Binge Bones

  The Hunger Games (2012) RELEASED March 23, 2012 RUNTIME 142 mins DIRECTOR Gary Ross  WRITERS Suzanne Collins (novel), Billy Ray (screenplay), Gary Ross (screenplay)  STARS Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth COUNTRY United States LANGUAGE English  STUDIOS Lionsgate, Color Force  GENRES Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction Streaming on: imdbTV, TubiTV, Freeform, Fubo, Sling The plot: Jennifer Lawrence takes her little sister's place in a Battle Royale, a circus if you will, dictated by a place in Panem, Latin for "bread". Roman names are bastardized to underline the fact that humans always have been and always will be raging dickbags. Random observations:  It's super easy to sing "I want my MTV" to the underlying score and I highly recommend you do so. Emphasis on "high"ly. We've got a Wilhelm Scream when Katniss cuts off the tree branch with the tracker-jackers. Danny Elfman was the original composer for The Hunger Games, but du...