The Hunger Games saga comes to a close with the second installment of Mockingjay, the third book in Suzanne Collin’s dystopian series about the 13 districts of Panem. It came as no surprise that fans of the franchise eagerly supported that conclusion to the franchise much like they did the first three movies. The fourth… Read More Mockingjay Part 2: Movie Review
I must admit that when I heard that the studios were breaking down Mockingjay, the final installment in the Hunger Games trilogy into two movies, I was a bit skeptical as to how it was going to be done. Mockingjay was not longer than Hunger Games and Catching Fire, and did not have that much… Read More Mockingjay Part 1: Movie Review
I’m not a big fan of dramatic films. Seriously, I’m not. Usually, I steer clear of movies dealing with death because that’s a surefire recipe of spilling the waterworks. I almost didn’t see Now is Good because it was pretty up front about the death and the disease as the subject matter. But because I was… Read More Now is Good: Movie Review
Even before the release of the film adaptation of Veronica Roth’s young adult dystopian novel, the film already had a lot to live up to. Not only was it being compared to The Hunger Games, which released its second movie Catching Fire to almost absolutely positive reviews in late 2013 (a well deserved praise), but… Read More Divergent: Movie Review
After over a year of waiting for the movie to come out, I have finally joined the millions of fans who saw the big screen adaptation of one of the best young adult trilogies of this generation. Needless to say, I am a huge huge fan of the literature so I had high hopes that… Read More The Hunger Games: A Review
I picked up Matched mainly because of Entertanment Weekly’s glowing review at the back cover that it is “The Hottest YA title to hit bookstores since The Hunger Games.” Being a big fan of dystopian romances and an even bigger fan of the Hunger Games trilogy, I decided to give former high school English teacher… Read More Matched: A YA novel that piques curiosity
2011 was a great year in films. I actually have a couple of movies I still haven’t watched, truth be told. But 2012 promises to be another year filled with amazing theatrical offerings (a lot of remastered blockbusters such as Titanic, Phantom Menace, Finding Nemo), some remakes, a few risky takes on popular children’s fairy… Read More 10 films I can’t wait to see in 2012
