Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

As the new leadership of Hogwarts turns increasingly fascist, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is angry to learn that few people are willing to believe that he did meet Voldemort. Many…

Raiders of the Lost Ark: Meet Dr. Jones 

Harrison Ford. Photo: Paramount In the beginning, before there was a movie, everybody involved did their part in contributing bright ideas to the project that would become the best adventure…

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End 

Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is rescued from limbo, but our heroes have dangerous enemies to fight in order to preserve a future for the pirates of the Caribbean. The…

Jurassic Park: A Day at the Zoo

Photo: Universal Computer animated effects was not a new thing in 1992 when Steven Spielberg started shooting this film. Beauty and the Beast (1991) had certain parts of its animation…

Superman III

When he tries to stop a pathetic computer genius (Richard Pryor) from helping a megalomaniacal business tycoon (Robert Vaughn), Superman (Christopher Reeve) ends up fighting an evil incarnation of himself.…

Superman Returns

Five years after the events in Superman II (1981), the Man of Steel (Brandon Routh) returns to Earth only to find that Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) has a son and…

Return of the King: At Journey’s End

Elijah Wood. Photo: New Line Cinema We've reached journey’s end. Peter Jackson’s final chapter of his “Lord of the Rings” trilogy won almost everything at the 2004 Academy Awards and…

The Two Towers: Pillars of Evil

Elijah Wood and Sean Astin. Photo: New Line Cinema So, here’s the middle child of Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. A middle child is likely to feel like…

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest 

Will and Elizabeth (Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley) are about to marry when they suddenly find themselves facing the death penalty as well as getting mixed up again with Captain Jack…

Fellowship of the Ring: The Beginning

Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd and Sean Astin. Photo: New Line Cinema Once upon a time, there was a maker of films called Peter Jackson. This rotund, bearded man…