Lord of the Rings needed to end on a high note so massive that it would blow everything else it has done out of the water. Already surprising audiences by producing two fantasy movies that were entertaining and impressive on… Continue reading "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
When making a sequel to a film, one of the hardest things to do is fight the urge to turn something into a trilogy (3 films), as three films is usually the golden number a franchise would want to have… Continue reading "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
If there was a risk that paid off greatly in Hollywood’s favor, it was Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings. There was a particular dark period of summer movies between the late 90s and the early 2000s; after the… Continue reading "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring"
When a movie has a title like 42, you’d think it would either be something incredibly vague and abstract, or something incredibly pretentious, but the actual reasoning is far more impactful than people would expect. It actually gets the title… Continue reading "42"
The Hours is a 1998 novel written by Michael Cunningham centered around the perspectives of three woman all affected by the classic novel written by Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway. The three titular women exist in three separate time periods yet… Continue reading "The Hours"
Argo is based on the real-life incident where six U.S diplomats were rescued from Iran during the 1979-1981 Iran hostage crisis by having them guise as a film crew creating a sci-fi movie within the area. Though the movie changes… Continue reading "Argo"
