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‘Hunger Games’ prequel overindulges, stretching clunky story way past 2 hours

Little makes sense in ‘The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,’ the bloated origin story of President Snow.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes Review: A Hot But Forgettable Mess

The mouthful of a title is a good indicator of what you're in for: a too-long film that will leave you skipping bits in your head.

Pedestrian.tv

‘The Hunger Games’ starts fresh, without Katniss, in ‘The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’

Eight years after the Katniss Everdeen saga closed, a new Hunger Games prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” arrives in theaters nationwide Friday at another transitional moment in Hollywood

The Independent UK

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Could Hunter Schaefer Really Play Zelda In A Live Action Movie? Here’s What She Says

Euphoria star Hunter Schaefer responds to online fan-casting of her as Zelda in the upcoming live-action adaptation.

Cinemablend

The Hunger Games prequel director reveals the film got an R-rating for its first cut and justifies its lengthy runtime

Exclusive: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes director Francis Lawrence opens up to GamesRadar+ about the bloody and violent prequel

Total Film

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes director on making the prequel grittier than its predecessors

Music and mayhem as the Games get off to brutal beginnings…

Total Film

Stars hit the red carpet for Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes premiere in London

Actress Rachel Zegler was joined on the red carpet by co-stars Tom Blyth, Hunter Schafer and Josh Andres Rivera at London's BFI IMAX

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Critics Have Seen The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes, See What They’re Saying About The Dystopian Prequel

Critics have weighed in on The Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, starring Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler.

Cinemablend

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes review – A limp prequel that dilutes its biggest villain

This origin story for Donald Sutherland’s monstrous bad guy from the original films casts Rachel Zegler as a dystopian theatre-kid and squanders the anger of novelist Suzanne Collins’s source material

The Independent UK

The Most Anticipated Dystopian Thriller of the Year Fails to Justify Its Existence

Despite strong lead performances and an intriguing premise, the prequel to the Hunger Games can't effectively lure audiences back to Panem.

Inverse

The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes Review: The Most Brutal Hunger Games Movie Yet, But It Can't Escape Some Textbook Prequel Traps

If you push the tired prequel tropes aside, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a triumphant comeback for The Hunger Games franchise that ups the stakes from the original films and dives deeper into the storytelling from a welcome new angle.

Cinemablend

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes review – back to an empty future

Prequel to the hit teen dystopia recruits Rachel Zegler and Jason Schwartzman to labour over IP that is now starved of inspiration

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Zegler pays homage to Katniss Everdeen’s fiery dress for Hunger Games prequel premiere

Actor paid homage to Katniss Everdeen for red carpet premiere in Berlin

The Independent UK

First Hunger Games prequel reactions call the film better than the originals

Reactions to The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes are in

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Cinemablend

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Has Screened, See Why People Are Saying The Prequel Is The Best Film In The Series

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has screened, and people are taking to social media with their first reactions.

Cinemablend

The Hunger Games Author Opens Up About Watching The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes Despite Being 'Nervous' To See It

Suzanne Collins, who wrote the novel for Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, has seen the new movie.

The Independent UK

Hunger Games director says he ‘totally regrets’ Mockingjay decision that led to fan criticism

Director said there was ‘no way’ he was going to make the mistake again in the forthcoming prequel ‘The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’

The Independent UK

Rachel Zegler initially turned down Hunger Games lead role before her boyfriend was cast

Zegler stars in prequel ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’

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The Independent UK

The heartbreaking reason for The Hunger Games prequel protagonist’s name

Rachel Zegler stars as Lucy Gray Baird in forthcoming prequel, ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’

The Independent UK

Hunger Games director teases major difference between Jennifer Lawrence and Rachel Zegler’s characters

Rachel Zegler leads forthcoming prequel ‘The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’

Evening Standard

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2023 is a great year for cinephiles

The Independent UK

Rider Strong says Donald Sutherland had a rule that ‘nobody’ on set could make eye contact with him

‘Boy Meets World’ actor appeared alongside Sutherland in 1993’s ‘Benefit of the Doubt’

Cinemablend

Is Jennifer Lawrence Going To Be In The Hunger Games Prequel Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes? People Have Been Asking

Jennifer Lawrence gives opens up about if she’ll have a role in the Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

Cinemablend

The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes Trailer Has The Internet Hilariously Realizing An OG Hunger Games Character Is A Nepo Baby

Hunger Games fans just realized that Stanley Tucci's Caesar Flickerman is a nepo baby following prequel trailer.

Daily Mirror

Euphoria's Hunter Schafer steals the show in Hunger Games prequel trailer

Hunter Schafer stole the show and sent fans wild with her first appearance in the official trailer for the Hunger Games prequel A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

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