Category Archives: Movies

Remembering the Fellowship, While Waiting for The Hobbit

I REMEMBER IT WELL: leaving a friend’s birthday party, the drive with a friend to Dallas to watch the  midnight premiere of The Fellowship of the Ring, fearing that my friend would back out at the last minute.  And then … Continue reading

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Waiting for Superman, While Waiting for The Hobbit

I TRIED.  I really tried. I was hoping to wait and see the new Man of Steel trailer for the first time Thursday night at midnight.  Then I read a bit about it and decided that I couldn’t wait. DC … Continue reading

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Trusting Shyamalan, While Waiting for The Hobbit

THOUGH THE SIX SENSE fascinated me, it was Unbreakable that taught me to trust M. Night Shyamalan.   It was the first few seconds when text about comic books played at the beginning of Shyamalan’s second major movie that I was … Continue reading

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Lincoln, While Waiting for The Hobbit

LINCOLN IS THE FIRST Spielberg-directed movie that I have seen twice during its initial run (as I recall).  In fact, I left the theater opening weekend thinking that I had to see it again.  It’s a dialogue movie, what one … Continue reading

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Seven Minutes in (Hobbit) Heaven

A SEEMINGLY BIG FAN of The Hobbit took some time to put together something awesome: a compilation of all of the promo material for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey that has been released just far.  Some of the quality is … Continue reading

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Star Wars and Story

IT WAS SOME TIME before I realized the cultural significance of Star Wars.  The cultural phenomena of Star Wars I knew quite well: childhood’s evidence of speeder bikes and life-size lightsabers give me away on that account.  But it wasn’t … Continue reading

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Five Minutes of New Hobbit Music

THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY hits theaters next month!  And even though theaters seem stuck with playing that very first trailer for the movie, other new bits are leaking out here and there.  On Monday, Ain’t It Cool News posted … Continue reading

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Airplane Safety Should Be Hobbit-Forming

UNTIL THE HOBBIT PREMIERES NEXT MONTH, here’s a nice little video from Air New Zealand.  They seem to have a lock on Middle Earth travel and have made a surprisingly good airplane safety video.  Even has a couple of nice … Continue reading

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TV Spot for The Hobbit Airs

WHO CARES about the trailer for Iron Man 3 when there’s a new TV spot for The Hobbit? Spin-Off Online and Empire are reporting that the first of three new films from Peter Jackson is clocking in at 2 hours … Continue reading

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Arthur Dent and the Frustrations of Long-Distance Travel

JUST BEFORE HE LOST HOME AND PLANET, Arthur Dent threw back six quick pints at the neighborhood bar on order from his (alien) friend, Ford.  Why? To prep for the effects of on instantaneous travel. Dent learned that traveling far … Continue reading

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