What’s in a name? A Hobbit by any other name is still a Hobbit, right? Well, not according to writer-director Peter Jackson, and especially since he didn’t need so many originally. Adapting JRR Tolkien’s first book (a brisk 310-pager, I might remind you) into two movies, as prequels to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, was the early plan, but …

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A lot has been said about writer/director Peter Jackson’s decision to turn JRR Tolkien’s 300-page The Hobbit into a 9-hour long movie trilogy, with most of it being “Double-You Tee Eff?!” That being said, the two chapters of the trilogy we’ve had so far have been pretty entertaining (the second way more than the first, if you ask me) and now we’re …

When you’re 4 ft tall with a diminutive stride and feet like a 1980’s female Russian Olympic wrestler, well then walking places takes time. Just ask Darryn. Well, you would be able to ask him if he was back from the kitchen, where I sent him an hour ago for my sandwiches and tea. In his absence, we’ll have to …

There are so many classic examples of film and literature that involve threes:. Three stooges, three wise men, three blind mice, three breasts on that prostitute on Mars. Peter Jackson already has his own “three” with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and clearly he has no intention of upsetting the Karma gods now. After weeks of whispers on the …