Our very first Jumpcut video review takes a spoiler-free look at Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens. Expect more of these quick film reviews in the near future, and don’t forget to subscribe to the Crooked Table YouTube channel for all the latest from CrookedTable.com!
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In this edition of Montage, we discuss horror sequel Insidious: Chapter 3, buzz-heavy creepfest It Follows and Gillian Flynn adaptation Dark Places, starring Charlize Theron.
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Every other week, it seems like news is dropping about yet another post-apocalyptic film adaptation of a young-adult novel. In the past couple of years, the Divergent, Maze Runner and upcoming release The 5th Wave all center of teens grappling with world-ending circumstances and attempting to fight back against the unjust society they live in. In that regard, The Hunger Games can easily be labelled as something of a trendsetter, despite early claims that the Suzanne Collins’ trilogy (and their film adaptations) hewed a bit too closely to the 1999 Japanese novel and its 2000 film. Now The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 — because Harry Potter and Twilight have apparently taught us that every grand finale requires two films — is here to finish the job it started.
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