What to remember from Haymitch Abernathy’s story before ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’
We know the story of Katniss Everdeen's time in the arena. Now, Suzanne Collins is telling the tale of how Katniss' mentor, ...
Who will play young Haymitch? New Hunger Games movie has yet to cast the iconic role
An adaptation of Sunshine on the Reaping, the prequel to The Hunger Games, may be in the works, but producers are yet to find ...
Where to watch Snow White star Rachel Zegler's 'much better' musicals as Disney remake slammed
Rachel Zegler stars as the titular character in Disney's live-action remake of Snow White, but the film has been savaged by critics ...
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1 Psychologist Explains Why Darth Vader’s Origin Story Isn’t As Good As You Think
An analysis of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has kicked of an interesting debate comparing the villain origin stories of Coriolanus Snow and Anakin Skywalker — a.k.a ...
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10 Simple Fixes That Would've Saved Terrible Recent Movies
Staying on the subject of bad final acts, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is, simply put, structurally broken. The film seems to reach a natural end-point when its iteration ...
We Already Know How ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ Ends. That Doesn’t Erase Its Impact.
We already know how 'Sunrise on the Reaping' ends, but that doesn’t erase the 'Hunger Games' prequel's power. Here's what ...
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New 'Hunger Games' prequel asks: How well do we really know our history?
The consequences of censorship are laid out in the 2020 prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which chronicles a formative set of games for young President Coriolanus Snow who would later ...
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There’s a New ‘Hunger Games’ Novel. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Coriolanus Snow is the president of Panem and the Joker to Katniss’s Batman. (You know a villain is Big Bad when he is beefing with a child.) “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” focuses on ...
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A Propulsive, Brutal ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Is Here. And It’s Great.
The first prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” followed the early years of Katniss’s nemesis, President Coriolanus Snow, tracking his time as an impoverished but ambitious Capitol ...