She's slaying better than the Capitol! <p><strong>The Background</strong>: Sarah El-Mahmoud has been with CinemaBlend since 2018, starting as a freelancer shortly after graduating from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in Journalism. In college, she was the Managing Editor of the award-winning college paper, The Daily Titan where she specialized in writing/editing long-form features, profiles and arts & entertainment coverage, including her first run-in with movie reporting, with a phone interview with Guillermo del Toro for Best Picture winner, The Shape of Water.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What She's Into</strong>: Sarah is CinemaBlend's resident YA enthusiast, often bringing her lifetime love of books and the stories behind their often contentious adaptations to the site. Deeply into when music and movies intersect, from knowing the hype musical tracks of Mamma Mia!, beautiful scores of Michael Giacchino and yes, the absolute banger Twilight soundtrack way too well. She is also passionate about highlighting and interviewing voices within the industry to help open the door for Hollywood to better represent the world through movies and television. Horror, she really loves horror movies. The world of animation as well... OK don't make her pick one genre. </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What She's Excited About Right Now</strong>: The continued resurgence of horror and musicals. The next Hunger Games movie, Mike Flanagan's upcoming shows, the Wicked movies and the final Spider-Verse animated film. </p>
There are an absurd number of video game movies and TV series that have been announced, planned, or are currently in production right now.
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Netflix just revealed the opening title sequence of the upcoming video game documentary series High Score, and if the show is anywhere near as joyous as this 42-second clip, I will binge every episode in a single afternoon. The entire sequence is animated with 16-bit graphics and set to a funky-as-hell chiptune-inspired track that is an absolute bop, perfectly capturing the nostalgia of retro gaming. The premise of the credits (yes, it has an actual plot!) is pretty cool too, following a quarter as it’s dropped into an arcade machine and travels through several …
Oh snap! Arguably the best Pokémon game ever to come to a Nintendo system, Pokémon Snap is getting a much-needed 21st century revival. Dubbed New Pokémon Snap, the all-new adventure game that pays homage to the N64 original is getting a release on the current-gen Nintendo Switch. So get ready to go on a photo-friendly safari because this new title is sure to be a popular one whenever it arrives. The original game was a very fun, very chill, family-friendly "shooter" on rails that let you photo-document the many and varied …
During these self-quarantine times, I've been playing a ton more video games than normal ("normal" was, TBH, still a lot). And now, those incredible folks over at Humble Bundle are here to keep encouraging my habit as some kind of world-saving technique -- except in this case, it kinda is. Because their newest bundle, full of incredible games, eBooks, comics, and more, costs only $30 -- 100% of which goes to charities and organizations fighting coronavirus. If you've never enjoyed the fine work of Humble Bundle, they're known for packaging all kinds of incredible indie games and …
While Tom Hardy may have deleted his Instagram post unveiling a glow-up for Woody Harrelson’s character Cletus Kasady, new official behind-the-scenes photos have made their way online courtesy of photographer Greg Williams. These Venom 2 set photos aren’t really revealing, but they do show off some of the camaraderie on set as well as Hardy’s reprisal of Eddie Brock. Venom 2 finds Hardy back in the saddle as both Eddie and his murderous symbiote Venom, and he’ll presumably be fighting against Cletus—a character who in the comics is a crazed serial killer …
Today, December 10 2019, Sony put on a streamed conference called State of Play, showing off some brand new PlayStation 4 games and reveling in the 25th anniversary of Sony PlayStation as an entity. While there were no new announcements about the hotly anticipated 2020 release of the PlayStation 5, the new PS4 games are still exciting and diverse enough to intrigue every type of gamer. Here's every new game announced at Sony's December 2019 State of Play. Resident Evil 3 remake: Hot off the smashing success of their 2019 remake of Resident Evil 2, Sony's releasing …
Columbo "It's All In The Game" is unique in that it features the titular detective let a killer go free by the end of the episode.
The ESRB reveals that 18 percent of all games it's rated contain some form of in-game purchase, such as loot boxes, currency, or expansions.
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