Although The Hunger Games movie franchise is based on a young adult series and features a teenage lead, there’s no shortage of juicy roles for more mature stars as well. Grown-ups Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amanda PlummerMelissa Leo, and Tony Shaloub have all signed on for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in recent weeks, and now helping to round out the older half of the cast is Lynn Cohen. The stage and movie actress will play Mags, a former Hunger Games victor from District 4 and the mentor of Finnick (Sam Claflin). Read more after the jump.

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Movie Trailer and Poster: Hello Lonesome

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One of the films opening the LA Film Festival, which started last night, is Hello Lonesome, a low-key indie romance and debut feature from Adam Reid. (He’s the guy who directed the trailer for the book Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, oddly enough.) The film follows three odd-couple pairings with what looks like an appropriate, if very ‘indie’ combination of sensitivity and humor. There’s now a great poster for the film, complementing the trailer that was released not long ago. Read More »

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