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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies *** (2014, Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage) – Movie Review

Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen return as Bilbo and Gandalf for one last time in Peter Jackson’s final Middle-Earth action movie that turns the two sweet, thoughtful characters into lusty action heroes and the final episode of […]

Dec, 10

Wilde **** (1997, Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Tom Wilkinson) – Classic Movie Review 1586

Director Brian Gilbert’s 1997 biopic is another attempt to tell the Oscar Wilde story, but with the candour available to 90s film-makers, unlike the 60s makers of The Trials of Oscar Wilde (with Peter Finch) and […]

Aug, 24

Ned Kelly *** (2003, Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, , Naomi Watts, Rachel Griffiths, Joel Edgerton) – Classic Movie Review 1072

Director Gregor Jordan’s 2003 remake of Tony Richardson’s 1970 film Ned Kelly with a bizarrely miscast Mick Jagger this time stars Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom and Geoffrey Rush and is in the interesting category. It […]

Apr, 09

Elizabethtown **** (2005, Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, Paul Schneider, Jessica Biel, Judy Greer) – Classic Movie Review 611

Writer-director Cameron Crowe’s 2005 film is another warm-hearted, deliciously quirky treat from the maker of Jerry Maguire. Orlando Bloom stars as a shoe designer called Drew Baylor, who decides to commit suicide after being responsible […]

Jan, 02

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug *** (2013, Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage) – Movie Review

Part two of The Hobbit, and Thorin (Richard Armitage) and the dwarves, along with the hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) and the Wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen), continue their quest to reclaim their homeland […]

Dec, 11

Troy ***** (2004, Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Brian Cox, Brendan Gleason, Diane Kruger, Peter O’Toole, Julie Christie, Sean Bean, Garrett Hedlund) – Classic Movie Review 367

Troy boy Brad Pitt dons a cute mini-skirt as Greek rebel hero Achilles, who leads the attack on Troy under the banner of bad royal Agamemnon (Brian Cox), king of the Mycenaeans. Wolfgang Petersen’s 2004 […]

Nov, 05

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl **** (2003, Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Pryce) – Classic Movie Review 186

Worryingly basing his vocal performance on an impersonation of Keith Richards and his appearance on a mascaraed drag queen, Johnny Depp is as camp as Christmas as boisterous buccaneer Jack Sparrow in director Gore Verbinski’s extraordinarily […]

Aug, 24

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