THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook), Josh Hutcherson (Bridge to Terabithia), Liam Hemsworth (Paranoia), Woody Harrelson (Zombieland), Elizabeth Banks (The 40-Year-Old Virgin), Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), Julianne Moore (Maps to the Stars), Donald Sutherland (Don’t Look Now), Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones), Sam Claflin (The Riot Club), Robert Knepper (Hitman), Jena Malone (Sucker Punch), Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Willow Shields (The Wonder), Jeffrey Wright (Syriana), Meta Golding (Surrogates), Paula Malcomson (The Green Mile), Gwendoline Christie (The Zero Theorem), Mahershala Ali (House of Cards)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend), director; Danny Strong (The Butler) and Peter Craig (The Town), writers; Nina Jacobson (One Day) and Jon Kilik (Babel), producers; James Newton-Howard (The Sixth Sense), composer; Jo Willems (Limitless), cinematographer; Alan Edward Bell (Water for Elephants) and Mark Yoshikawa (The Tree of Life), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After literally destroying the Hunger Games forever after the events of Catching Fire, Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) finds herself headed to the fabled District 13 after her own District 12 is wiped out by the forces of President Snow (Sutherland). Once there, and under the leadership of President Coin (Moore), Katniss learns to spread her wings as the symbolic “mockingjay” that has inspired the rebelling masses if she and her allies are to save Peeta (Hutcherson) from the Capitol’s clutches and restore peace and order to Panem once and for all…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The end is nigh for the highly-successful Hunger Games franchise, but not quite as this time we are treated to the first half of the epic finale that puts everyone’s favourite characters – and a few new ones, too – in perilous situations.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 20TH NOVEMBER 2014

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