Ever the stylist, auteur David O. Russell manages to create arresting images in Joy, a fictionalized biopic loosely based on the life of Miracle Mop creator Joy Mangano. (more…)
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THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 Review – Katniss’ Wings Clipped
Piling on the darkness of its predecessors and doubling down on grim depictions of war, The Hunger Games quadrilogy draws to a thudding close in the fitfully entertaining Mockingjay Part 2. (more…)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Review
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
Dir: Francis Lawrence
Mockingjay Part 1 continues to introduce subversive themes and ideas in the strangest and most politically-charged modern blockbuster series outside of The Planet of The Apes. The dystopic setting of Panem is opened up to reveal the ramifications of the last two Hunger Games and its effects on the participants, as the seeds of rebellion take root and an uprising is fomented. (more…)
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