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On Cinema

I started this site at the beginning of the year to share my thoughts on film. Cinema. The flicks! To celebrate my passion for life in light and sound.

Over the past month it has ground to a halt as I pontificated over the longest piece I have ever written for [...]

Review: The Lord of the Rings (1978 Animated)

Continuing on from my earlier post, I review Ralph Bakshi’s 1978 version of The Lord of the Rings:

My first experience of the The Lord of the Rings was watching this film at the impressionable age of eight. So, I admit that my experience of Rings [...]

Second Chance: The Lord of the Rings

I do not like Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. There. I said it! I am a film buff living in Wellington, New Zealand, and I do not like our biggest cinematic export. I am a heathen! String me up by the neck and let’s be done with it!

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Review: District 9

My brother and I managed to snag two of the few remaining tickets to tonight’s preview of District 9 at The Embassy Cinema in Wellington. And lo and behold, Mr Peter Jackson himself showed up to introduce the screening!

He discussed the history of the film and explained how it [...]