There has been a lot of comparison between the 2000 film Battle Royale and the hit new book/film series The Hunger Games, two books-turned-movies that deal with societies where young kids are forced to fight to the death until one victor remains. And after a rewatch of BR I can see why the two have been compared beyond just a surface plot analysis. It’s hard to believe the claim that Suzanne Collins, writer of THG series, had never seen or heard of BR before. It’s also a shame that the film adaption didn’t take a few pointers from it before filming.

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It’s May already?! While I’m still coming to terms with the fact that its almost mid year already, I took some time, as I do every month, to look at the best of the previous month. Take a look at some of last month’s highlights including box office stats, our favorite posts and new blogs we’re into.

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March has a much improved selection over the first two months of 2012. There’s several movies that I really want to see and have even already enjoyed one so far. Project X was a fun movie in my opinion, although overall it has been panned by critics. The other movie released this past weekend, The Lorax has received quite mixed reviews but opened huge at the box office earning an estimated $70.7 million, followed up by Project X with a decent $20.7 million.

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