Sentences with phrase «as mockingjay»

It's not about looks, though, as Mockingjay 1 takes a moment to remind when some old guy says they shouldn't put Katniss in makeup because it makes her «look 35,» handily identifying exactly the demographic assembled for this film: tweens and everyone else pretending they didn't glance at J - Law's naughty selfies.

She has been much the best thing in the series since then, and that remains true in the final episode, hereinafter referred to as Mockingjay — Part 2.

Shell - shocked warrior Katniss Everdeen is now also known as the Mockingjay, and it's hard to know which name is worse.

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For example, a campaign for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 might target fans already tweeting about the series, users who've tweeted aboutDivergent or, hypothetically, anybody making a joke about volunteering as tribute and having the odds ever in their favor.

Suzanne Collins» trilogy was the first foray into fiction I enjoyed after a year of research and writing for «A Year of Biblical Womanhood», so I surrendered myself totally to the unfolding stories and, like so many others, lost a lot of sleep as I worked my way through The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and The Mockingjay.

We love it when stars give us red carpets whiplash within days, and Julianne's dark fringed Tom Ford at The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 L.A. premiere is about as far as you can get from the winter white she wore to the Hollywood Film Awards last week.

Julianne Moore will channel her inner politician again — something she perfected with her turn as Sarah Palin in the telemovie «Game Change» (coincidentally, written by «Hunger Games: Mockingjay» scribe Danny Strong)-- with the role of President Alma Coin in «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay» and «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II», says The Hollywood Reporter.

The Hunger Games ends its four - year run as Hollywood's dominant YA film franchise with its fourth and final installment, Mockingjay, Part 2.

That commitment to the novels» adult subject — this is about loyalty as much as love, both national and individual — makes Mockingjay Part 2 an ambitious conclusion to a quietly bold saga.

The one constant has been Jennifer Lawrence's charismatic, committed performance as Katniss Everdeen, aka Mockingjay.

In general, however, it seems as though Mockingjay - Part 1 will be focusing on the buildup to the figurative storm that finally breaks out during Part 2.

Female - led high - budget flicks like «Divergent,» «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1» and «Maleficent» did very well at the box office, while directors Angelina Jolie and Ava DuVernay «s films, «Unbroken» and «Selma,» respectively, are accumulating Oscar buzz as awards season is already in full swing.

Mockingjay - Part 1, as teased in the first trailer, focuses on Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) becoming a symbol for the growing organized rebellion within the districts of Panem against the iron - fisted Capitol and its leader, President Snow (Donald Sutherland).

One of the more noticeable ways in which Mockingjay, Part 2 stumbles is by unleashing the Capitol's «Mutts» on our heroes as they try to survive the heavily booby - trapped Capitol by venturing underground.

Taken as a standalone, minus the weight of its source material, Mockingjay Part 2 draws all of the threads of story together to a satisfying conclusion.

Mockingjay carries the most action of the series, as Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) comes face to face with her inescapable destiny; an all - out war with the Capitol of Panem.

Mockingjay would have been better served as a single two - or three - hour finale, rather than a two - parter that is so far lacking in epic sweep.

This movie is, in - essence, a 123 - minute trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part Two as it spends a great deal of time getting us up to speed with our protagonists and accustomed to new characters whilst building toward the film's only true reveal which is certain to have fans lining up to see the final instalment.

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The action parts of the movie were as good as previous parts of the series, and a step up from Mockingjay part 1, but I did feel as though there were lots of filler scenes where the characters moped around a bit and lamented over who Katniss would pick from their odd little love triangle.

Below, check out the Mockingjay Part 1 poster as well as some images featuring Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Woody Harrelson, and Jeffrey Wright.

At the end of the day, Mockingjay hits all the right moments, but I felt just as deflated with this as I did with the book.

The Hunger Games films veer off into a different direction with Mockingjay, Part 1, as we no longer have a highly televised arena featuring combatants battling to the death so much as a battle for the people of Panem in terms of whether they want to stay with the oppressive regime led by the Capitol and President Snow (Sutherland, Horrible Bosses), or whether they're going to join the revolution and fight for a new way of life.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 2014, 123 minutes, PG - 13 / Director: Francis Lawrence / Writers: Suzanne Collins, Peter Craig, Danny Strong / Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman Buy It: Blu - ray Combo • DVD • Instant Video Though it almost certainly would have been better as a single movie, this relatively uneventful penultimate installment of the blockbuster franchise still sustains interest, this time with different elements than its predecessors.

We begin The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 shortly thereafter, as Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence, «Silver Linings...

Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence), now battle scarred and fully entrenched as the face of the rebellion (as seen in «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1»), has her eyes firmly set...

As the brace is removed, and Katniss» terribly bruised and raw neck is exposed, a horrifying memory descends upon the audience — Peeta loathes and attacked our heroine at the end of «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.»

For all its obvious smarts and mildly provocative ideas, Mockingjay doesn't seem to trust its audience quite as much as it clearly trusts its heroine.

«The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1,» starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, another hit franchise's version of a rebel leader, finished 2014 as the highest grossing film.

Coin plans to keep Katniss safe and out of harm's way, mainly wielding Katniss as a propaganda piece, much like Katniss was in the first «Mockingjay» movie.

Lawrence has seldom been more compelling as she plumbs both Katniss's vulnerability and her reluctant strength, and the «propo» device embodies what is both so strange and so strikingly effective about Mockingjay: Part One's structure.

In Paris, Jennifer Lawrence was caught on camera as she shot scenes for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 involving a huge crowd of elaborately costumed extras.

Actress Lily Rabe, who was announced to be joining the cast of Mockingjay Part 2 as Commander Lyme back in September, will not longer be kicking Capitol butt with Katniss Everdeen.

As expected, Mockingjay — Part 1 had the biggest opening of the year, but its opening didn't catch fire like the previous two films in the Hunger Games series.

So how is it that Mockingjay: Part One emerges as the best Hunger Games film so far by such a wide margin?

Lionsgate has released a new TV spot from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2, the final installment in the young adult franchise featuring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen.

Even so, Mockingjay Part 2 hasn't quite earned as much as any of the previous films in...

As «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1» continues to dominate the American box office and build anticipation to next year's concluding chapter, one member of the ensemble is emerging as a scene - stealeAs «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1» continues to dominate the American box office and build anticipation to next year's concluding chapter, one member of the ensemble is emerging as a scene - stealeas a scene - stealer.

That is unfair, because as it happens Mockingjay Part One is a truly fantastic piece of cinema.

The 24 - year - old is the consummate professional however, as she hit the red carpet in London and Austria yesterday as she begins the exhaustive promotional tour for her latest blockbuster, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 1.

The end of The Hunger Games movies arrives next week as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part Two is released in cinemas.

Mockingjay, Part 2 is not nearly as grand visually as the first two films, but it is a marked improvement from Part 1.

Even though «Mockingjay: Part 2» will not be released until 2015, the three young stars of the blockbuster franchise embraced as filming for the movie is finally over.

Now just 24 years of age, Lawrence turns in her third go - round as Katniss Everdeen in the latest installment of the wildly popular book - to - screen series The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1.

Fandango users have voted «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1» and David Fincher's «Gone Girl» as their most anticipated Fall 2014 films.

Directed by Academy Award ® nominee Kenneth Branagh («Thor,» «Hamlet») and starring Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett («Blue Jasmine,» «Elizabeth»), Lily James («Downton Abbey»), Richard Madden («Game of Thrones») and Academy Award nominee Helena Bonham Carter («The King's Speech,» «Alice in Wonderland»), «Cinderella» is produced by Simon Kinberg («X-Men: Days of Future Past,» «Elysium»), Allison Shearmur («The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part I») and David Barron («Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows») with Tim Lewis («Goldeneye») serving as executive producer.

Courtesy of Lionsgate, we have the final Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 poster, featuring Jennifer Lawrence as she plays the role of Katniss Everdeen for the very last time.

Mockingjay — Part 2 is a movie about a journey, which allows plenty of time for platitudes to be exchanged and for multiple conversations to drone in the foreground as the group presses onward in the background.

Now, behold this new image from the upcoming The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, featuring Elizabeth Banks as Effie, and Jennifer Lawrence in the iconic role of Katniss Everdeen.

Stars are glamorous and demure as they arrive for the Los Angeles film premiere of «Mockingjay» at the Nokia Theater L.A. Live on Nov. 17