On December 19th, 2001—that is to say, exactly fifteen years ago from the day after this article’s publication—The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring started playing in cinemas around the world. I was nine… and a bit. Despite its PG-13 rating for “Intense battle sequence and some scary images,” I did see…
Baddie: Serial killers who never ever learn. Lesson: I don’t even know. Extortion is bad? IT’S OCTOBERWEEN. This is my third Octoberween with Rooster Illusion and I hope you guys have enjoyed it just as much. I realized two things this year – One, I like theme months. Two, I’ve only reviewed three movies from the 90’s (It, Relic and Shark…
Peter Jackson has spent some time in Middle-earth, producing six movies and oceans of profit, and fostering more childhoods than he could have anticipated. The Fellowship of the Ring hit theaters in 2001, thirteen years ago. Feel old yet? If you don’t, that’s because you’re too young, and you missed The Lord of the Rings…
I’m going to cut right to the chase here: Peter Jackson, what are you doing? I’ve never done a trailer review before, but I feel like it’s sort of necessary here. In the last two years, Jackson’s come out with two installments of a prequel trilogy that should have been one movie. This December, he’ll…
Well, I did it. I finally read all of The Lord of the Rings in one go, cover-to-cover. I’ve been a fan of the series for actually most of my life, and though I’d read scattered bits and pieces that amounted to a majority of the book, I’d never just read the whole thing from…
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