here’s two new photo’s of the superb actress Julianne Moore who plays President Alma Coin in “The Hunger Games : Mockingjay : Part 1” – In one of the two photo’s Moore shares a scene with the late Philip Seymour Hoffman who plays Plutarch Heavensby – what do you guys think of Moore’s transformation? her white streaky hair looks fantastic…. Enjoy!
THE STARVING GAMES – (2013) – Movie Review ★★
Cast – Maiara Walsh, Brant Daugherty, Lauren Bowles and Diedrich Bader – from the team that wrote the Scary Movie‘s and directed such movie spoofs as Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans and Vampires Suck comes the latest film mock titled The Starving Games and yep you guessed it it’s a parody of The Hunger Games and pretty much everything else that writing & directing team Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer can squeeze into 80mins – VERDICT the first thing to say about The Starving Games is at least it’s consistent with the below average garbage that Friedberg & Seltzer are churning out these days, like many I enjoyed 1996’s Spy Hard (directed by Jason Friedberg’s dad Rick) and possibly the first two Scary Movie films but since 2006’s Date Movie it’s been a down hill slide into the abyss of unfunny, messy parodies that rely on the actors slightly resembling the movie characters they mock or having a name that’s been twisted to sound like it’s original – overall The Starving Games is a movie full of badly written gags and way too much gross out-humor – the only positive in the film is Desperate Housewives actress Maiara Walsh who embraced the silliness and delivered a half decent performance – my advice to anybody young or old who are smitten with this style of humor is to check out the master Mel Brooks and his films such as Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein & Spaceballs it’s something I hope Friedberg & Seltzer do before undertaking on their spoof of the “Fast and Furious” racing movies titled Superfast they might even learn something….
THE HUNGER GAMES : CATCHING FIRE – (2013) – Movie Review ★★★★
Cast – Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Jena Malone, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman & Sam Claflin – Catching Fire starts with Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark preparing for their victory tour throughout the country – President Snow is growing suspicious of Katniss’s true feelings for Peeta and wants her eliminated, blaming her for the recent uprising in the districts and the announcement of Panem’s third Quarter Quell, a special version of the Games held every 25yrs throws Katniss & Peeta back in the arena where survival at all costs is top of the agenda VERDICT – with I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence on-board for the sequel to 2012’s The Hunger Games and a group of actors more familiar with their surroundings and current status amongst Hollywood’s elite, Catching Fire entered rare territory by becoming a movie sequel that’s far superior to it’s original – everything from the film’s sets, the film’s urgency and the exhilarating action were far superior to the first movie – especially the District 12 sets, the poison mist and the Monkey Mutts chase scene were breathtaking – hats off to some of the newcomers to the franchise, my favorites being Jena Malone’s Johanna, Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Heavensbee & Sam Claflin as Finnick Odair all playing pivotal roles and shining when the spotlight was on – overall THE HUNGER GAMES : CATCHING FIRE does fine justice to the world created by Suzanne Collins and surpassed any expectations I had going into the theater – the third and final book is being adapted over two movies the first of which lands late 2014 and if Catching Fire hasn’t whet the appetite for what’s to come then the cannon must have sounded and your dead somewhere ready to be craned off to the Capitol….
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