Divergent

With heightened demand for new media to indulge in during this period of harrowing challenges, many young adults have embraced literature as a form of escape.

“The Darkest Minds” is another notch in Hollywood’s bedpost of female protagonists who juggle survival in a dystopia with an average teenage love life.

Luckily, the “Black Panther” soundtrack makes “All The Stars” look like a chart-friendly bone tossed to the Marvel bigwigs.

Surprisingly, Ball took less of a scalpel and more of a chainsaw to the series’ plot, essentially rewriting its middle and streamlining its narrative.