It was almost inevitable that following the successful splitting of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows into two parts, future screen adaptations of novels would come in multiple installments. And so it came to pass almost immediately with Twilight: Breaking Dawn and the announcement that Peter Jackson’s cinematic portrayal of The Hobbit…
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy
13 December 2012 by Leave a Comment
I’m off out to see The Hobbit later, hoping that some of the dreadful reviews that have been in the press have been on the cruel side rather than wholly fair. As I was running my series on Blu-Ray box-sets to give as Christmas gifts this seemed the perfect time to revisit the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. Then I panicked – I have the theatrical release box-set, would this be the best one to review? What about the Extended Edition?
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
16 August 2011 by 5 Comments
Apes will rise – and I’m on their side
Until recently the new Planet of the Apes film completely passed me by. Perhaps it’s because I’ve never been terribly interested in the whole series that I missed news of its production ….