Don't you just LOVE a good movie?

As a media writing and production student I'm addicted (as I'm sure you'd imagine) to Films, Tv and Writing.

There are a LOT of good films and tv shows coming out this year, and I am highly anticipating a lot of them. I'm going to talk about some of the ones I can't wait to grab my popcorn and watch and why. I'm also going to link you to some amazing trailers, so get comfy, grab a snack and prepare to fall completely in love.

If you want more information just click the names of films/ actors/ actresses to be taken straight to their IMDB.

Divergent:-

Divergent is a sci-fi, action, thriller that tells the story of female lead Tris (Shailene Woodley). She lives in a world divided into fractions based on your virtues, when Tris's test comes back inconclusive she discovers she is a 'divergent' and won't fit in to any of the factions.Discovering that there is a plot underway to kill all the divergents Tris with the help of  four (Theo James) must discover why being a divergent is so dangerous

I can not contain my excitement for this wonderful story, which will be coming to UK cinemas on 04/04/2014. If any of my American readers have been lucky enough to see this already, please comment and tell me that it's amazing and wonderful and does the books justice ok? This is a film adaptation of the book Divergent written by Veronica Roth.

Rated at a Pg-13 this film is a must see. Rated 7.6 on imdb.com

Recommended for fans of : The Hunger Games, The Perks Of Being A Wall Flower and The Great Gatsby. 

Watch the trailer.

Maleficent

Maleficent is an action, adventure drama telling the unknown story of Sleeping Beauty's villain Maleficent (Angelina Jolie). In this tale we will see the events unfold that turn Maleficent's heart cold and lead to her cursing poor baby Aurora (Elle Fanning), only to learn later, that Aurora might be the key to peace in the land.

Ok, ok, I'm going to try and stop squealing now. HOW INCREDIBLY EXCITING IS THIS. I think deep inside every single one of us is a Disney loving softie, now that doesn't mean your still not a bad ass, you are, but who could not be excited by this? It's a disney Villain, it's Angelina Jolie AND as is that was enough of a sell, Lana Del Ray is performing Once Upon A Dream on the soundtrack. This masterpiece is coming to UK screens on 28/05/2014 (finally we're getting a film before America). Ok, you can freak with excitement now.

Rated PG.

Recommended for fans of : Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and The Huntsman, Beowulf and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

watch the trailer.

X-Men: Days of Future Past

This fantasy, action adventure follows Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) as the X-Men send him back in time to stop a catastrophic event, that would kill both humans and mutants, from happening.  

I won't lie, half of me is so excited to see this and the other half of me is a bit worried that they can't keep making the X-Men movies, eventually there going to get old and boring. I will be tuning in to see this however when it land in UK cinemas on 22/05/2014. I've got my fingers crossed that this will be epic, what do you guys think? Will this sink or swim?

There is no classification for this film yet.

Recommended for fans of: X-men, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, Man Of Steel, The Dark Knight.

Watch the trailer.

 The Amazing Spider-Man 2

 This fantasy, action adventure centers around Peter Parker ( Andrew Garfield) as the mysterious company Oscorp send various assailants after him, impacting heavily on his everyday life.

I won't lie I love the Spider-Man movies, all of them. I loved Tobey Maguire and I love Andrew Garfield. I expect nothing less than sublime perfection from this movie, I mean c'mon its SPIDER-MAN. If that isn't enough of an allure Emma Stone would be enough to drive me in to the cinema on 18/04/2014 when it's released in the UK. How perfect can one woman be?

Rated PG-13

Recommended for fans of: The Mummy, Hellboy, Pirates of The Caribbean, and Lord of The Rings.

Watch the trailer.

 Transformers: Age of Extinction

A sci-fi, action adventure that spins the tale of Tessa (Nicola Peltz) and her father (Mark Wahlberg) as they have the eyes of decepticons, autobots, and the government trained upon them after an important discovery.

I know, I know we miss Shia and Megan. I am beside myself over the fact that they're aren't in this film, why? Because I'm not going to be able to stop my decepticon loving behind going to the  cinema to see this when it's released in the UK on 10/07/14. These lovable little car robot things will still have me obsessing in 10 years if they're still making these fabulous films!

This film hasn't been classified yet.

Recommended for fans of: Transformers, Avatar, Real Steel, Cowboys and Aliens and I Am Number Four. 

Watch the trailer. 

The Maze Runner

A sci-fi, action, thriller about Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) and a group of friends who find themselves in a huge maze infested with deadly creatures, with no memories of their past lives. 

This is another one of those posts when I'm trying desperately not to squeal, but that's because of the lead actor IT'S DYLAN O'BRIEN. Bajsdbojwhebfhbef, is it even humanly possible to not go and see a film starring him? How someone could resist is far beyond me. I'll be first in the que on 24/10/2014 when this piece of cinematic magic arrives in my local UK cinema. if you don't know who Dylan O'Brien is go and see this film and discover him, if you do know who he is, go and see this film and stare at his amazingness. This is tied for my most anticipated film of the year.

This does not yet have a classification.

Recommended for fans of:  I Am Number Four, Babylon AD, The Hunger Games, and A Fault In Our Star.

Watch the trailer.

The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay Part One

This action, adventure drama centres on Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) as she reluctantly becomes the mocking jay, a rebellious symbol waging a war against the capitol.

SHE WILL BE BACK, MY KATNISS. YEY YEY YEY. I don't understand how anyone can not love this series. This is based on the ever wonderful novels by Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games series. I can't wait to see this film, I'm going to go to the cinema the day before and watch the first two films, then watch the newest film at midnight as it turns 21/11/2014. My most anticipated film of the year. I love love love this series. Team Peeta.

This film is not yet classified.

Recommended to fans of: The Hunger Games Catching Fire, Harry Potter and of course anyone who loves good literature.

Friday Favourites!

I'm going to start putting a weekly piece on my blog called 'Friday Favourites' it's going to do exactly what it says on the tin tell you my favourite somethings, I get easily obsessed with things, so it should be quite fun to see where this goes!

Favourite..

Make-Up Brand           -Urban Decay
Film Genre                    -Horror/Thriller/Slasher
Book Genre                  -Young Adult / Teen Fiction
Male TV Character       - Stiles Stilinski / Damon Salvatore
Female TV Character    - Veronica Mars / Lorelai Gilmore
Male Film Character      - Peeta Mellark
Female Film Character   - Katniss Everdeen
Male Book Character    - Myrnin
Female Book Character - Eve Rosser

Thats it for today's favourites! As you can see I have a bit of trouble making up my mind YIKES. If there is anything in particular you want to know my favourite of next week then comment comment comment.

The Hunger Games Series: Book 1 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Review

My personal review.

Like a lot of other recent The Hunger Games readers, I first discovered this book due to a 'Based on esteemed novel by Suzanne Collins!' banner displayed on a movie poster, and my god am I glad that I did!

From the moment I cracked the spine on this enticing work of art I was hooked. I was hooked by the complexity of the characters. I was hooked by the world she painted in front of me. Panem is a world so
vividly described that I can see it with complete clarity. The descriptions are wonderful and set an exquisite contrast between the horrendous conditions of District 12 and the glamorous surroundings of the capitals.

Katniss Everdeen, is a young girl of 16 who has practically raised her younger sister Primrose as a single mother. Her mother failed in her abilities to look after Katniss and Prim after the loss of their Father in a tragic mining accident that claimed the lives of many of district 12's miners. Panem consists of 13 districts and the glamorous city of the Capitol. The people who live in the districts live in extremely poor conditions, District 12 being the poorest. District 13 was destroyed 74 years ago when they attempted an uprising against the Capitol. Since this day, the Capitol have insisted that each of the 12 districts must offer up one male and one female tribute to represent them in 'The Hunger Games'. These tributes are all aged between 12 and 18 and have there names placed in a large glass bowl from which they are publicly 'reaped' by that districts Capitol representative. In a lot of the richer district i.e Districts 1 & 2 tributes volunteer for they see honor in competing in the 'Games'. When Primrose Everdeen of district 12 is reaped at just 12 years old, her older sister Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her place. This is then followed by the reaping of male tribute Peeta Mellark. The Hunger Games are based in an artificially constructed arena. The 24 tributes are placed into the arena and forced to fight to the death allowing only one 'victor'. A team of game makers ensure this by having many ghastly tricks up their sleeves. This story follows the journey of Katniss and Peeta as they leave their district to train for and eventually take part in the murderous Hunger Games.

The complexity of all the characters in this novel make it particularly hard to pick a favourite, but if I had to I think it would be Katniss Everdeen, followed closely of course by the ever lovable Peter Mellark, and their witty alcoholic mentor Haymitch Abernathy. Katniss is my favourite character, because I admire her and I aspire to be they type of woman she is. She displays bravery throughout the book but all the while continues to display compassion and affection for those around her, I also identify personally with her extreme and wonderful rebellious tenancies! With the perfect combination of danger and compassion Katniss is a force to be reckoned with and to put it simply I absolutely adore her.

The characters in this novel never fail to feel real, I didn't once finding myself questioning with these people would commit these actions. I believed with every ounce of my being that this is exactly how they would act. This was one of the many reasons this book always kept me guessing. Always kept me hoping.

Without divulging too much information or spoilers I would have to say my favourite part of this exquisite story is towards the end, when we see Katniss and Peeta exploring there feelings for one another in a cave, the lengths she is willing to go to, to protect him astound me and the sincerity of his emotions had me gripped on every single word.

I've been racking my brain to try and figure out which particular scene's I thought were written the best. The tense ones? The sad ones? The romantic ones? But I can't. Each word is so well written, each word so well constructed that I couldn't pick one. Suzanne Collins obliterates any expectations in her writing of this wonderful Novel. This book made me laugh, made me cry, made me place my book down in anger, however I never managed to keep myself away from this story I was so engaged in for more than a few seconds. I was practically ripping the paper in my attempts to turn the pages over as soon as I'd finished them.

The only thing I didn't like about this book, is that there wasn't more of it. On discovering the existence of the second novel in The Hunger Games Series- Catching Fire. I was completely elated I can not wait to drink in more information of these wonderfully compelling characters.

I would recommend this novel to anyone who would listen, but specifically I would say it's aimed and young readers. People susceptible to mystery, romance, tension and hope. If your an older reader and susceptible to those same things then please go and grab yourself a copy of The Hunger Games expertly written by the dazzling Suzanne Collins.

I rate this book a solid and unwavering 10/10. Keep an eye out for more of my reviews, including the second novel in this series Catching Fire.

If you would like to purchase this visit any good book store.