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British Comedy month 1 – Hot Fuzz
I’ve been interested in doing a theme month on British comedies for a while. There’s something unique about British comedy compared to North America comedy that I can’t quite explain, but it often feels more intelligently written compared to North … Continue reading
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Tagged bill nighy, british comedy, buddy cop film, comedy, comedy movie, edgar wright, england, jim broadbent, john bradley, martin freeman, movie review, movies, nick frost, simon pegg, timothy dalton
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The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy went through a number of production difficulties, which I wrote about in my previous Hobbit movie post. To sum it up, it involved late director changes, shooting with an incomplete script, and spreading the original plan … Continue reading
Posted in fantasy., movie review, movies
Tagged balin, battle of the five armies, bilbo baggins, cate blanchett, dwarves, elrond, elves, epic fantasy, fantasy movies, galadriel, gandalf, goblins, guillermo del toro, hugo weaving, ian mckellen, ken stott, legolas, martin freeman, mgm, mgm studios, middle earth, movie review, movies, new line cinema, orcs, orlando bloom, peter jackson, radagast, richard aritage, smaug, sylvester mccoy, the hobbit, the hobbit: battle of the five armies, thorin
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
In my previous Hobbit movie post, I teased that the production behind the Hobbit movie trilogy was a mess. It’s time to discuss exactly how much of a mess that was. Because of the massive success that was the Lord … Continue reading
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Tagged balin, benedict cumberbatch, bilbo baggins, dragon movies, dragons, dwarves, evangeline lilly, fantasy, fantasy movies, fran walsh, gandalf, guilleromo del toro, hobbits, ian mckellen, jrr tolkien, ken stott, lake-town, legolas, martin freeman, mgm, mgm studios, middle earth, movie review, movies, necromancers, new line cinema, orcs, orlando bloom, peter jackson, phillipa boyens, richard aritage, smaug, tauriel, the hobbit, the hobbit: the desolation of smaug, thorin, united artists, wizards
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
My introduction to Lord of the Rings was a multi-step process. I remember reading The Hobbit in school way back in grade 5, and we also watched the animated movie from 1977. I remembered nothing of the book for years, … Continue reading
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Tagged andy serkins, balin, bilbo baggins, dwarves, fantasy, fantasy movies, gandalf, goblins, gollum, hobbit month, hobbits, ian mckellen, jrr tolkien, ken scott, lord of the rings month, martin freeman, middle earth, movies, new line cinema, peter jackson, radagast, richard aritage, the hobbit, the hobbit: an unexpected journey, the shire, throin, trolls, wizards
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MCU Movies 18 – Black Panther
Before I get into this movie, there are a couple things I heard around this movies’ release that should be dispelled. Some people praised it as the first superhero movie starring a black superhero. That’s not true; in fact it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, andy serkis, black panther, chadwick boseman, comics, danai gurira, disney, everett k. ross, killmonger, letitia wright, martin freeman, marvel, marvel studios, mcu, mcu movies, michael b. jordan, okoye, richard roeper, ryan coogler, shuri, superhero movies, t'challa, Ulysses Klaue, wakanda, wesley snipes
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