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‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ Is An Out and Proud Sequel [Review]

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A disheveled man in a housecoat speaks with a tentacled black alien coming out of his back

There’s a moment in Venom: Let There Be Carnage when Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) comes across a tree with a pair of initials carved into a heart. It’s a clue that Brock and Detective Mulligan (Stephen Graham) will use to track down escaped criminal Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson), but the romantic insignia is reflective of the sequel’s focus on love and duality.

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Film Review: The Hunger Games

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Courtesy of Lionsgate Films

The Hunger Games, the smash literary phenomenon, about a dystopian future in which 24 children fight to the death gets the big screen treatment as Lionsgate aims to kick-start a new franchise. So how does the film fare?

Let’s bitch it out…(Mild Spoilers ahead)

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