FILM: HUNGER GAMES CATCHING FIRE SETS BOX OFFICE ABLAZE!

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The long awaited sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire opened here in the UK with ‘Midnight Screenings’ last Thursday (21st November) across the country that took a hefty total of £300k from 275 cinemas. The film then went on to take a record breaking total of over £12m over the course of the weekend; making it Lionsgate UK’s largest ever opening!

This figure is a 250% increase on the franchise’s first instalment opening weekend of £4.9m in March 2012. The Hunger Games took £24m in the UK and grossed nearly $700 million at the box office worldwide.

Lionsgate UK CEO Zygi Kamasa commented: “We are thrilled with the outstanding box office and audience response to THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE. Katniss and the world of Panem has struck a chord with UK audiences and critics alike with results to substantiate that. We are looking forward to seeing where Mockingjay will take us next.”

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.

Just so you know, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will be available to pre-order on DVD and Blu-ray from Tuesday 3rd December!!!

CULTURE: SO EXCITED TO SEE YSL LE FILM

After reading Alicia Drake’s The Beautiful Fall (book about the rivalry between designers Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld) about 6 years ago, I have wanted to watch this movie; YSL Le Film! You know when you read a book and you visualise ab-solu-tely-ev-ery-thing that’s happening on the page? Yeah that!

The bits that I was most enamoured by were the bits about Mr YSL’s life (his trips to Marrakech, his nights in Studio 54, etc) now I know this is not The Beautiful Fall on screen, but it will be an exciting insight into Yves Saint Laurent’s life as a rising fashion designer. The film, due out in France early 2014, is heavily endorsed by Pierre Bergé (co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent’s fashion house, long term business partner, and Yves’s former life partner).

We get to watch (Pierre Niney as) him designing his most iconic pieces, defying the critics, and take a dip into his life behind closed doors.

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FILM: LIVING FOR FROZEN’S OLAF THE SNOWMAN

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This is that wonderful moment before reality craps all over your dreams and aspirations! Olaf the snowman from Disney’s new flick Frozen, loves the idea of ‘summer, and suuun, and all things hooot’. Watch his music vid below and feel his enthusiasm, take it all in! Be sure to check him out in his full glory in Frozen, released nation wide on December 6th.