The Hunger Games is a beloved franchise, with five books and five movies to its name. The series set the standard for the young adult dystopian genre, with many of its contemporaries, like Divergent ...

You don’t expect a young-adult novel that depicts a threadbare love triangle with as much gravity as a tense rebellion to end on a feel-bad note. Most YA books, especially those that debuted in the ...

And the whole thing is directed by Francis Lawrence, who did Catching Fire and Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2, three-quarters of the original series. It’s no big surprise that Lionsgate keeps making new ...