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The New York Times has included the second Hunger Games movie in their list of 10 most influential movies of the decade.

Enter to win a set of the 10th Anniversary Edition of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

Jennifer Lawrence talks on The Graham Norton Show talks about chafing in a wet-suit in Hawaii on the set of Catching Fire and Jamie Oliver describes how her performance in The Hunger Games convinced him to read Catching Fire.

Francis Lawrence speaks openly about the audience dwindling after the tonal shift in Mockingjay, how looking back the studio may have wished it to be lighter and how proud he is that he stuck to the bleak and dark ending of the story from the novels.

In a funny and genuinely sweet interview Ve Neill and Nikoletta Skarlatos talk about their work in The Hunger Games films, how much love they have for everyone on the set and how more than any other film this set felt like family. SFX makeup artist Glenn Hetrick talks about the thousands of pieces need for Mockingjay.

Francis Lawrence tells Filmmaker of how he loved the books and the first film, how he convinced the cast to trust him for the sequels, how he directed the ensemble cast's different techniques, his thoughts on the series now that his job is complete and much more.

Francis Lawrence on the heavy involvement of Suzanne Collins in the writing of the film and Josh Hutcherson on the truer and darker conclusion to the story from the special features of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2.

From the special features, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci and David Levithan talk about the allegory of the novels, other stories inspired by them and the significance of The Hunger Games for many nations across the globe.

Willow Shields and Elden Henson visited The Hunger Games: The Exhibition in San Francisco (open this Saturday) and answered fan questions via video on Twitter. Was your question asked? Also Jabberjay Cory's artwork was given two thumbs up approval by Willow!

The Exhibition will open its doors in San Francisco on February 13th and will close on May 31st. Click to purchase tickets to this wonderful exhibit.

Lionsgateathome.com has updated with a Mockingjay Part 2 page including links to purchase the film in various formats, trailer and hi-res film stills.

Tim Palen posted a promotional image of Katniss from Catching Fire on his instagram to celebrate Jennifer Lawrence being the youngest ever actor to score 4 Academy Award Nominations.

Francis Lawrence gives a lengthy and in depth interview to Forbes about the decisions and importance of splitting Mockingjay in to two parts, the genius of Jennifer Lawrence, how her life changed in 2013 and he discusses whether or not young fans understand the bread-and-circuses satire and subtext of the films when so many buyin to the Capitol-style marketing.

Willow Shields tells People about her relationship with Jennifer Lawrence, their first scene together, the inappropriate joking Jen and Josh uttered when she was younger and the farewell in her trailer to her on-screen big sister.

Francis describes in detail how they made the tonal shift of Caesar and Effie in Catching Fire, how the dam scene came to be, how he designed the shot of Katniss and Prim hugging at Finnick's wedding, the logistics of the lizard mutt scene and many more.

Elizabeth describes to Ellen how Star Wars has possessed her children (including terrible imitations of Chewbacca and C-3PO), her sons playing with Effie Barbie, Ms Trinket's wardrobe and Woody Harrelson's choice of red carpet attire.

US Weekly has released a new special edition issue called 'The Hunger Games: The Complete Saga' as a retrospective of the entire series including rarely seen stills, behind the scenes pictures, facts, quotes and summaries of the cast's time on all four films.

Now that the series is over Nina Jacobson looks back over what Jennifer Lawrence was like to work with on set, why Mockingjay was split, funny stories from the set, biggest concerns of adapting the books and much more.