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The Top 15 Film Scores of the 2010s

March 11, 2020 by admin

Hasitha Fernando on the top film scores of the 2010s… To say a film’s score is an integral aspect of it is a gross understatement. The right score can do a lot of things. It can elevate a film from the realm of mediocrity to the extraordinary, breathe life into characters, augment the emotional impact […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: Black Panther, How to Train Your Dragon, If Beale Street Could Talk, Interstellar, Maleficent, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Ready Player One, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Hobbit, The Shape of Water, The Wolfman, tron legacy, War for the Planet of the Apes, Wolf Totem

The Hobbit’s Bilbo Baggins gets a new collectible figure from Asmus Toys

August 24, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

Sideshow and Asmus Toys have revealed the sixth scale Bilbo Baggins figure which is based on the likeness of Martin Freeman in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $170.00; check it out here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow Collectibles Sideshow and Asmus Toys are proud to present the […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Toys Tagged With: Asmus Toys, Martin Freeman, Sideshow Collectibles, The Hobbit

The Hobbit trilogy actor on the film’s issues, and feeling like a glorified extra

April 5, 2018 by Jordan Jones

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is widely considered one of the best trilogies ever made. It’s sense of scale was something completely new to the fantasy genre on film at the time. Peter Jackson took Tolkien’s masterworks, and brought the viewer down to the character’s level, where we could feel the urgency in Fellowship, […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: J.R.R. Tolkien, John Callen, The Hobbit

Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series welcomes us to the Second Age

March 8, 2019 by Jo Craig

Fans of Tolkien’s treasured creation of Middle-earth are cautiously listening to new details emerging about Amazon Prime’s series in development. With Peter Jackson keen to lend his creativity and Viggo Mortensen offering supportive words, the latest detail to surface is the timeline the series will follow. The official Twitter page, @LOTRonPrime released a teasing tweet […]

Filed Under: Jo Craig, News, Television Tagged With: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings

Evangeline Lilly retired from acting until The Hobbit encouraged her back

July 6, 2018 by Samuel Brace

Evangeline Lilly has revealed that she quit acting soon after Lost until a role in The Hobbit franchise encouraged her to return. Ant-Man and the Wasp star Evangeline Lilly burst onto the scene with her starring performance on the hit TV show Lost (2004), but, soon after, the actress stepped away from acting. Speaking to […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Ant-Man and the Wasp, Evangeline Lilly, Lost, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Hobbit

Ian McKellen suggests he’s open to Gandalf role in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings TV series

December 16, 2017 by Matt Rodgers

As Sir Ian McKellen prepares to tackle a new iconic role in the West End version of The Exorcist, the legendary performer has told Graham Norton’s Radio 2 show that he’s reluctant to let one of his greatest roles go to another actor. With the news that Amazon are to create their own middle-earth TV series […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, News, Television Tagged With: Ian McKellen, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings

Quality Isn’t Subjective. A Film Is Good Or It Is Not

January 28, 2017 by Samuel Brace

Samuel Brace argues that quality isn’t subjective… Many things in life are up for debate. Many things can be interpreted and argued over. Everyone is different; everyone is a product of their own environment, dictated to by their personal tastes. Things like our favourite foods, favourite actors, favourite sports, books, music and yes, films, are […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Gone with the Wind, la la land, The Godfather, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Shawshank Redemption, Transformers

Hollywood: If You Can’t Build It, Don’t Bother

December 31, 2016 by Samuel Brace

Samuel Brace on practical effects and CGI… Fantasy is better when fantasy looks real. For the most part, cinema is our escape, a door of which to travel through, a portal to somewhere that isn’t here. To suspend our disbelief is part and parcel of going to the movies, and the best of these movies […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The NeverEnding Story

A huge Lord of the Rings lawsuit has been settled

July 4, 2017 by Samuel Brace

A substantial lawsuit between Warner Bros. and the Tolkien estate has been settled over The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The dispute between the two parties started back in 2012 when the Tolkien estate alleged that the studio did not have the rights to licence the books’ characters for online slot machines and […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings

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

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