Movie review of new Lionsgate film "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes". Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler & Peter Dinklage. Released on November 17th, 2023, in theaters worldwide.

Synopsis:

64 years before Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute, and decades before Coriolanus Snow became the tyrannical President of Panem. THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray's charm captivates the audience of Panem, Snow sees an opportunity to shift the ...