Join the Escapist + for ad-free viewing.

logo
Menu
logo
  • News
  • Video Series
    • Adventure Is Nigh!
    • Documentaries
    • Review in 3 Minutes
    • Design Delve
    • Extra Punctuation
    • Cold Take
    • Zero Punctuation
  • Columns
    • Area of Effect
    • Escape the Law
    • Expedition
    • Frame Jump
    • In the Frame
    • New Narrative
    • Out of Focus
    • Storycraft
  • Podcasts
    • Breakout
    • Slightly Something Else
    • The Recap
  • Originals
    • Features
    • Interviews
    • Opinions
    • Previews
  • Forums
  • Merch
  • Escapist +
  • Dark Mode
  • Twitch Icon

Tag: The Hunger Games

Shadow and Bone Netflix young adult YA teen series needs star power to succeed over generic premise, like Twilight
Movies & TV

Shadow and Bone Doesn’t Need a Sun Summoner, It Needs Star Power

Shadow and Bone arrived on Netflix this past weekend as a late addition to the young adult boom. The modern young adult boom ...
By Darren MooneyApril 27, 2021
Kinji Fukasaku Battle Royale superior to The Hunger Games, Divergent, Maze Runner with raw, real brutality and betrayed teenagers
Column

Twenty Years Later, Battle Royale Has Been Oft-Copied, Never Equaled

Kinji Fukasaku’s adaptation of Koushun Takami’s novel Battle Royale was perfectly timed. It coincided with the wave of international success for Japanese genre ...
By Darren MooneyDecember 18, 2020
Column

How to Survive The Hunger Games Without Landing in Jail

The idea of a battle royale is simple: put a group of people together and force them to fight to the death. The ...
By Adam AdlerJanuary 10, 2019
Gallery of the Day

8 Revolutionaries From Some Revolutionary Movies

Today to commemorate the beginning of the trial of Guy Fawkes we give you eight memorable revolutionaries in some very good movies. So ...
By Schuyler J. Dievendorf Legacy AuthorJanuary 27, 2014
Featured Articles

Checkmate: The Dystopian Game of Control

Classic dystopias like George Orwell’s 1984 serve to both critique totalitarian regimes, such as Stalinism and Nazism, and warn of what life could ...
By Carly Smith Legacy AuthorNovember 28, 2013
MovieBob - Intermission

Franchise Movie DOs and DON’Ts

“Franchise” movies – movies that exist as part of some bigger universe – are not going away any time soon. Sequels were already ...
By Bob ChipmanNovember 22, 2013
MovieBob - Intermission

… And The Rest

This week’s Big Picture offered a countdown of films I’m most excited (or, at least, interested) to see in the coming year. For ...
By Bob ChipmanJanuary 13, 2012
logo
© The Escapist 2021. All Rights Reserved.
  • Escapist +
  • Account
  • + Support
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Pitch
  • Merch Store
  • V1 Archive

logo

✕
  • News
  • Video Series
    • Adventure Is Nigh!
    • Documentaries
    • Review in 3 Minutes
    • Design Delve
    • Extra Punctuation
    • Cold Take
    • Zero Punctuation
  • Columns
    • Area of Effect
    • Escape the Law
    • Expedition
    • Frame Jump
    • In the Frame
    • New Narrative
    • Out of Focus
    • Storycraft
  • Podcasts
    • Breakout
    • Slightly Something Else
    • The Recap
  • Originals
    • Features
    • Interviews
    • Opinions
    • Previews
  • Forums
  • Merch
  • Escapist +