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2003 vs 2013: Which Year Had The Better Blockbusters?

August 2, 2023 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno looks at the biggest movies from 2003 and 2013… As blockbusters return to proper form post-pandemic, it’s incredible to see what we’ve missed in the last few years. But it goes further than that; the landscape of big-budget spectacles hasn’t been the same in a while. There have been peak eras regarding fan […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Movies Tagged With: Finding Nemo, Frozen, Gravity, Hulk, Man of Steel, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the matrix reloaded

4K Ultra HD Review – Middle-Earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition

December 12, 2021 by Brad Cook

Middle-Earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Andy Serkis, Sean Bean, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Stephen Fry, […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Physical Media, Reviews Tagged With: Andy Serkis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Billy Boyd, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Evangeline Lilly, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, J.R.R. Tolkien, James Nesbitt, John Rhys-Davies, Ken Stott, Lee Pace, Liv Tyler, Luke Evans, Martin Freeman, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, Richard Armitage, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Stephen Fry, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Viggo Mortensen

20 Years of Tolkien: The Long Road to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and Beyond

November 13, 2021 by Brad Cook

Brad Cook looks back on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings ahead of the release of the Middle-earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition 4K box set… With the first Lord of the Rings film celebrating its 20-year anniversary in 2021, I thought it would be nice to take a trip down memory lane. Many of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Brad Cook, Movies Tagged With: Amazon, J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Silmarillion

Warner Bros. announces Middle-earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition 4K box set

September 11, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment that all six films in Peter Jackson’s epic saga are set for release in a 31-disc Middle-earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition box set featuring the movies in 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray; check out the […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Physical Media Tagged With: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Extended editions of The Hobbit trilogy heading to the big screen in October

August 4, 2015 by Gary Collinson

If you’ve been itching to relive Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy on the big screen – and in their extended editions, no less – then you’re in luck, as The One Ring is reporting that An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies will be receiving a theatrical run […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The most pirated movies of 2014

December 29, 2014 by Gary Collinson

As 2014 draws to a close, Excipio has posted the list of the 20 most pirated movies of the year, with Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street narrowly edging out Disney’s blockbuster animation Frozen with more than 30 million illegal downloads over the past twelve months. Via Variety, here’s a list of the top […]

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