King Kong (2005)
I have issues with King Kong. A lot of issues. Forget for a moment that the original Kong was a blatantly racist polemic masquerading as a pulp fantasy-adventure yarn. Forget that no one is willing to...
View ArticleMeet the Feebles (1989)
Hi. Pleased to meet you. Not everyone has the balls to send their $250,000 alien invasion gross-out comedy to the Cannes Film Festival. Peter Jackson’s Bad Taste didn’t win any special jury prizes, but...
View ArticleThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Our review of Peter Jackson’s fourth Tolkien-inspired movie, a prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy and first part of a new trilogy, based on a much, much, much shorter book.
View ArticleThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Our review of the second Peter Jackson-directed Hobbit movie finds us catching up to where…at least half the mainstream press was last year, wearily resigned to watch Jackson & Co. make a three...
View ArticleThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
[TRANSCRIPT] “You are a fool, Bilbo Baggins, and you made a great mess of that business with the stone; and there was a battle, in spite of all your efforts to buy peace and quiet, but I suppose you...
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