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Rack Focus: Review: Hunger Games

Gary Sundt

Once in a great while, my career beckons me in a way that incapacitates me ever so slightly. Did I see The Hunger Games? Yes. Did I like it? Definitely. Do I have time to write a full review? Not this week. For this reason, joining me for the review is At The Buzzer contributor and all-around Superman look-a-like Shaun El-Ters.

Both being fans of the novel by Suzanne Collins, we’re going to first take issue with any and all comparison’s to the Twilight films beyond the simple truth that these are popular stories designed for tweens. The trailer for The Hunger Games is, on its own,  compelling viewing, while any clip of Bella Swan (who we most recently saw hungrily eyeing a deer) induces laughter. Both properties are obviously designed to make money, but the expertise in the production of The Hunger Games makes it the sci-fi pulp cult classics are made of. Continue reading “Rack Focus: Review: Hunger Games”

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Rack Focus: A Very Embarrassing “Top 5” List

Gary Sundt

So I’m overwhelmingly sick and, as such, didn’t go see a movie last night. In terms of my recommendations for the week, I hear 21 Jump Street is rather hilarious. That’s not my official endorsement, mind you, but it’s what I’ve heard.

Regardless, this predicament gave me the idea for interesting “top 5 list” — a list that any self-respecting connoisseur of film would hate to put together. Well, blame the fever or perhaps my lack of self-respect, but here is my list of “Top 5 Films I Haven’t Seen,” with some brief commentary. Continue reading “Rack Focus: A Very Embarrassing “Top 5” List”