Collider recommends three Netflix films for the weekend, beginning with The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. The article frames the selection around viewers seeking streaming alternatives amid a difficult period for the box office and ahead of major forthcoming cinema releases.

– The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023): a prequel set 64 years before Katniss Everdeen’s story, following Coriolanus Snow during the 10th Hunger Games and his relationship with tribute Lucy Gray Baird.
– The film stars Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler and Viola Davis, and has ratings of 64% on Rotten Tomatoes and 6.6/10 on IMDb.
– Collider suggests revisiting it before the next prequel, Sunrise on the Reaping, due for release in November; availability applies to US Netflix.