James Plath

Grade:  B+/B Action-Adventure Rated PG-13 The fifth film in The Hunger Games series is a prequel that focuses on the back story of young Coriolanus Snow, who in the first four films is the tyrannical president of Panem—a post-apocalyptic nation in North America originally composed of 13 districts (like the U.S.) that correspond to U.S. regions and states. Is it like the book? Mostly.

Grade:  B Animation Rated PG In the year of Barbenheimer, The Canterville Ghost—animated in a style similar to but more accomplished than the popular Barbie direct-to-video movies for youngsters—offers a strong female character that girls can identify with in a life-or-death adventure that prominently features science and progress.

Grade:  C– Comedy-Musical Not rated (would be PG) Elvis Presley made 31 movies between 1956-69, and 16 of them are currently available on Blu-ray from U.S. or European distributors (the latter via eBay). Of those films currently on Blu-ray, King Creole has been broadly acclaimed as the best of the bunch, followed by Follow That Dream.