Movie Reviews5.4/10
‘Braindead’: Peter Jackson’s Messy, Brilliant Horror Comedy
A tale of a mother transformed into a monstrous creature, wherein comedy meets the most gruesome horror.
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TV Reviews8.5/10
Jackson’s Monument to the Beatles Earns Its Eight Hours
A monument of film stock, eight hours long, wherein four men quarrel and play, deciding if they shall keep their bond.
Movie Reviews4.4/10
Mortal Engines: A Waste of a Strange, Angry, Original Story
Mortal Engines lost Universal an estimated $175 million. A look at the 2018 steampunk flop's wasted cast, its one great idea, and why the world never landed.
Movie Reviews8.1/10
Peter Jackson’s Kong Is Too Big to Fit in a Movie
Peter Jackson's 2005 King Kong runs 188 minutes, cost $207 million, and pairs Naomi Watts with Andy Serkis's motion-captured ape. A review.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Peter Jackson’s Second Hobbit Film Stretches a Short Book Across a Very Long Road
Review of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — Benedict Cumberbatch's dragon steals a 161-minute middle chapter that sags in Laketown.
Movie Reviews5.9/10
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Review: A Competent, Unsentimental Farewell
Peter Jackson's final Hobbit film kills Smaug early, seals the Lonely Mountain, and ends a trilogy that earns its farewell without ever surprising you.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth epic still holds up 24 years on, with Gollum as its broken heart
Peter Jackson's The Two Towers splits Frodo, Aragorn, and Rohan into three storylines that never drag, anchored by Andy Serkis's Gollum.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
Peter Jackson’s Shire Opening Still Sets the Template Every Fantasy Epic Follows
Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring premiered in London on 10 December 2001. A look at its 179 minutes, its cast, and the Gandalfs who said no.