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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Movie Review

After all the hype that surrounds the next installment in the new young adult trilogy, was Catching Fire always doomed to fail?
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Jennifer Lawrence is wonderful and empowering as she returns to the role of Katniss Everdeen...

The short answer to the above: no. The long answer? To call The Hunger Games series a collection of Young Adult flicks is a massive disservice to these spectacular films. It's bye-bye to the shaky camera that tainted 'The Hunger Games' so much, and with it goes almost all of the behind the camera talent that aided Gary Ross in the original movie. This movie is so much better than the hideous Twilight films it is constantly compared too, and is also massively better than it's predecessor: the first Hunger Games movie.  With the new special effects team comes impressive mutts and training facilities, and with the new costume team come some of the most staggering Capitol Couture as seen on the likes of Effie, Cinna and Stanley Tucci's Ceaser Flickerman.

Philomena Film Review

It's true, Philomena truly does break your heart, only to fix it right after...

In the 1940s and 50s, young girls who were disgraced or orphaned were sent to convents. Nuns (the Sisters of Mercy) were ruthless Catholics that forced children as young as 14 to give birth without the aid of pain relief or medicine, due to the nature of the babies conception being "sinful". The strict Catholic faith of the nuns ruled the girls too. They were forced to stay at the convent for 4 years to work off their debt to the Sisters with hard physical labour. Mothers were only allowed to see their children for one hour a day. Unbeknownst to the mothers, their children were sold to Americans willing to pay for their own child by the nuns, causing harrowing grief and depression. Thus, the tale of Philomena Lee commences...

Dame Judi amazes and warms the hearts of audiences everywhere with her portrayal of the Irish mother...