Tag: Fran Walsh
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
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Meet the Feebles (1989)
Not everyone has the balls to send their $250,000 alien invasion gross-out comedy to the Cannes Film Festival. Peter Jackson’s Bad Taste didn’t win any special jury prizes, but it did win the number one item on any filmmaker’s Wish List: international distribution. With that, Jackson secured himself and his friends (now collectively known as Wingnut Films) […]
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King Kong (2005)
I have issues with King Kong. A lot of issues. Forget for a moment that the original Kong was a blatantly racist polemic masquerading as a pulp fantasy-adventure yarn. Forget that no one is willing to even countenance this contention, much less discuss it in a calm, rational manner (perhaps during a double feature: Kong […]