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Movie Madness: Reviews of March's Cinematic Picks BlackBook Magazine We hate to get down on a film with a core that is hopeful, sweet, and easy to swallow, but after digesting it, we're still left feeling hungry.—Hillary Weston Nick Flynn's book Another Bullshit Night in Suck City was, as its title (sort of) implies, ... See all stories on this topic »

Book Review: Demonic and Other Tales by Garon Cockrell Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) In many ways, the flow of the book is less like short stories and more like a television series or a movie. For some reason, the decades-old series The Outer Limits comes to mind. Like a script, these stories have scanty description of the surroundings ... See all stories on this topic »

Racist Twitter reviews for 'Hunger Games' TheCelebrityCafe.com Based on a dystopian novel by Suzanne Collins, the film depicts two characters, Rue and Thresh, described as "dark skinned" in the book. Fans are up in arms and angered about whether dark actually meant that the characters were black. See all stories on this topic »

'Hunger Games' Movie Box Office Gold, But Did It Outshine The Book? [POLL] International Business Times The film shattered records and blew past all of the "Twilight" films. "The Hunger Games" movie got glowing reviews from critics and fans alike. On Friday night, CinemaScore revealed those under the age of 25 gave it an A+ and those over 25 an A-, ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times

Movie Review: 'The Hunger Games' WRAL.com (blog) The latter group might leave the theater a little more perplexed at the end, but I think both groups can enjoy this well-made movie. I am one of the bookworms, and while this is not a review of the book, I will say that I enjoyed it. See all stories on this topic » WRAL.com (blog)

Comic Book Review: 'Road Rage': "Throttle" Issue #2 FEARnet.com The image conjures up Stephen King cinema: not only the obvious Christine and Maximum Overdrive references (there's an animal skull perched on the grille that brings to mind the Green Goblin head on the front of the truck in King's directorial debut) ... See all stories on this topic » FEARnet.com

Hunger Games Cast Subjected to Racist Attacks in Shocking Tweets Us Magazine But the relative unknowns playing tributes from District 11 in the dystopian saga (which scored a historic $155 million its opening weekend and rave reviews) are the subject of an offensive debate among a few, totally clueless fans of Suzanne Collins' ... See all stories on this topic » Us Magazine

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