Hamlet: Besting Henry V

Laurence Olivier. Photo: Rank Film As Ethel Barrymore opened the envelope at the 1949 Oscars and learned that Hamlet had been selected by her peers as Best Picture of the…

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 

The dragon Smaug flies to Esgaroth to destroy the town, but greater challenges await in the shape of a coming battle for Lonely Mountain. The final part of this trilogy…

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 

Gandalf the wizard (Ian McKellen) convinces a hobbit, Bilbo (Martin Freeman), to join his party of 13 dwarves on a quest to reclaim a treasure that was stolen by a…

The Man With the Golden Gun 

James Bond (Roger Moore) learns that Scaramanga (Christopher Lee), the world’s greatest hit man, has been paid to assassinate him; Bond goes after this man who kills with a golden…

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…

Fellowship of the Ring: The Beginning

Photo: New Line Cinema Once upon a time, there was a maker of films called Peter Jackson. This rotund, bearded man had made a few movies that were internationally acclaimed.…

The Wicker Man: Burning with Passion

Christopher Lee. Photo: British Lion Films In the early 1970s, writer Anthony Shaffer had seen a fair share of horror movies and decided to write one of his own, one…