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Notebook Reviews: LORD OF THE RINGS – THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

Peter Jackson – 2001 Superb special effects lead the way in this excellent fantasy film from director Peter Jackson. At times Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring is merely average, however when it’s good – it’s [...]

April 9, 2021

Blu-ray Review: UNLOCKED Is A Spy Thriller With An Impressive Cast

Unlocked is a fuss-free spy thriller from veteran director Michael Apted. Noomi Rapace plays a CIA agent left out in the cold and on the run, criss-crossed and double-crossed as she attempts to stop a terrorist attack in London. You know the drill. [...]

September 2, 2017

Davy Jones Is Calling: It’s A Pirate’s Life For Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney has a cameo in Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales/ Salazar’s Revenge – and there’s now a poster to prove it! Macca plays Jail Guard 2 in the Johnny Depp swashbuckler, which opens on 26 May 2017. All [...]

May 14, 2017

Embrace The Corporate Disney Thing With PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES

My man Jerry Bruckheimer is behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. I’m ready to get back onboard with Johnny Depp after he was shafted in the media by Amber Heard, I’ll be up for this – boys, don’t let me [...]

October 3, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Peter Jackson Returns To Middle-Earth With THE HOBBIT Trilogy Extended Edition

In retrospect it was never going to be easy for Peter Jackson to replicate the success of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Jackson’s epic adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien’s masterwork was a mammoth undertaking and a risky gamble that managed to pay off [...]

December 5, 2015