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The Starving Games
''The Starving Games'' is a 2013 American parody film written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer and produced by Peter Safran, Friedberg & Seltzer. The film parodies The Hunger Games (film), ''The Hunger Games'' and it stars Maiara Walsh, Cody Christian, Brant Daugherty, Lauren Bowles and Diedrich Bader. It is the first film in Friedberg and Seltzer's long-running partnership to be distributed independently. It was released simultaneously in theaters and video on demand by distribution start-up Ketchup Entertainment. The film was released on November 8, 2013 to negative reviews. Plot Kantmiss Evershot practices archery in the forest, but her boyfriend, Dale, surprises her; the arrow accidentally hits Oz the Great and Powerful, The Wizard of Oz. They return to Hunger Games#Setting, District 12, where children afraid of getting picked for the Games deliberately injure and mutilate themselves to avoid selection. Harry Potter, Harry, Ron Weasley, Ron, and Hermione Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Friedberg And Aaron Seltzer
Jason Friedberg (born October 13, 1971) and Aaron Seltzer (born January 12, 1974) are American and Canadian filmmakers. They have primarily worked on parody films, which they began writing and directing during the mid-2000s. Friedberg and Seltzer's first five films between 2006 and 2010 received wide theatrical releases to mostly commercial success, but universally negative reviews; their films ''Epic Movie'' (2007), ''Meet the Spartans'' and ''Disaster Movie'' (both 2008) are considered List of films considered the worst, among the worst ever made. Following ''Vampires Suck'' (2010), their subsequent releases in the 2010s garnered less attention, largely due to their limited theatrical distribution. Biography Interviews with the duo are rare, but in an exclusive 2014 interview with the publication ''Grantland'', their background was discussed: Seltzer is part of a Canadian shoe salesmen family from Mississauga, Ontario, and Friedberg, who was born in Newark, New Jersey, was ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oz The Great And Powerful
''Oz the Great and Powerful'' is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner from a story by Kapner. Based on L. Frank Baum's early 20th century ''Oz'' books and set 20 years before the events of the original 1900 novel, the film is a spiritual prequel to the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film '' The Wizard of Oz''. Starring James Franco in the title role, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King, and Tony Cox, the film tells the story of Oscar Diggs, a deceptive magician who arrives in the Land of Oz and encounters three witches: Theodora, the Good Witch of the North, Evanora, the Wicked Witch of the East, and Glinda, the Good Witch of the South. Oscar is then enlisted to restore order in Oz while struggling to resolve conflicts with the witches and himself. It is Disney's third film adaptation of Baum's works, following '' Return to Oz'' (1985) and the telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint Barton (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Clinton Francis "Clint" Barton is a fictional character portrayed by Jeremy Renner in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise—based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name—more commonly known by his alias, Hawkeye. Barton is depicted as an expert marksman, archer, and hand-to-hand combatant, with his preferred weapon being a recurve bow. Barton, an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., is sent to kill Natasha Romanoff but decides to recruit and befriend her instead. Barton becomes a founding member of the Avengers after being recruited by Steve Rogers, participating in the Battle of New York, the HYDRA uprising, and the conflict against Ultron. Barton sides with Rogers during the Avengers' internal conflict over the Sokovia Accords; he is placed on house arrest as a result. After Barton's family is decimated during the Blip, he becomes a vigilante and violently dismantles organized crime across the world as Ronin (Marvel Comics), Ronin. He rejoins the Avengers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
The Avengers are a team of superheroes and the protagonists of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise, based on Avengers (comics), the eponymous team from Marvel Comics created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1963. Founded by S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel Cinematic Universe), S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Nick Fury, the team is a United States–based organization composed primarily of superhuman, superpowered and expert, gifted individuals, described as "Earth's Mightiest Heroes", who are committed to the world's protection from a variety of threats. The Avengers are depicted as operating in the state of New York (state), New York: originally from the Avengers Tower (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Avengers Tower in Midtown Manhattan and subsequently in the Avengers Compound (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Avengers Compound in Upstate New York. Arranged as an ensemble of core MCU characters originally consisting of Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Fury (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury is a fictional character portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Fury is portrayed as the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and enacts the Avengers Initiative after encountering Captain Marvel and the Skrulls, while also learning of extraterrestrial threats such as the Kree. Fury assists his assembled team as they battle a range of threats, including Loki, the Winter Soldier and Ultron. He later assists Captain America in taking down S.H.I.E.L.D., after it is found to be compromised by the terrorist organisation Hydra. He fakes his death and hands over directorship to Phil Coulson. After falling victim to the Blip and being restored to life, Fury dedicates his time to developing the aerospace defense space station, S.A.B.E.R. He is later called back to Earth to stop an invasion of rogue Skrulls. Prior to the formation of the MCU, Marvel Comics incorpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Expendables (2010 Film)
''The Expendables'' is a 2010 American action film directed by Sylvester Stallone, who co-wrote it with David Callaham and also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars an ensemble cast of mostly action film actors consisting of Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Steve Austin, Mickey Rourke, and Bruce Willis. The film was released in the United States on August 13, 2010. It is the first installment in ''The Expendables'' film series. This was Dolph Lundgren's first theatrically released film since 1995's cyberpunk film '' Johnny Mnemonic.'' The film is about a team of elite mercenaries tasked with a mission to overthrow a Latin American dictator whom they soon discover to be a mere puppet controlled by a corrupt ex- CIA agent. It pays tribute to the blockbuster action films of the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was distributed by Lionsgate. ''The Expendables'' received mixed reviews with praise towards the action sequences and cast p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Of The Rings
''The Lord of the Rings'' is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book ''The Hobbit'' but eventually developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, ''The Lord of the Rings'' is one of the best-selling books ever written, with over 150 million copies sold. The title refers to the story's main antagonist, the Dark Lord Sauron, who in an earlier age created the One Ring, allowing him to rule the other Rings of Power given to men, dwarves, and elves, in his campaign to conquer all of Middle-earth. From homely beginnings in the Shire, a hobbit land reminiscent of the English countryside, the story ranges across Middle-earth, following the quest to destroy the One Ring, seen mainly through the eyes of the hobbits Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin. Aiding the hobbits are the wizard Gandalf, the men Aragorn and Boromir, the elf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avatar (2009 Film)
''Avatar'' is a 2009 Epic film, epic science fiction film co-produced, co-edited, written, and directed by James Cameron. It features an ensemble cast including Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. The first installment in the Avatar (franchise), ''Avatar'' film series, it is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing Fictional universe of Avatar#Astronomy and geology, Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the valuable Unobtainium, unobtanium, a room-temperature superconductor mineral. The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Fictional universe of Avatar#Na'vi, Na'vi, a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The title of the film refers to a Genetic engineering, genetically engineered Na'vi body Brain–computer interface, operated from the brain of a remotely located human that is used to Telep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fruit Ninja
''Fruit Ninja'' is a video game developed by Halfbrick originally released on April 21, 2010. In the game, the player must slice fruit that is thrown into the air by swiping the device's touch screen with their finger(s) or (in the case of the Xbox 360 version) the player's arms and hands, and must not slice bombs. It features multiple gameplay modes, leaderboards and multiplayer. The game was initially released for iPod Touch and iPhone devices before being expanded to other devices and platforms: July 14, 2010, for the iPad, September 17, 2010, for Android devices, December 22, 2010, for Windows Phone, and March 2011 for Samsung's Bada and Nokia's Symbian. Just prior to E3 2011 ''Fruit Ninja Kinect'', which utilizes the Kinect peripheral, was released for the Xbox 360 on August 10, 2011. ''Fruit Ninja'' was also released for Windows 8, on June 7, 2012. Versions with alternative names exist, such as ''Fruit Ninja HD'' on the iPad; also released on Intel AppUp in 2011 fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annoying Orange
''Annoying Orange'' is an American comedy web series created by Dane Boedigheimer (known online as DaneBoe). Set in a world of anthropomorphic food, the series follows its titular protagonist, Orange, who always annoys others by telling crude jokes and puns and making annoying noises until their certain demises. The ''Annoying Orange'' YouTube channel has 13 million subscribers as of 2025. The original web series has also expanded to multiple separate series, such as ''The Adventures of Liam The Leprechaun'', '' The Misfortune of Being Ned'', ''The Marshmallow Show'', the television series '' The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange,'' and a gaming channel, ''Annoying Orange Gaming'', where they upload Let's Play videos. The channel uploads biweekly episodes including a variety of mini-series, each dedicated to covering different themes of typical YouTube genre tropes such as ''Ask Orange'', ''HOW2'', ''The Juice'', ''Foodsplosion'', ''Shocktober'', and more. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angry Birds
''Angry Birds'' is a Finnish media franchise created by Rovio Entertainment, and owned by Sega. The game series focuses on the titular flock of colorful angry birds who try to save their eggs from green-colored pigs. Inspired by the game ''Crush the Castle'', the original game has been praised for its successful combination of fun gameplay, comical style, and low price. Its popularity led to many Spin-off (media), spin-offs; versions of ''Angry Birds'' created for Personal computer, PCs and video game consoles, a market for merchandise featuring its characters, ''Angry Birds Toons'' (2013–2016), a televised animated series, and two films; ''The Angry Birds Movie'' (2016) and its sequel ''The Angry Birds Movie 2'' (2019), with a third film currently in production. By January 2014, there had been over 2 billion downloads across all platforms, including both regular and special editions. By July 2015, the series' games had been downloaded more than 3 billion times collectively, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermione Granger
Hermione Jean Granger ( ) is a fictional character in the ''Harry Potter'' series of novels by J. K. Rowling. She first appeared in '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (1997), as a first-year student on her way to Hogwarts. She becomes friends with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley after they save her from a troll in the girls' bathroom. Hermione often uses her quick wit, deft recall, and encyclopaedic knowledge to help her friends in perilous situations. Rowling has stated that Hermione resembles herself as a young girl, with her insecurity and fear of failure. Hermione has been immensely popular. The version of the character portrayed by Emma Watson in all eight ''Harry Potter'' films was voted the best female character of all time in a 2016 poll of Hollywood professionals conducted by ''The Hollywood Reporter''. Arabella Stanton portrays her in the upcoming television series. Creation and development Rowling has described Hermione as a strong female character who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
