A Fun Solid Animated Feature | Review of ‘The Angry Birds Movie’

By Cynthia Ayala

Th Angry Birds Movie starring Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad & Danny McBride
Columbia Pictures
Image Credit: IMDB

Find out why the birds are so angry. When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to three unlikely outcasts – Red, Chuck and Bomb – to figure out what the pigs are up to.

—IMDB

Okay, let’s be honest here: no one expects Angry Birds to be good, after all, it’s based off a game where you throw birds into pigs because they are stealing eggs. But guess what, this movie was actually incredibly entertaining, and much like with Warcraft, the writers were able to put together a strong story and strong characters based on a mobile game that had very little of both.
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Angry Birds Star Wars hits Facebook

By: Eddie Makuch Angry Birds Star Wars has entered a new realm: Facebook. Developer Rovio Entertainment has announced that the bird-flinging strategy game is now available to play through the social networking site. Angry Birds Star Wars for Facebook sports the same feature-set as other versions, but with added items and social components. Angry Birds Star Wars on Facebook includes new powerups (Blaster Droid, Saber … Continue reading Angry Birds Star Wars hits Facebook

Iron Man, Despicable Me producers behind Angry Birds movie

By: Eddie Makuch The Angry Birds movie will hit theaters during summer 2016, Rovio Entertainment announced today. Iron Man producer David Maisel is attached as executive producer, with Despicable Me producer John Cohen also on board in a producing role for the untitled 3D CGI film. The Angry Birds film will be produced and financed entirely by Rovio Entertainment with no help from an outside … Continue reading Iron Man, Despicable Me producers behind Angry Birds movie

GameStop Kids stores opening across the United States

By: Eddie Makuch GameStop is trying something new this holiday season. The company announced today a new line of concept stores called GameStop Kids, the first of which will open today in Grapevine, Texas, the location of GameStop’s worldwide headquarters. In all, GameStop plans to open 80 GameStop Kids locations at malls across the country during the holiday season. A full list of stores is … Continue reading GameStop Kids stores opening across the United States

Angry Birds Star Wars teased

By: Eddie Makuch The next destination for Rovio’s Angry Birds appears to be a galaxy far, far away. Today, Rovio launched a new Tumblr account with an image that depicts what appears to be a bird from the franchise donning a Star Wars-esque robe and wielding a lightsaber. The teaser page indicates more information on the mystery project will be shared at 8 a.m. on … Continue reading Angry Birds Star Wars teased

Angry Birds hits 1 billion downloads

Now this does not surprise me.  I have this friend, she is adorable, and let me tell you, she simply loves this game.  But anyway, lets talk about the game shall we. Finnish developer Rovio Mobile today announced that games in the bird-flinging, pig-destroying portable strategy game franchise have been downloaded more than 1 billion times.  It is said that this milestone came in march … Continue reading Angry Birds hits 1 billion downloads

Exclusive: ‘Angry Birds Space’ blasting off in March

By: Ben Silverman | Plugged In They’ve conquered smartphones and social networks. Next up for the Angry Birds? The final frontier. We’ve got the exclusive scoop on the next official game in Rovio’s blockbuster, bird-flinging franchise: “Angry Birds Space.” The game is due to smash into mobile devices on March 22. The fourth major release in the Angry Birds series is a departure in more … Continue reading Exclusive: ‘Angry Birds Space’ blasting off in March