Finally: the end of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Six movies. The journey is finally over. Maybe. The adventures that started with the LOTR trilogy back in 2001, finally make it to an actual finale 13 years later. The Hobbit films were actually a three-film prequel. They should have come first. But … Read more
Before you buy this bargain DVD set, you have to understand what Public Domain means. It means even if you don”t buy this video set you can probably see every show on it for free on YouTube. Public Domain means there is no more interest in turning a profit for the original producers from the … Read more
When Stephen Hawking graduated from college, his I.Q. was already higher than those of all his professors. In fact his is just three points lower than mine. That is pretty darn smart. He’s a mathematician and physicist. I’ve always found all facets of these sciences simplistic. So instead of working on the theory of everything, … Read more
The first two Hunger Games movies were good films – above average and exciting. Now, in an attempt to wring every last dollar out of the franchise, the producers have decided to split one good finale film into two releases to double box office prospects. The film had the biggest opening weekend so far – … Read more
Of the five travel-oriented Cinerama movies actually filmed with the three strip camera, Search for Paradise was the next to the last released. It was in theaters in September 1957 and was followed by South Seas Adventure in 1958. There were two dramatic films shot in this method: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm … Read more
In Nightcrawler, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Louis Bloom, an out of work, desperate man. We know nothing about Bloom’s past. Nothing. He’s a petty thief. He’s prone to violence. That’s it. Trying to survive in and around Los Angeles, he stops at a traffic accident and spots freelance news photographer Joe Loden, played by Bill Paxton, … Read more
John Wick is the main character and title of Keanu Reeves’ first big screen appearance since 47 Ronin. (“47” refers to the number of people who saw this film in theaters. Not being one of them, I have no opinion to offer other than it must have been a big stinker.) JW is a violent, … Read more
Fury is a full-blown WWII movie. And it is a rare tank crew story. Right up front, except for golf course accidents, this is an-every-kind-of-violent-death movie. If you’re squeamish, don’t see this film. Otherwise it’s an entertaining – though over-long – war movie. It recalls three war movies and two westerns. Saving Private Ryan (1998) … Read more
Director David Fincher returns with a film that is going to be Oscar-nominated and talked about a lot. The only thing I remember about his last film, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), is that it had Daniel Craig in it, that I was 65 when I watched it and that it seemed to … Read more
At 62, Liam Neeson has become a late-blooming action hero. Most people will go to see this new film assuming it will be like the three Taken films, or his latest potboiler, Non-Stop. The preview for AWATT may give this impression, but the reality is very different. The film is based on a novel by … Read more