The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 movie review: breaking the blockbuster
One of the smartest and most enthralling SF film series ever breaks more new ground as it ends on notes as emotional and provocative as they are explosive.
Josh Hutcherson
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part I movie review: image manipulation
One of the best SF series ever deepens its critique of the power of propaganda in ways complicated, intriguingly contradictory, and a little bit horrifying.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire review: reluctant heroine
A devastating indictment of pop culture as propaganda — about its power and the limits of its powers — and an upending of the typical teen-girl romance movie.
Epic review: you can’t stop the rot
Ironically, nothing feels organic here, and certainly nothing feels magical…
Red Dawn (trailer)
Gotta love that America’s new blue-eyed boy-next-door Marine hero gonna save Mom, the flag, and apple pie is… Australian.
question of the day: How soon is too soon to start talking about next year’s Oscars?
The Hunger Games! Oscar contender! Never mind that it’s only April! *sigh*
should I buy the Harry Potter ebooks? (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
The Hunger Games (review)
Every once in a while, just as I’m about to succumb to Hollywood-stoked despair and ennui, a movie like The Hunger Games comes along to rescue me…
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (review)
Crams three times the hoo-hah of the first film into a 3D CGI theme-park ride, yet reduces itself to one-third the fun…
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (trailer)
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is all, “Hey, come on, everybody, I’ve got this secret map that’s gonna help me find my career again!”
