The newest YA adaptation looking to become the next Hunger Games is Neil Burger's Divergent, based on Veronica Roth's novel of the same name. Having really struck a chord with audiences worldwide when it released back in 2011, Lionsgate is hoping that their adaptation will see the same success as its written counterpart did.
Sequels are always a tricky thing, as they can either propel or completely destroy a franchise. Putting together a follow-up to Zack Snyder's highly influential and widely loved 300 has to be a daunting task, but director Noam Murro was up for the job. His new film, 300: Rise of an Empire, hits theatres on Friday and many people are curious to see if he'll be able to re-capture what made Snyder's original so special.
Hopping on the bandwagon of middle aged actors finding career resurgences in the action genre is Kevin Costner, who is bringing his newest film, 3 Days To Kill, to theatres this Friday. The McG-directed actioner stars the 59 year-old actor as dying Secret Service agent Ethan Renner. Desperate to reconnect with his estranged daughter (Hailee Steinfeld), he accepts one last job in exchange for an experimental drug that could very well save his life.
Finally, we're out of January and as we head into February, we can expect to see the quality of theatrical releases improve quite a bit, starting with The LEGO Movie. Boasting an all-star voice cast that features the likes of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Morgan Freeman and Will Ferrell, the film is sure to be a hit with audiences both young and old.
Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck and Chris Pine. What do these four actors have in common? I'll tell you. They've all portrayed author Tom Clancy's iconic CIA analyst Jack Ryan on the big screen. Of course, Pine is the latest one to do so and he's making his debut with the character in Paramount's Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, which hits theatres today.
Leave it to Spike Jonze to give us one of the oddest love stories of all time. In his new film Her, Joaquin Phoenix plays Theodore Twombly, a man who is heartbroken after his relationship breaks up. Desperate for love again, Theodore falls for an advanced operating system named Samantha (voiced by Scarlett Johansson).
The second part of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, is almost here and moviegoers around the world will finally get the chance to re-group with Bilbo Baggins and co. as the gang continues on with their perilous journey to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from the evil dragon Smaug. The stakes are higher, the danger more threatening and the adventure more thrilling. It's a blockbuster of epic proportions and it improves upon its predecessor in almost every way.
