Can you believe it? Another Tolkien trilogy meets its end this year. And it felt like only yesterday when I was sitting in a cinema watching Return Of The King, desperate to go relieve my bladder of cheap Coke and being told by that damn usher that the way was shut. The way was SHUT. The Hobbit: Battle Of The …
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It’s been more than a decade since The Lord Of The Rings trilogy burst onto the scene, creating a new cinematic fantasy universe for the ages. A trilogy that set a mighty high benchmark. While I’m not certain if The Hobbit films will ever be held in such high regard, they are pretty much neck and neck with the quality …
It’s a well worn-out joke how Peter Jackson took J.R.R. Tolkien’s brisk 280-page children’s story The Hobbit and turned it into 9-hour long blockbuster movie trilogy. And if you’re one of those purists who hated all the padding that Jackson did in the series’ first two chapters, then the joke’s on you as Jackson is definitely not changing his expansionist ways for …
So you have created your Lego version of the Lonely Mountain and all it needs is a big dragon, some gold and a few dwarves as aperitifs. Last Updated: July 25, 2014
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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 …
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 …
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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