Already one of the biggest money-making films in history, the allure of The Hunger Games has been the subject of much scrutiny. I think it's enough to say that, given how many of the other box office champions of recent years include The Dark Knight, Titanic, the Twilight franchise, and the last Harry Potter movies, it's a testament to American… read more!

As I wrote in an earlier review, there are almost strictly two kinds of heist movies: those where everything goes right and the thieves walk away with a fortune, and those where everything goes wrong and the thieves wind up dead or in jail. The distinction between these two very different subgenres hinges on one element: whether or not the… read more!