This well-paced, slickly-packaged second installment in the popular trilogy stays true to the book, thoroughly entertaining both diehard fans as well as those unfamiliar with the novels, while exploring its thought-provoking themes. Casting of the newly-introduced characters is especially good, particularly with Jena Malone as the scene-stealing, wise-cracking badass Johanna from District 7, Sam Claflin […]
While sorely lacking the action and slick pace of its predecessors, this prelude to the big finale to the successful Hunger Games trilogy does manage to entertain and push the story along to what looks to be a much more satisfying Part 2. Thankfully, Elizabeth Banks’ Effie serves up much needed comic relief amidst Katniss’ […]
Despite a slow start that carries over from the finale’s lackluster Part 1, fans of the popular Suzanne Collins trilogy will not be disappointed in the action-packed finale, which is visually compelling while remaining largely faithful to the book. Viewers who haven’t read the books, however, will now finally experience the disappointment that we book […]
Kids killing kids! For sport! Crazy! This futuristic, fight-to-the-death elimination saga based on the first installment of the popular Suzanne Collins young adult book trilogy combines creative storytelling with lots of heart-pounding action. Jennifer Lawrence kicks ass as Katniss.
It starts off as a slick looking psychological thriller about a psychic whom is able to enter the memories of his clients, in this case an odd rich girl (Taissa Farmiga) who frequently seems to be at the center of violent tragedies. But the film’s director seems solely preoccupied with artistic effects, ignoring what becomes […]
An ironic tale of survival begins when a couple of newbie campers wreck their snowmobile and are stranded in the wilderness, where they find themselves followed by a mysterious stranger. The meandering plot is often tedious, and the ending a knockoff, but surprisingly, it is still worth the wait, a far cry better than most […]
This low budget horror flick, about a seemingly mysterious evil force that terrorizes and abducts children and teens in the Ozarks, starts off frighteningly enough. But as story details come to light and the scariness devolves into stupidness, it becomes clear this is worthy of its straight-to-video release.
This is the true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team of investigative reporters at The Boston Globe that, in 2002, broke the child sex abuse scandal and decades long coverup by the Archdiocese of Boston – a scandal that quickly snowballed into a worldwide crisis for the Catholic Church. Featuring an outstanding ensemble cast, this […]
It starts off well enough, like any fun Saturday matinee – archeologists have discovered a new pyramid in the Egyptian desert, but inside lies a whole host of terrors – a lame plot, bad acting, and cheesy CGI-generated monsters.
This is, without a doubt, one of the best Disney films in the modern era. What starts out as a classic animated story of a princess about to marry her true love turns upside down when the Evil Queen casts her out of the animated fantasy world of Andalasia and into modern day New York. […]