The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes review: This action-drama fails to create enough engaging moments
1 year, 1 month ago

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes review: This action-drama fails to create enough engaging moments

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Francis Lawrence’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is a cool name, only if the ballad didn’t turn into a lullaby Cast: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Jason Schwartzman, and Viola Davis Director: Francis Lawrence Just three weeks after the atrocious Ganapath, we get another film that creates a dystopian world, albeit not as hideously. Director Francis Lawrence doesn’t quite create enough stirring moments to allow us to root for the characters’ lives or sulk at their deaths. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is a cool name, only if the ballad didn’t turn into a lullaby. Rating: 2.5 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is playing in cinemas Read all the Latest News, Trending News, Cricket News, Bollywood News, India News and Entertainment News here.

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The Hunger Games The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes review: An ambitious yet flawed return to Panem
1 year, 1 month ago

The Hunger Games The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes review: An ambitious yet flawed return to Panem

Hindustan Times  

The return to Panem feels frighteningly chilly given the real world horrors that surrounds us today. Helmed by Francis Lawrence, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, recognizes the key thematic extremes of its dystopian YA trilogy while mounting the events that shaped up the destiny of Coriolanus Snow. The premise Set decades before there was Jennifer Lawrence's …

Review: ‘Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ feels rushed on its way to fascism
1 year, 1 month ago

Review: ‘Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ feels rushed on its way to fascism

LA Times  

It’s been eight years since the release of the last “Hunger Games” film, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2,” which means enough time has passed that it feels appropriate to return to the well that produced big box-office dollars for Lionsgate, and made Jennifer Lawrence a household name. It also helps that author Suzanne Collins released a prequel novel …

Review: The Hunger Games return in ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,’ with the odds in its favor
1 year, 1 month ago

Review: The Hunger Games return in ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,’ with the odds in its favor

Associated Press  

Two hours and 37 minutes is pretty long for a “ballad,” but you can’t call it “The Hunger Games: The Three-Cycle Opera of Songbirds and Snakes” now, can you? Concision was never much in favor in the four “Hunger Games” films, which reached a seeming finale with 2015’s “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2.” The intervening years have done …

‘The Hunger Games’ prequel ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ gets SAG-AFTRA’s interim agreement to promote movie
1 year, 1 month ago

‘The Hunger Games’ prequel ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ gets SAG-AFTRA’s interim agreement to promote movie

The Hindu  

The Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has been given an interim agreement by SAG-AFTRA, the striking actors’ union, to promote the film ahead of its November 17 release. Amid the ongoing actors’ strikes, SAG-AFTRA has been extending interim agreements to titles from producers who operate independently from companies belonging to the Alliance of Motion Picture and …

The Hunger Games: The Ballard of Songbirds & Snakes trailer - Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage make for menacing enemies
1 year, 3 months ago

The Hunger Games: The Ballard of Songbirds & Snakes trailer - Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage make for menacing enemies

Hindustan Times  

What's in the trailer Besides the visually stimulating world true to the Hunger Games franchise, the new film presents Viola and Peter in all their evil glory. Sample this dialogue by Peter's Casca Highbottom, “Your role is to turn these children into spectacles, not survivors.” Or sample these by a delectably diabolic Dr. Gaul, played by Viola, “Fuelled with the …

The Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence faces FURY from fans after calling Jennifer Lawrence's character Katniss Everdeen 'ASEXUAL' while comparing her to Rachel Zegler's role in the upcoming prequ
1 year, 3 months ago

The Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence faces FURY from fans after calling Jennifer Lawrence's character Katniss Everdeen 'ASEXUAL' while comparing her to Rachel Zegler's role in the upcoming prequ

Daily Mail  

The Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence found himself on the receiving end of some bitter backlash from fans after describing Jennifer Lawrence's character in the hit trilogy as 'asexual'. Lawrence, 52, made the odd observation about Hunger Games protagonist Katniss Everdeen while discussing the differences between her and the leading lady in upcoming prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, …

Watch: Trailer of 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' OUT NOW
1 year, 7 months ago

Watch: Trailer of 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' OUT NOW

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The odds are in favor of every Hunger Games fan! Lionsgate has officially launched the highly anticipated trailer of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The film will follow 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow during the tenth annual Hunger Games as he reluctantly mentors Lucy, a tribute from District 12. And I was away from everybody that I knew …

The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes trailer: Rachel Zegler tries to survive event
1 year, 7 months ago

The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes trailer: Rachel Zegler tries to survive event

Daily Mail  

The official trailer for The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes was released on Lionsgate Movies' YouTube account on Thursday. In the clip, Rachel Zegler starred as Lucy Gray Baird, District 12's tribute for the 10th installment of the Hunger Games, as she fought to stay alive while maintaining a grip on the public consciousness of Panem. New …

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