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Film Review: Mockingjay Part 2

As far as high quality, true to the book/source material film adaptations go, this one takes the stand as the best I've seen for a while now. Rereading sections of the book, I'm struck to see just how much is taken word for word, or moment for moment, from the page and transferred to the screen. It seems like for almost 90 odd percent, the screenwriters, Peter Craig, Danny Strong and Suzanne Collins (she's listed too), did a lot of cut, copy and paste. Not that I'm complaining, all of Ms Collin's books continue to draw us into the world she has created, complete with three dimensional characters that have been faithfully portrayed in the films by a truly brilliant cast. The director Francis Lawrence has given us some stunning direction of a collection of scenes that as varied as they are, don't lose their focus. James Newton Howard, almost the only one (aside from the principal cast) to stick around for all four films - has crafted a beautiful score to

TV Series review: Constantine

I think it only fair to warn first off (if you didn't already know) that this series has already been cancelled after its first season of thirteen episodes. Quite sad really. Of course there are those who say that they will bring the show back, especially after the main character made a cameo appearance of the most recent Arrow episode, but after hearing the same of Moonlight and others, I'll believe it when I see it. Very fitting really - a lot of weird stuff goes down in this show, anyone who remembers the Keanu Reeves movie back in 2005 will be well prepared for creepy and freaky demons coming out of the woodwork - sometimes literally - and some suspension of belief is called for, but not too much. John Constantine, here portrayed by Welsh actor Matt Ryan, is occult world weary and as the pilot opens, we see he has voluntarily retreated to a mental hospital for events past. Of course, there is no rest for the wicked and its not long before he's pulled back to do