The Dressmaker is a mess of a film. It wildly dives from comedy to melodrama back to comedy (but this time with a darker tinge) and perches all of that on top of a classic Western revenge story. Yes, it as mental as that sounds. So why the hell do I love it?
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
The Hunger Games franchise has been a revelation for young-adult cinema. Dark and intelligent, it has taken issues like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and propaganda and put them on-screen for millions of teenagers around the world. It’s also proven for any idiots out there that still believe otherwise, that a female character can lead an action series and still make shitloads of money. With The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, that all comes to an end, as we find out whether Francis Lawrence can overcome the weakest book in the series to give us a satisfying conclusion.
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