By Kim Velsey 10/02/12 7:01pm

And there it was. The star, the one.

Hunger Games Director Gary Ross Finds Own Pleasantville in West Village

There’s nothing dystopian or post-apocalyptic about the three-bedroom, three-bath condo that Hunger Games director Gary Ross just bought in the West Village, but we expect that Mr. Ross must have engaged in at least a little hand-to-hand combat to get the place for $2.7 million.

While not much of a discount from the $2.85 million ask, this was a broker-owner sale, and we guess that Prudential Douglas Elliman broker Debra Kameros probably wanted to fight to the death to get a good sales price for herself and co-owner Stuart Schimmel. Read More

By Rex Reed 3/21/12 11:12am

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Lawrence as Katniss in The Hunger Games.

Happy Hunger Games: Young Love and Timeless Morality Overcome Fleeting Odds in Latest Rendition of Most Dangerous Game

Unlike Brake, in which the thrills are generated by people, the sci-fi adventure The Hunger Games relies heavily on CGI effects in a variety of visual formats—2D and Imax. Thank goodness it wasn’t in 3D. As a wearer of distance glasses, I loathe the revival of 3D, a silly gimmick for kids from the 1950s that blighted everything from Bwana Devil to Kiss Me Kate and mercifully died out with House of Wax. So I was grateful to watch The Hunger Games without the discomfort of two pairs of glasses, and don’t feel like I missed a thing. I can live without another flying spear.

This futuristic tale of teenage violence is so not my kind of movie that I approached it grudgingly, so imagine my surprise when I ended up being totally exhilarated and enjoying it immensely. Based on the teenage cult novel by Suzanne Collins that I admit, in my ignorance, I had never heard of, The Hunger Games takes place in some distant world called Panem that was once America before the Capitol was defeated in some unexplained, apocalyptic war. Read More

By Rex Reed 7/28/03 12:00am

Three Men And a Horsey

There isn’t much to admire in today’s movies, but whatever there is, there is plenty of it in Seabiscuit . This is one terrific movie about one terrific horse that not only changed the course of horse-racing but altered the face of a nation in crisis. I can’t think of a better time for an Read More