapatations, we here at Player Affinity ponder what games in Ubisoft’s catalogue we’d like to see hit the big screen.
With the nice weather looking like it’s here to stay, what better to muse over than your grizzly impending death? Our featured clip this week is for the fifth instalment in the popular “you gunna die” franchise with Final Destination 5, as a whole new batch of teens get tormented by death itself. Then, rising starlet Zoe Saldana gets to kick some ass as a femme fatale in Colombiana and the wonderful Steve Coogan stars in the wry and aptly named road trip comedy The Trip. Finally, three talented folks — Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell and Thandie Newton — are brought together under chilling circumstances in the psychological thriller, Retreat. No need to go anywhere, Trailer Tracker has all the fun and relaxation you need right here.
Since
2005, Marvel Studios has been planning to make their superhero films
interlink with each other in order to setup for the ultimate superhero
film, The Avengers. All this started with the releases of Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk and now it has continued with Thor. So let’s look closer at the references to The Avengers. (Please note there will be SPOILERS).
Welcome
to Box Office Wizard, Player Affinity’s premiere movie box office
prediction competition that you ignore every week because you don’t hath
the stones of a real wizard. Entering is and always has been simple, so
why not get your beard on and give it a try? Just read through this
post and leave a comment with, in order, what you think the top five box
office finishers will be this weekend. Finish out 2011 on top and you
will win something COOL.
In case any of you, like some of us on the Player Affinity Movies staff, are still bummed about how disappointing last summer was, we finally grant you relief: Summer 2011 — absolute blockbuster mayhem. There are plenty of sequels, actions films, superhero films, comedies and more that almost every weekend will warrant a trip to the theaters.
