Tag Archives: Jennifer Lawrence

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Morgan R. Lewis

I pity anybody who likes to be overly precise with their terminology on franchises. Sequels following after, prequels being made after but telling a story that come before… and then there’s a film like X-Men: Days of Future Past. Based … Continue reading →

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Winter’s Bone

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Morgan R. Lewis

2010 Best Picture Nominee In Winter’s Bone, Jennifer Lawrence plays a young woman named Ree living in the Ozarks. Though she is only 17, she essentially lives alone and has sole care of her two younger siblings. Her mother lives … Continue reading →

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Morgan R. Lewis

There’s an art to doing sequels, and there are enough critical essays on the subject to be classified as their own genre. One common topic in such essays is a sort of “sophomore slump” for series, where the second movie … Continue reading →

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X-Men: First Class

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Morgan R. Lewis

The X-Men film franchise was largely responsible for kick-starting the superhero movie resurgence of the 2000s. And with X-Men: Days of Future Past coming out this year, and X-Men: Apocalypse already announced, Sony’s ongoing adaptation of the popular Marvel Comics … Continue reading →

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The Hunger Games

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Morgan R. Lewis

With the Harry Potter film franchise ending in 2011, it was only natural that Hollywood would start looking for the next young-adult sci-fi/fantasy franchise to exploit. Fortunately for them, there was already an heir apparent, with Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger … Continue reading →

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