Category: 2012

  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (’12 review)

    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (’12 review)

    4 outta 5 If you were a fan of the Lord of the Rings trilogy you’d have to be rather jaded to walk out of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, part 1 of the prequel trilogy to Lord of the Rings, and think that it doesn’t fit perfectly well into the established series.  Fans of…

  • Prometheus (2012 review)

    Prometheus (2012 review)

    4 outta 5 There’s a scene in Prometheus, Director Ridley Scott’s kinda-prequel to Alien, that involves a character and a surgical procedure that is riveting.  It recalls the shocking chest-burster scene in Alien and doesn’t quite reach that level but it gets close. That, in a nutshell, is what you would say Prometheus is.  It’s…