For the rest of us - the scornful, the uninterested, those too old to fully believe - the films derived from J.K. Rowling's seven best - selling fantasy novels have waxed and waned, moving from the formulaic fun of the early entries to the darkening adolescent gloom of the middle installments to the grim Wagnerian conflict of the final haul. (archive.boston.com)
Fifty Shades Freed — and before it, middle installment Fifty Shades Darker — have increasingly relied on more plot and fewer ladders. (npr.org)
The thing to keep in mind about THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE is that it suffers from being the middle installment of an established trilogy. (killermoviereviews.com)