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Why make one movie when you can whack a book in half, and make two?
A good magic trick is one that keeps you guessing. Likewise, “Now You See Me” plays mind games that have you truly living the film’s motto, “The closer you look, the less you see.”
“The Hunger Games” successfully portrays Suzanne Collins’s heavyweight message of sacrifice and survival, sparking the strong beginning of a new cultural phenomenon and definitely living up to the hype.
Shot in a grim, handheld, sub-Michael Mann style, the look perfectly captures the scuzzy mood of the material.
