Wednesday 31 August 2011

Thursday 25 August 2011

Wednesday 24 August 2011

Tuesday 23 August 2011

UNKNOWN ***

UK/Germany/France/Canada/Japan/USA: Juame Collet-Serra, 2011

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ARRIETTY ***½

Japan: Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2010

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Monday 22 August 2011

Sunday 21 August 2011

Saturday 20 August 2011

HANNA ****½

USA/UK/Germany: Joe Wright, 2011

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JUST GO WITH IT **

USA: Dennis Dugan, 2011

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Friday 19 August 2011

Thursday 18 August 2011

ANIMAL KINGDOM ***½

Australia: David Michod, 2010

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WIN WIN ***

USA: Thomas McCarthy, 2011

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YOUR HIGHNESS *½

USA: David Gordon Green, 2011

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Tuesday 16 August 2011

BLUE VALENTINE ****

USA: Derek Cianfrance, 2010

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TANGLED ****

USA: Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, 2010

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Monday 15 August 2011

Tuesday 9 August 2011

Sunday 7 August 2011

Tuesday 2 August 2011

MOVIE MATTERS PODCAST - EP10 'THE LORD OF THE RINGS SPECIAL - THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE TWO TOWERS & THE RETURN OF THE KING'

In the latest episode of the Movie Matters podcast, co-hosts Lee Howard and Michael Mackenzie embark on an adventure as they set off on the long journey of discussing and reflecting upon the strengths, weaknesses and enduring cinematic achievement of New Line Cinema's THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE TWO TOWERS and THE RETURN OF THE KING. In addition to reviewing the films themselves, the hosts also share how they first became acquainted with the world of Middle-Earth, cast their eyes over the recent Extended Edition Blu-ray Disc release of the trilogy, and read out listener comments on all things LORD OF THE RINGS.

The music sampled in this episode is all from THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING by Howard Shore. Special thanks to David Mackenzie for audio support.

Please note that this episode suffers from some unavoidable audio interference during its first half as a result of a technical gaffe (a.k.a. not plugging the microphone in properly). We hope that these imperfections don't impair your enjoyment of the episode.

As mentioned in the podcast, here is the summary of the screenplay for the aborted John Boorman adaptation of the books.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON ***½

USA: Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, 2010

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