Tag: Ian McKellen

Battle of the Five Armies finds purpose and settles storylines amid a gargantuan battle, plus offers a reasonable runtime.

An overlong slog through exposition territory, Desolation of Smaug leaves characters dangling on the way to a spectacular finish.

The Hobbit begins with An Unexpected Journey that's too often expected and too long, if still enjoyable fantasy fare.

The Two Towers is an unusually optimistic middle chapter, imperfect, if ensuring Frodo is a notable, memorable hero.

While time sapped the visual effect's prowess, at its heart, The Fellowship of the Ring maintains its raw fantasy, and works in the now as it did when first …

It’s a peculiar thing, this live action remake. Owing significant thanks to concepts and ideas in the 1991 animation masterpiece, Beauty and the Beast, through its copycat nature, feels …

Battle of the compression codec Yes, it’s too long. No, it did not need to be three movies. But, The Hobbit is no less fun. Bilbo may be almost …

We’ve now been to Mordor and back again At some point in this trilogy of Hobbit spectacles, the Hobbit was lost. Martin Freeman’s lowly Bilbo, with his face contorting …

Days of Future Past is the X-Men's cinematic kingpin.

Marvel spins a yarn which can cover up their minimal X-Men blights and reset for the betterment of the series.

For its opening breeziness, Desolation still turns into a screen hog, if not to overflowing capacity.

This is too often fan service and less of a film for it, over eager like an excited child.