Directed by: Peter Jackson Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Dean O’Gorman, Aidan Turner, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, Jed Brophy, Mark Hadlow, Adam Brown, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Benedict … [Read more...] about Battle of the Five Armies
Archives for December 2014
Digital Giveaway – Pumping Iron
In 1988 I sat down in my German class as a brand new student, eager to learn my heritage's tongue. The teacher was a bookish looking school marm type and she came to the front of the class and just kept saying "kreide, kreide, kreide" until it dawned on us she was holding chalk. So, kreide must be chalk, we all said, "kreide, chalk," and after that she began speaking English … [Read more...] about Digital Giveaway – Pumping Iron
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
"Will you have peace, or war?" Swift shot: The final film in a wonderfully created Peter Jackson Middle-earth. Bilbo will return "back again". His long journey to restore the King Under the Lonely Mountain (Erebor) will be realized, and his contract as burglar obligated. But the most vile evils yet conjured up by J.R.R. Tolkien amass and the forces of … [Read more...] about The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
“I always think… ape better than human. I see now… how much like them we are.” The H-Bomb: Some ten years after the events of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the majority of the human race has been wiped out by a virus. A band of survivors, a few hundred or so, led by Dreyfus (Gary Oldman), are living in the ruins of what was once San Francisco. They are running low on … [Read more...] about Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Ink
Swift shot: Dark, blinding fairytale with a cerebral edge that will get you thinking outside the pine box. Interesting story, a throwback to the classic fairytales of old, and a reminder that darkness circles us all. While a complex, and some may find confusing exposition, real film nerds should eat this up and ask for more. I am sure elements of Ink will be spilled into … [Read more...] about Ink