Released on November 20th, 2015, I am far overdue in writing a review about this movie. I almost trashed it from the back burner completely, but I figured I had better write it eventually, because I wrote reviews about the other three films, and I felt I had to “complete the set”. The problem is,…
Happy New Year! What a year 2015 was. During 2015, we saw Pottermore’s complete overhaul (for good or for worse). We went to the very first GeekyCon. We saw the film adaptation of John Green’s novel Paper Towns. We saw the last Hunger Games movie. We saw season five of Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey. We read yet another Cormoran Strike novel. We saw…
Yesterday it was announced that Mockingjay, Part 1 was dethroned after three weeks at the #1 spot in America. For me, I felt that this was totally deserved, except that it really should have stayed on the top spot longer. It’s not only a great first half to what is bound to be an epic conclusion with Mockingjay, Part…
Reality. Sometimes real life can get us down. But, that’s why we read fantasy. Like Bilbo, we all want to go on adventures, even though Gandalf doesn’t ever come knocking. Even though owls haven’t delivered our letters, we all want to go to Hogwarts. Admit it: you’ve stepped inside wardrobes, hoping that they would transport…
Critics say yes. Audience reviews and Twitter reactions say yes. The box office numbers say yes. I say yes. There are two ways that we can answer this question. First, is Catching Fire a better movie? Second, is Catching Fire a better adaptation? Both are valid questions, and both answers are still yes, in my opinion.…
Two sides are at war. Battles are televised. Interviews with each side are televised. You watch them. You hang on to every word. But you don’t really know, deep down, who to trust. You don’t know who the real enemy is. You only know what your parents tell you, and what their parents told them.…
Tonight, after the fourth inning of the World Series, a glimpse was released of another upcoming game: the Quarter Quell edition of the Hunger Games. That’s right, folks—the third and final trailer of Catching Fire was released tonight, and in it, we see quite a lot that we haven’t seen before. Watch the trailer for…
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has a new song for its yet-to-come soundtrack. “Atlas” by Coldplay was released on Friday, and this song, even after my first or second listen, increased my excitement for the new Catching Fire movie by leaps and bounds—which I didn’t think was even possible, considering how excited I am for…
Upon finishing reading The Hunger Games, I was about as reluctant to continue reading the series as I was to start the series, for mostly the same reasons. The dystopian setting. Kids killing kids. The hopelessness of their existence. And yet, this afternoon, I was struck with a sudden resolve to read Catching Fire, the…
LeakyCon 2013, Part 1 took place in Portland, Oregon from Thursday, June 27th to Sunday, June 30th. LeakyCon 2013, Part 2 will take place in London, England, from Thursday, August 8th to Sunday, August 11th. I won’t be attending, because I will be portraying Motel Kamzoil, the poor tailor, in a small local production of…