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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“Hunger Games, I don’t know you anymore.”

Freaks (1932)

Drama Rated NR

“…despite its gruesome conclusion, the movie seems to do everything in its power to create community.”

Spotlight (2015)

Drama Rated R

“…defined by Keaton’s blah button-down shirts and McAdams’ grown-out roots.”

The Thin Blue Line (1988)

Documentary Rated NR

“…engaging as a procedural and compelling as a meditation on the nature of truth.”

Into the Abyss (2011)

Documentary Rated PG-13

“…adopts the posture of an empathetic listener.”

Spectre (2015)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…the exhausted entry in the James Bond franchise, certainly the most exhausted of the Daniel Craig era.”

Nostalghia (1983)

Drama Rated NR

“…transports us to a place that no longer feels temporal, but spiritual.”

All About My Mother (1999)

Drama Rated R

“…about the ability of melodrama to speak to, and rise from, our mundane lives.”

The Assassin (2015)

Action/Adventure Rated NR

“Hou Hsiao-hsien wields cinematic tools with such delicate precision, it’s as if he’s working with a paintbrush.”

The 400 Blows (1959)

Drama Rated NR

“Truffaut imbues the movie with the irrepressible energy and optimism of youth.”

Recent Reviews

9 to 5 (1980)

Comedy Rated PG

“Parton’s smile wins 1,000 hearts and deflects twice as many harassing come-ons.”

Cure (1997)

Thriller Rated NR

“Like an unsettled mind, this is littered with background disturbances…”

It Ends (2026)

Horror Rated R

“A delectably malleable metaphor movie…”


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