Tolkien: a second opinion
I’m a huge fan of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, I have marathoned the films and attempted the books. So, when I went into the film, I was worried that there was a lot at stake here: Tolkien and his works are highly regarded, so this biopic has to deal with it well, […]
Review: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
If the intention of director Joe Berlinger had been to convince its audience that Ted Bundy was at the very most, innocent, then it has done an ominously strange job of doing so. Even a bona fide fact-checker could’ve been fooled by the strange pacing and uniquely bland performance of Zac Efron’s Ted Bundy. To suggest Extremely Wicked, […]
Review: Tolkien
When you think of J. R. R. Tolkien, you most probably think of The Lord of the Rings or even The Hobbit. Your mind wanders to his mystical fantasy lands that he painstakingly crafted after years and years of building his own languages, planning out engrossing characters and perfecting the prose and meaning of his texts. What your […]
Review: Love, Rosie – fifth anniversary
Soppy romantic movies really aren’t my scene. Seeing people happy or unhappy over a consistent period of time with the occasional gag isn’t something that appeals to me. To be quite honest it’s a genuine miracle that Love, Rosie even made its way into my watched filmography whatsoever. I suppose the main strength of Love, Rosie is its subversion of […]