It’s been 10 years since Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won the Best Picture Academy Award and his original fantasy film trilogy concluded. It seems that Hobbit Mania peaked a decade ago, with Jackson’s second prequel trilogy receiving mixed to indifferent responses so far, even from most die-hard Ring fans. I find myself in a strange position, as … [Read more...] about THE HOBBIT DESOLATION OF SMAUG New Movie Review
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BLUE JASMINE New Movie Review
Frequently, when reading about how corporate fat cats who send their careers and billion dollar businesses crashing down through fraud and financial deception, there’s always one commonly recurring detail. While the articles would focus mostly on the likes of Bernie Madoff or Ivan Boesky, the subject of their wives eventually comes up. More times than I can count, the … [Read more...] about BLUE JASMINE New Movie Review
THE GREAT GATSBY New Movie Review
Late into Baz Luhrmann’s film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, Tobey Maguire utters the line, “I’m tired of all of you people.” I knew how he felt and thought the same thing early on. There’s a lot of talent and opulence on display here but, while the story is capably re-told, it amounts to a thoroughly artificial, tiresome and hollow movie. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as … [Read more...] about THE GREAT GATSBY New Movie Review
The Amazing Spider Man New Movie Review
The reason why great comic book superhero movies stand out from the bad ones is simple: if they get the man behind the mask right, the rest of the film will work. We’re still talking about how great Christopher Reeve was as Superman because, sure, he played The Man of Steel well, but he made Clark Kent an endearing figure and gave a rich dual performance. Michael Keaton and … [Read more...] about The Amazing Spider Man New Movie Review