Tag Archives: Fantasy

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

Posted on January 18, 2015 at 5:31 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

It should be clearer now that Peter Jackson has completed his Hobbit trilogy that the Middle Earth omnipresent in his films, the spin-off video games, and miscellaneous merchandise – the Middle Earth that we currently breathe in our pop culture … Continue reading →

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A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

Posted on December 20, 2014 at 4:04 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

“This is the universe. Big, isn’t it?” So opens A Matter of Life and Death (aka Stairway to Heaven, 1946), one of the finest films from the acclaimed British filmmaking team known as the Archers – director Michael Powell & … Continue reading →

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The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Posted on December 8, 2014 at 11:50 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

In the mid-1970’s, Eon Productions, the company founded by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, had to take drastic measures to save the James Bond franchise following the disappointing box office of The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). (Prior … Continue reading →

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