With the decade winding down within a few weeks a lot of websites are giving their interpretations of ‘Best of the Decade’. Here Entertainment Weekly has their list of best movies of the decade, with ‘Lord of the Rings’ taking the top of the list.
1. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001, 2002, 2003): Bringing a cherished book to the big screen? No sweat. Peter Jackson’s trilogy — or, as we like to call it, our preciousssss — exerted its irresistible pull on advanced Elvish speakers and neophytes alike. More..
Director Peter Jackson has given us dark lord Sauron from “The Lord of the Rings” and the giant ape in “King Kong.” On Friday, he unveils what could be his most horrific monster to date: Stanley Tucci. The actor plays Mr. Harvey, a twitchy child murderer with a bad comb-over, in “The Lovely Bones,” Jackson’s adaptation of Alice Sebold’s novel.
In the film, which is part gritty crime thriller, part metaphysical mushroom trip, teenager Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) is murdered on her way home from school in 1973. From a brightly colored, dreamlike purgatory known as the In-Between, her soul observes her family’s attempt to come to terms with the crime. Mark Wahlberg plays Susie’s father, Rachel Weisz, her mother, and Susan Sarandon, her hard-drinking grandmother. More..
Viggo Mortensen was in Montreal (what, you don’t come over for dinner?) this past Friday to celebrate the Montreal Canadiens 100 years. He introduced hockey great Guy Lafleur to the audience in fluent French. Take a look!
Ringer Preston sends us this review of Viggo Mortensen’s ‘The Road’ – which has been in limited release since Nov 25th. Please note, spoilers ahead…
When I first sat down to read The Road, I quickly read ten or so pages and was off to something else; how typical in this era of “must be multitasking.” Returning to the book two days later on a Saturday morning I was mesmerized, completing the balance of the book in one sitting.
