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Betrayals, Battles, and Bilbo Baggins | “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” Review
The final installment of Peter Jackson’s expansive (some might say bloated) adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit begins immediately right where The Desolation of Smaug left off, leaving those coming in cold to fumble in the dark.
'Katniss and Mouse' Game in 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 1'| Film Review
The hit “Hunger Games” film series has become more assured in its latest installment, with Katniss Everdeen returning as a teen embracing the role of rebel leader and engaging in a lethal game of "Katniss and Mouse" with President Rose.
'If I Stay' Needs a Pulse | Film Review
The screen adaptation of Gayle Forman's 'If I Stay,' which hit screens on August 22, is a watered-down version of the hit YA book. The characters on film lack the focus and edge of the book's incarnations.
The Long-Anticipated Film of Lois Lowry's 'The Giver' | Movie Review
The film adaptation for Lois Lowry's 1993 dystopian middle-grade novel The Giver is almost 20 years in the making, starting when actor Jeff Bridges bought the book option back in 1995. Fans of Lowry's book have long waited for the book's screen release coming to theaters this Friday, August 15.
Break Out Your Hankies: 'The Fault in Our Stars' | Film Review
SLJ reviews John Green's page-to-screen hit adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars, which opens June 6.
Film Review: The Nonstop Action of ‘Divergent’ Dominates
Veronica Roth’s film adaptation of her dystopian YA novel Divergent is an action-packed narrative with a brave, young heroine and handsome love interest that diverges enough from The Hunger Games with some familiar overlap.
Into the Dragon’s Lair | SLJ Reviews 'The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug'
Multiple beheadings, one impaling, and an omnipresent necromancer—these are just three indications that director Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s 1937 adventure/fantasy The Hobbit has taken a dark turn. The short novel has been expanded into what might amount to a nearly nine-hour-long trilogy—turning what seems a fireside yarn in print into an overlong saga on the screen.
Smoldering Glances and Hot-and-Humid Heroics | SLJ Reviews ‘Catching Fire’ Film
In this second foray into Suzanne Collins’s “Hunger Games” trilogy, the filmmakers approach Catching Fire’s dystopian derring-do with deadly seriousness. Though a new director, Francis Lawrence, has taken over the franchise from The Hunger Games’s Gary Ross, it has been a smooth transition.
Death Comes to the Multiplex | SLJ Reviews 'The Book Thief' Film
How does a filmmaker adapt Markus Zusak’s bestseller The Book Thief, written in Death's candid point of view? Director Brian Percival tackles that question and more in this atypical family movie set in Nazi Germany. Starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, and Sophie Nélisse, the adaptation expands to theaters nationwide in the coming weeks.
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