If We Burn, You Burn With Us, Snow

“If this is to end in fire, then we shall all burn together.” Sound familiar? The above quotation comes from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, which came out last year. Now, appearing in the latest and final trailer for Mockingjay, Part 1, we have Katniss saying this: I have a message for President Snow: if we…

Preview: Mockingjay, 2nd Teaser Trailer

Whomever is behind the Mockingjay publicity campaign deserves a raise. The two Mockingjay teaser trailers that have been released thus far have been absolutely perfect. You’ve likely heard of “life imitating art”. Well, this is “art imitating life”. Both trailers are presented as though they are real addresses by President Snow to Panem. This second…

Preview: Mockingjay, Part 1 Teaser Trailer

Chills. This perfect trailer is perfect. It’s perfect, because it’s so ridiculously simple. It doesn’t show us several glimpses from the movie mashed-up together, as you’d typically expect from a teaser trailer. No. Instead, this teaser trailer simply shows us President Snow addressing the nation of Panem, with Peeta standing wistfully by his side. It…

Review: Revolution is Catching Fire

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…