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…)
Josh Hutcherson
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…)
Escobar: Paradise Lost (TIFF 2014 Review)
Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)
Dir: Andrea Di Stefano
Pablo Escobar finally makes it to the big screen* but ends up playing second-fiddle to a Canadian surfer dude in the drug world thriller Escobar: Paradise Lost. (more…)
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