"Thor:The Dark World" Thunderous Fun!
In Thor: The Dark World, the Almighty Avenger, Thor (Chris Hemsworth), returns to fight evil as we follow his story that takes place during the aftermath of The Avengers. This time a new villain named Malekith (Christopher Eccleston), leader of the Dark Elves, threatens to use his weapon known as the Aether, to destroy all Nine Realms, Earth and Thor's homeworld, Asgard, included. When the God of Thunder's Earth girlfriend, astrophysicist Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) searches for Thor, she comes across the Aether and is infecte…
SELECTED REVIEW OF THE DAY: Thor (2011)
In honor of the release of Thor: The Dark World tomorrow, I feel it would be appropriate to review the first film released two years ago. Thor is the fourth entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as the fourth Avengers tie-in film. The film is about the Norse God of Thunder Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the crowned prince of the realm Asgard. His father is Odin (Anthony Hopkins), his brother is Loki (Tom Hiddleston), God of Mischief, and his fellow friends are Sif (Jamie Alexander) and the Warriors Three Volstagg (Ray Stevenson), Fandral (Jo…
Hunger for More of "The Hunger Games"
"Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favor" is a famous quote from a new uprising series of films based on a teen novel, and this film is called The Hunger Games based on the book of the same name by author Suzanne Collins. The story follows a teenage girl named Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) who lives in District 12, part of the 12 districts that make up a struggling and post-apocalyptic nation known as Panem. In Panem there is a televised competition called "The Hunger Games" in which a boy and a gi…
CHRISTMAS REVIEW OF THE DAY: A Christmas Carol (1938)
Christmas Review of the Day returns after a long hiatus with A Christmas Carol, released in 1938. This adaptation stars Reginald Owen as the miserable English miser Ebenezer Scrooge and I believe this one of the first adaptations that had audio as the previous ones were silent films. But let us take a look if it holds up and is a worthy telling of the classic Dickens tale. Let us first see how Reginald Owen holds up as Scrooge. Well let's be honest he starts off really over the top, goofy, and cartoonish. He yells, looks over the top …
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Review
Finally we come to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Being the prequel to The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit is probably one of the most anticipated films of the year and every since the release of Return of the King, and after nine years of waiting An Unexpected Journey is the first installment in a proposed trilogy. The story starts off with a younger Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) who has an encounter with the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen), who tricks Bilbo in being the host of twelve dwarves who unexpectedly drop by his ho…
