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Review: Cats (2019)

Posted on December 21, 2019 by adamryen

Cats. Okay, let’s get straight to it. Cats will haunt me for the rest of my life. Let me tell you why. The gist. I have never seen Cats before, even though I’m a huge musical fan. Just missed this one somehow. Well, … Continue reading →

Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Posted on March 17, 2017 by adamryen

Beauty and the Beast. This movie has an incredible hype, combining people’s love of the classic Beauty and the Beast cartoon and their love of Harry Potter‘s Emma Watson. I don’t know if it’s even possible for this movie to … Continue reading →

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(Review) The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies

Posted on December 18, 2014 by adamryen

The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies People were unsure when it was announced that The Hobbit would be split up into three movies. As a book, it’s smaller than all of the Lord of the Rings books. Was there … Continue reading →

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(Review) X-Men: Days of Future Past

Posted on May 23, 2014 by adamryen

X-Men: Days of Future Past. I went into this film a little hesitant. I’ve written articles about how X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: First Class were both disappointing but The Wolverine managed to win back a bit of that … Continue reading →

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(Review) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Posted on December 16, 2013 by adamryen

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (24 fps, 2D) In my review of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (review here), I had a few major problems with the movie. The CGI was much more evident and they chose to have … Continue reading →

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(Impressions) Trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Posted on June 13, 2013 by adamryen

(Trailer Impressions) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug WARNING: Since The Hobbit was a book that a lot of us grew up with, I don’t consider it taboo to be talking about spoilers. We will discuss what’s shown in … Continue reading →

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Review – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Posted on December 15, 2012 by adamryen

The Hobbit. It’s been a long time coming but finally we’re seeing Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit on the big screen. We follow the story of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he joins a band of 13 dwarves on an epic … Continue reading →

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What You Need To Know: The Hobbit

Posted on January 15, 2012 by adamryen

Soon, we’re going to be treated to one of the most long-awaited films of all time. Yes, people were excited about Lord of the Rings, but The Hobbit is probably more familiar to some of us, especially those of us that … Continue reading →

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