“The Hunger Games” is a brilliant book and film series that is consistently tainted by the negative perceptions of its genre. In actuality, the messages and themes they depict are ones which we can learn a great deal and heed warning from, as our future grows increasingly similar to Panem’s reality. 

The debate between literary fiction and genre fiction is a long-standing one. Genre fiction is accused of being insignificant and shallow while literary fiction is called pretentious and boring. There...

“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2”, the final film installment based on Suzanne Collins’ novel trilogy, provides a tale at its peak. The film starts out perfectly aligned with where it left...