• April 8, 2014
• Adventure, At Home, Fantasy

The Hobbit Part 2 picks up with a cantina scene right out of Star Wars. Thorin (Richard Armitage), the Dwarf King, sits down for some grog, fully aware that...

• December 11, 2012
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Fantasy

Unlike Peter Jackson’s original Lord of the Rings Trilogy, a trio of movies based on a trio of dense books, the Hobbit trilogy is based on… a single book....

• May 26, 2006
• Action, At Home, Fantasy, Science Fiction

It is with much sadness and regret that I bestow a mere four slices on this latest installment of the X-Men franchise. After the stellar X2: X-Men United, I...

• December 20, 2003
• Adventure, At Home, Fantasy

My favorite thing about Lord of the Rings: Return of the King is that I finally figured out that R. Wynn and A.O. Wynn are not related. During the...

• May 3, 2003
• Action, At Home, Fantasy, Science Fiction

I’ll admit that I walked into the press screening—an experience that was complete with a bag search and metal detectors!—a little skeptical. I’d seen the original X-Men movie and...

• January 3, 2003
• Adventure, At Home, Fantasy

Just when you think director Peter Jackson is in over his head with the extravagant special effects, numerous characters, and the large scope of J.R.R. Tolkein’s book, he proves...

• January 3, 2002
• Adventure, At Home, Fantasy

I’ve been reminded of Titanic several times over the last few years while picking up stories here and there about the production of The Lord of the Rings trilogy....

• August 3, 2000
• Action, At Home, Fantasy, Science Fiction

I grew up stealing peeks at my dad’s old X-Men comics, those glory-days of the 1960’s, long before Wolverine came on the scene. In high school, I suppose I...