Blackfish, a new documentary about the 2010 death of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheu in Orlando, Florida, has placed blame on the theme park for its captivity of a killer whale, which may have turned the orca into a crazed killer.
March 19, 2013 | 2:30 p.m. For his turn as dwarf king Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” actor Richard Armitage drew inspiration from a very different regal figure created not by J.R.R. Tolkien, but rather William Shakespeare.
The film, starring Ashton Kutcher as late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was originally set for a release next month. Originally posted at News – Apple
Feb. 09, 2013 | 12:47 p.m. Fans were relieved this week to learn that Lawrence Kasdan would be writing another “Star Wars” movie. After all, it was Kasdan who penned “The Empire Strikes Back,” the film that is almost universally regarded as the best in the series.
VideoThis week I discussed the new Hobbit blockbuster film with author/blogger and fellow Tolkien fan, Mark Shea. In particular, we pondered the question of how the new Tolkien adaptation by Peter Jackson may–or may not–tempt him to what I call 'Lucas Syndrome', the irresistible urge of a director to return to [...]
