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Tag: andy serkis

reviews

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

Adventure. Excitement. A Jedi craves not these things…

Posted on December 19, 2017September 22, 2019
trailers

One Last Time – STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Trailer no. 3

I believe we have reached “Peak Hype”. Bask in the feeling one moment longer…

Posted on October 20, 2015October 26, 2015
reviews

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

A song that should be sung with the most intricate of harmonics is curiously only using three chords.

Posted on May 4, 2015April 30, 2019
trailers

Wake Up Time – STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Trailer

For at least a year, I’ve been saying “Talk to me when there’s a trailer”.

Posted on December 2, 2014December 8, 2014
reviews

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

It’s evolution baby….

Posted on July 13, 2014July 18, 2014
trailers

Dancing in The Dragon’s Jaws – THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG Trailer

Time to do another Misty Mountain Hop

Posted on June 12, 2013June 17, 2013
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THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

Nine years after the king returned, Peter Jackson is taking us back to Middle Earth to show us how it all began. The question is, will the prologue measure up to the wonderful chapters we’ve already read?

Posted on December 16, 2012December 21, 2012
reviews

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

Steven Spielberg harnesses the potential of 3-D filmmaking, and uses it to lead us on the adventure of a lifetime.

Posted on December 21, 2011December 26, 2011
trailers

Eye Candy (TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN Teaser)

I get the suspicion this film will have a slight uphill climb (mo-cap always seems to these days), but it’s a Spielberg film so I’m … Read More ›

Posted on May 18, 2011November 8, 2012

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