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Is The Hunger Games Movie Bringing out All the Closet Racists?

If you take a look at Twitter or Facebook, you’ll see tons of people dig the Hunger Games movie. However, a dishearteningly large and growing number of commenters have been complaining about the casting of one particular character: Rue. In the film, Rue is played by actress Amandla Stenberg, who happens to be half-black (her father is Danish). Continue reading

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4 Upcoming Toy-to-Movie Adaptations (That Probably Shouldn’t Be)

My newest is up on Mental Floss 4 Upcoming Toy-to-Movie Adaptations (That Probably Shouldn’t Be)  You can thank the success of Transformers 1 & 2 for the plague upon your movie houses that’s to come. Hollywood knows a good formula … Continue reading

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