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The Week in Disappointment – Star Wars, The Hobbit, Merlin, Spectre and Gambit

November 21, 2015 by Anghus Houvouras

Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Peter Jackson admits ‘I didn’t know what the hell I was doing’ on the Hobbit” You know, I have to give Peter Jackson some props. Last year when I included The Hobbit films amongst ‘the most disappointing films of all time’, I got so much […]

Filed Under: Anghus Houvouras, Articles and Opinions, Movies, The Week in Disappointment Tagged With: Gambit, George Lucas, Marvel, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, Pierce Brosnan, Simon Kinberg, Spectre, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Hobbit, The Merlin Saga

Second Opinion – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

December 17, 2014 by Robert Kojder

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, 2014. Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangaline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, Aidan Turner, Dean O’Gorman, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Hugo Weaving, Christopher […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Adam Brown, Aidan Turner, Benedict Cumberbatch, Billy Connolly, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Dean O’Gorman, Evangaline Lilly, Graham McTavish, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, James Nesbitt, Jed Brophy, John Callen, Ken Stott, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Mark Hadlow, Martin Freeman, Mikael Persbrandt., Orlando Bloom, Peter Hambleton, Peter Jackson, Richard Armitage, Stephen Fry, Stephen Hunter, Sylvester McCoy, The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies, William Kircher

New Zealand horror comedy Housebound is getting remade, thanks to Peter Jackson

February 12, 2015 by admin

“You can’t punch ectoplasm…” The brilliantly funny and twisted New Zealand horror comedy Housebound has found a huge fan in Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit director Peter Jackson, so much so that he’s brought the film to the attention of New Line Cinemas who intend to remake it. Even though the film isn’t […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Gerald Johnstone, Housebound, Peter Jackson

Steven Spielberg insists Peter Jackson’s Tintin sequel “is not dead”

March 24, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

At the moment we’re getting a lot of exposure to one of the greatest directors of all time, as Steven Spielberg continues to do the rounds on the Ready Player One (read our review here) press circuit. Now, in-between discussing whether Netflix movies deserve awards recognition, or the importance of the MeToo movement, Spielberg has squeezed […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, The Adventures of Tintin, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Tintin

Exclusive Interview – Asa Butterfield talks Journey’s End

February 1, 2018 by Freda Cooper

Asa Butterfield admits he’s been an actor “for a long time”.  By that, he means the best part of 13 years, during which time he’s worked with big names like Harrison Ford and Martin Scorsese.  This week, he’s part of a top drawer British cast in the latest film version of the R C Sherriff […]

Filed Under: Exclusives, Freda Cooper, Interviews, Movies Tagged With: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Journey's End, Martin Scorsese, Paul Bettany, Peter Jackson, R C Sherriff, Sam Claflin, Toby Jones

First teaser trailer for the Peter Jackson-produced Mortal Engines

December 18, 2017 by Amie Cranswick

Universal Pictures has debuted the first teaser for director Christian Rivers’ upcoming adaptation of Philip Reeve’s award-winning book series Mortal Engines;, which has been written by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens; watch it here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGGe5l6_aoI Thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: christian rivers, Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, Jihae, Leila George, Mortal Engines, Patrick Malahide, Peter Jackson, Robert Sheehan, Ronan Raftery, Stephen Lang

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