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Cinema’s Greatest Villains: The 1970′s
19 May 2013 4:43 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Recent hot cinema topics such as the portrayal of the Mandarin character in Shane Black’s Iron Man 3 and speculations about what classic Star Trek villain Benedict Cumberbatch’s character in J.J Abrams’ Star Trek: Into Darkness was modeled after leading up to the film’s release, among others, underline the importance of great villains in genre cinema.
Creating a great cinematic villain is a difficult goal that makes for an incredibly rewarding and memorable viewer experience when it is achieved.
We’ll now take a look at the greatest film villains. Other writing on this subject tends to be a bit unfocused, as “greatest villain” articles tend to mix live-action human villains with animated characters and even animals. Many of these articles also lack a cohesive quality as they attempt to cover too much ground at once by spanning all of film history.
This article focuses on the 1970’s, »
- Terek Puckett
Blu-ray Review: David Cronenberg’s Twisted Vision of William S. Burrough’s ‘Naked Lunch’
22 April 2013 3:37 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – I adore David Cronenberg. He’s one of the most important filmmakers of his generation from “Videodrome” (also available in a great Criterion release) to “The Fly” to “Dead Ringers” to “The History of Violence.” He matters. And yet I’ve never been in love with “Naked Lunch,” recently released in Criterion Blu-ray and DVD. It’s one of those movies that I always admired but never loved. It’s about all that could be done with a Burroughs’ book, one that clearly could not be directly adapted into film, but I find it more interesting as a filmmaking exercise than an enjoyable piece of work on its own. Having said that, the Criterion treatment of it is expectedly stellar.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Criterion HD transfers should be the model for all. “Naked Lunch” doesn’t look overly polished like too many movies from before 2000 often do. It just looks right. »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
DVD Review - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
15 April 2013 2:37 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012.
Directed by Peter Jackson.
Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, Christopher Lee, Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries, Lee Pace, 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 and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Synopsis:
A younger and more reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out on an "unexpected journey" to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of Dwarves to reclaim their stolen mountain home from a dragon named Smaug.
Having not gotten round to seeing The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at the cinema (that was an unexpected journey in itself trying to get to there thanks to the M25!), I jumped at the chance to watch it on DVD. I wasn't disappointed.
The film opens in an impressive fashion with Smaug the »
- Flickering Myth
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey DVD Review
6 April 2013 1:00 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Andy Serkis
Running Time: 169 Mins
Certificate: 12
Extras: Peter Jackson’s Production Videos.
Upon its initial release last December, Peter Jackson’s long awaited adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Other classic book was met with a somewhat lukewarm response. Had ten years worth of heavy expectation ensured the movie would not reach the heights of it’s predecessors, no matter how good it was? Or is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey merely an overlong exercise in fan-pleasing, money squeezing Hollywood exploitation to the nth degree?
Well, no. It’s actually not. Because The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is terrific fantasy cinema at the very top of its game. Whilst it’s no Fellowship Of The Ring (which still stands triumphantly as the best Jackson/Tolkien adaptation »
- Matt Dennis
Peter Jackson Releases Excerpt of Live Event for The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
1 April 2013 2:00 PM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Hopefully all of you Hobbit fans out there were able to watch the special The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug “Fan Sneak” Q&A session with Peter Jackson on March 24. It was so great; an hour-long Q&A session that included bits of behind-the-scenes clips with green screen, and one long finished clip of Gandalf and Radagast doing some investigation. Unfortunately, that clip has not yet been released.
What has been posted by Peter Jackson today, however, are some excepts from the Q&A session, and within that are a couple of the green screen bits. You’ll get a very quick look at Evangeline Lilly and at Stephen Fry during filming, a map of middle earth, artwork for Mirkwood, a video fan question, a video question about the classes of elves by Stephen Colbert, and a video question from Billy Boyd, who played Pippin in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. »
- Erin Willard
Sylvester McCoy interview: The Hobbit, Doctor Who and more
28 March 2013 7:14 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Interview Simon Brew 2 Apr 2013 - 06:30
Sylvester McCoy chats to us about working with Richard Briers, The Hobbit, Doctor Who and more...
The fates didn't seem to be with us when we called up Sylvester McCoy for a brief chat primarily about his work in The Hobbit, which arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK today. A bad line plagued the call, sadly, but we did still manage to talk Doctor Who, The Hobbit and Richard Briers. Here's how we got on..
Shall we get the inevitable Doctor Who question done first! I figure everyone asks you, but do you have any involvement in the 50th anniversary at any level?
No! Somebody mentioned something that the BBC is running on the weekend when it goes out. Big Finish have done us proud, they're coming out with something really exciting. The BBC, we've heard nothing though.
One Doctor Who thing »
- ryanlambie
First footage from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
26 March 2013 5:00 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
We're still some nine months away from the release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second instalment in Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic children's tale. However, that hasn't stopped the Kiwi filmmaker from delivering a first-look at the second act of his prequel to The Lord of the Rings during a live event broadcast over the web last night.
As well as giving us a look at some behind-the-scenes footage from the upcoming sequel, Jackson also introduced a completed scene from The Desolation of Smaug, which features the wizards Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) and Radagast the Brown (Sylvester McCoy).
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is set for release on December 13th with a cast that includes the likes of Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Evangeline Lilly, Stephen Fry, Billy Connolly, Luke Evans and Benedict Cumberbatch, »
- Flickering Myth
Update: First Clip From The Hobbit: Desolation Of Smaug; Plus Bts Footage
24 March 2013 1:13 PM, PDT | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
First Look! Clip from The Hobbit: The... by dm_510190317e61c The Hobbit is a film adaptation of the 1937 novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien and prequel to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings, returns as director of the film and also serves as producer and co-writer. The films star Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and Richard Armitage, known for playing Lucas North in the BBC drama series Spooks, as Thorin Oakenshield. Several actors from Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy will reprise their roles, including Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, and Orlando Bloom. Additionally, composer Howard Shore, who wrote the score for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, has confirmed his role in all three parts of the film project. »
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey that was Much too Long
19 March 2013 6:42 AM, PDT | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »
Long. Perhaps too much so – even for seasoned Lord of the Rings fans.
That about sums up The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the start of the newest trilogy from Peter Jackson. Although many viewers griped about The Hobbit’s 48 frames per second footage when it hit theaters, at the end of the day, every movie boils down to story. And this one just never seemed to end.
As a matter of full disclosure, I’m one of those Lord of the Rings fans who prefers watching the extended Blu-ray cuts of the Lotr trilogy. The extra twenty-plus minutes of additional footage affords me the opportunity to savor the world of Middle Earth for that much longer. However, The Hobbit has only 320 pages in novel form, whereas the Lotr trilogy has over three times the number of pages. Jackson may argue that he was aiming to expand on the appendices through this new trilogy, »
- Bags Hooper
Blu-ray Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Blu-ray/DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy Combo Pack)
19 March 2013 3:00 AM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Genre: Fantasy | Adventure
Director: Peter Jackson
Writers: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro, based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Run Time: 169 minutes
Synopsis:
The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome Dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the Wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of 13 Dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild, through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins, Orcs and deadly Wargs, as well as a mysterious and sinister figure known only as the Necromancer.
Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain, first they must escape the Goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever… »
- Erin Willard
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Blu-ray Review
18 March 2013 5:56 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey exemplifies the difference between “disappointing” and “bad.” Director Peter Jackson created a modern classic with his Lord of the Rings trilogy, and fans had every right to expect the same genius from the prequel. Sadly, it was not to be: The Hobbit is too long, too bloated and too unsure of its ultimate purpose to rank alongside its fellows. That said, it still captures the essence of J.R.R. Tolkien’s imaginary world, as well as providing reliable entertainment in its own right. Hit the jump for my full review. As always, Jackson and his team pay the utmost respect to the source material, often lifting dialogue verbatim from Tolkien’s text and aspiring to keep his characters and narrative intact as best they can. The challenges come as polar opposites to the ones faced in The Lord of the Rings. Jackson needed to streamline those other stories, »
- Rob Vaux
Review: The Hobbit
17 March 2013 1:15 PM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
J.R.R. Tolkien was fascinated with language and mythology, scratching only the surface when he sat down in 1937 to pen The Hobbit. When his publisher asked for a sequel, the professor really dug deep and built on the foundations established in his children’s novel. As a result, he took over a decade to write what became Lord of the Rings and along the way, crafted new languages, cultures, and myths, creating Middle Earth from the essence of English and European folklore.
Tolkien mistrusted Hollywood, which certainly explains why it wasn’t until the 1970s before any adaptation of his works made it to the screen. There’s the somewhat cute Rankin-Bass take from the era, but really, the studios and technology weren’t up to the demands of the source material. Within the last two decades, though, that all changed. Once Peter Jackson struck gold with his trilogy of films, »
- Robert Greenberger
Scaling Hobbits, Dwarves and Elves
13 March 2013 1:58 PM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
Warner Home Video has provided us with a nifty infographic in advance of next week’s release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Here are the official details. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first of three films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. The second film will be The Hobbit: There and Back Again. Both films are set in Middle-earth 60 years before The Lord of the Rings, which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar®-winning The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, »
- ComicMix Staff
Details On The Trailer For ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’
13 March 2013 3:43 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
It’s been revealed fans of Peter Jackson’s Middle-Earth epics will finally get a look at footage from pre-sequel, The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, on the blu-ray/DVD release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which is released on the 19th March in the Us. However, the first trailer for the film will only be accessible via a live-streaming event at thehobbit.com/sneak March 24 at 3 p.m. Et/12 Pt, to those who’ve purchased a copy of Jackson’s creature-filled prequel. An UltraViolet code is included in each pack which is an individual key to access the event.
Sadly, that event seems open to Us purchasers only as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is not released in the UK until the 8th April. We’ll keep you posted on details of a UK trailer premiere as its expected it will not be shown in theatres or online »
- Craig Hunter
40 Potential 2014 Oscar Contenders: The Complete List
8 March 2013 9:00 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Here is my complete 2014 Oscar Preview in one complete list, with all 40 Oscar Contenders and my thoughts on each over the course of a massive 13-page spread and over 8,500 words. Trust me, I don't blame you if you take your time, but I think it may serve as a helpful list to look back at throughout the year. And, if you missed Parts 1-4 in which I featured each of these films, ten per installment, and just because it's fun to see them all in one place, here's a list of all 40 films included in this preview: The Great Gatsby, 12 Years a Slave, A Most Wanted Man, The Place Beyond the Pines, August: Osage County, Before Midnight, Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Diana, Elysium, The Fifth Estate, Foxcatcher, Frozen, Fruitvale, Grace of Monaco, Gravity, The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, Inside Llewyn Davis, Labor Day, Lowlife, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, »
- Brad Brevet
40 Potential 2014 Oscar Contenders: Part Two - 'The Fifth Estate' to 'Labor Day'
5 March 2013 9:00 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Yesterday kicked off my 2014 Oscar Preview with the first ten films in a look at 40 potential contenders to be on the lookout over the course of the next ten months, today we take a look at ten more and among them I have included the only animated contender I'm listing as well as the only blockbuster feature. Today's installment includes the dramatization of the Wikileaks story in The Fifth Estate, Bennett Miller (Moneyball) returns with Foxcatcher starring Channing Tatumand Mark Ruffalo, Disney's animated feature Frozen, the Sundance standout Fruitvale starring Michael B. Jordan, Grace of Monaco starring Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly, the long-awaited Alfonso Cuaron feature Gravity with Oscar winners George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, the question mark that is Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, another question mark in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, the black-and-white Coen brother feature Inside Llewyn Davis and Jason Reitman »
- Brad Brevet
Spielberg Conquers Kubrick's "Napoleon"
4 March 2013 6:32 PM, PST | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
With big-budget film-makers comparing themselves to military generals in charge of thousands of people working on a single campaign, "Lincoln" director Steven Spielberg has announced he will develop late director Stanley Kubrick's anti-war "Napoleon" project as a TV mini-series.
"I’ve been developing Stanley Kubrick’s screenplay," Spielberg said in a recent interview, "for a miniseries not for a motion picture — about the life of Napoleon. Kubrick wrote the script in 1961, a long time ago."
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. His legal reform, the 'Napoleonic Code', has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide, but he is best remembered for his role in the wars led against France by a series of coalitions, »
- Michael Stevens
Good News and Bad About the Hobbit Movies
1 March 2013 4:00 AM, PST | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Let’s just start with the bad news and get it out of the way. Since the third movie was first announced back at the end of July 2012, we’ve been telling you about the Hobbit trilogy. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey hit theaters on December 14, 2012. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will be released Dec. 13, 2013; the third installment in the series, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, will hit theaters July 18, 2014.
Well, not so much any more, as far as that last bit goes. Deadline broke the news that the third movie has been pushed out a bit. New premiere date: December 17, 2014. Sorry, friends.
So let’s move quickly on to the good news: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be out on Blu-ray and DVD this month! March 19, in fact! And if you get yours home before March 24, you will get the access code to see a live »
- Erin Willard
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Creating Rivendell & The Goblin Caverns
20 February 2013 7:33 AM, PST | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
The Hobbit is an upcoming two-part epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a film adaptation of the 1937 novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien and prequel to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings, returns as director of the film and also serves as producer and co-writer. The film will star Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and Richard Armitage, known for playing Lucas North in the BBC drama series Spooks, as Thorin Oakenshield. Several actors from Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy will reprise their roles, including Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, and Orlando Bloom. Additionally, composer Howard Shore, who wrote the score for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, has confirmed his role in both parts of the film project. The two parts, »
New VFX Breakdown Video For Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
14 February 2013 1:36 PM, PST | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
The Hobbit is an upcoming two-part epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a film adaptation of the 1937 novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien and prequel to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings, returns as director of the film and also serves as producer and co-writer. The film will star Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and Richard Armitage, known for playing Lucas North in the BBC drama series Spooks, as Thorin Oakenshield. Several actors from Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy will reprise their roles, including Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, and Orlando Bloom. Additionally, composer Howard Shore, who wrote the score for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, has confirmed his role in both parts of the film project. The two parts, »
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