Hunger Games: Catching Fire

“Every revolution begins with a spark”

Summary:

Katniss has returned from the Hunger Games, and is finally settling back into her new life as a Hunger Games victor.  She and Peeta are about go start their Victory Tour, and President Snow is breathing down her back.  He is upset because of the way that they defied the Capitol with the berries.  She and Peeta must convince the entire country of Panem that what she did was not an act of defiance, but that she was too in love with Peeta and wasn't thinking straight.  In an effort to get rid of her the President decides the next Hunger Games, the 3rd Quarter Quell, the tributes will be chosen from the existing pool of victors.  Katniss and Peeta are going back into the arena. 

Enders Game: Game Over

"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him." - Orson Scott Card

Enders Game is a fantastic film in which you will realize the deep connection that an opponent has with his enemy and what it takes to defeat them. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield) is an incredibly brilliant, yet very young recruit in the Military's program for gifted children. The movie starts out with Ender as a young recruit who hasn't made it out of basic training and observation. You instantly understand his eagerness and need to do well and please not only his commanding officers, but his family. Ender is the youngest in his family and since his two older siblings have already been expelled from the program, both for completely different reasons, he feels pressure to do well and learn from their  mistakes. His big brother Peter Wiggin (Jimmy Pinchack) opted out due to his preference for violence and his older sister, Valentine, (Abigail Breslin) failed Battle School, the next step in training, due to her compassion.