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Time is a circle, just like Matthew McConaughey said in True Detective. But it isn't flat. It's spherical. McConaughey’s renaissance continues: He’s required to play practically every emotional note imaginable, and he hits them all. Hathaway isn’t quite as convincing as a scientist, and she also gets the movie’s worst speech, but she’s passable and doesn’t ruin the movie. For all its flaws, Interstellar is required viewing for anyone who appreciates the majesty movies are capable of, the way they can fool us into thinking we’ve been transported into another galaxy, and for anyone who wants to see things they’ve never seen before. Interstellar is the most mercilessly awe-inducing. Even if you gag on its payload of sentiment, as many have and shall, it is the film of 2014 that demands to be experienced on the biggest screen available. Nolan would prefer that you see it in 70mm IMAX if you can; Paramount is making a well-publicized exception to its recent switch to ...

The King Under the Mountains. At the start of the movie , Bilbo Baggins has a sword called Sting and One Ring to Rule Them All. While I enjoyed the first Hobbit film, it did feel like it left a bit to be desired. I knew that I would be waiting for all the good stuff with the second and third films. And sure enough, the second film delivers where the first film didn't quite excite as much as I had wanted. While it isn't perfect and does unnecessarily deviate a bit, this is easily better than the first film, giving us a bigger, bolder adventure and a more interesting Bilbo Baggins this time around. The film is an excellent and expertly crafted adaptation. There is a definite sense of character growth, especially from Bilbo, who seems to struggle with the power of the ring and it's greed. We already know where this goes, but it is none the less fascinating considering who he was when we first met him. The dwarfs seem to almost take a back seat here. They a...

For some reason Gravity is being billed as a sci-fi movie. It's not. There's no fiction here. Gravity is in fact a horror movie, and it's a masterpiece. Believe the hype: “Gravity” is as jaw-droppingly spectacular as you’ve heard — magnificent from a technical perspective but also a marvel of controlled acting and precise tone. George Clooney and Sandra Bullock in space — floating, tumbling, hurtling, clinging to each other for life — is just a mind-bogglingly impressive thing. We forget that these are A-list stars and become totally immersed in their characters’ struggle to survive. If there’s an IMAX theater near you, get there. If there isn’t an IMAX theater, hop in your car and drive to one. I saw it in plain-old 3-D and was blown away — I can’t even imagine how much more mesmerizing it would have been in IMAX. “Gravity” does everything right in ways that are both big and small. It’s beautiful and horrifying, detailed yet enormous, specific yet univer...

The character of Hobbit Hobbits   are a fictional diminutive   humanoid   race who inhabit the lands of   Middle-earth   in   J. R. R. Tolkien 's fiction. Hobbits first appeared in the novel  The Hobbit , in which the main protagonist, Bilbo Baggins, is the titular hobbit. The novel  The Lord of the Rings  includes more Hobbits as major characters, Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck, as well as several other minor hobbit characters.  According to the author in the prologue to  The Lord of the Rings , Hobbits are "relatives" of the  race  of Men. Elsewhere Tolkien describes Hobbits as a "variety"   or separate "branch" of humans. Within the story, Hobbits and other races seem aware of the similarities.  However, within the story, Hobbits considered themselves a separate people In the prologue to  The Lord of the Rings...

 “Despicable Me 2.”  sequel to the 2010 Despicable Me first invaded theaters and promptly crushed Disney’s big budget, Johnny Depp-dominated “The Lone Ranger” to smithereens at the box office. And why not? Families and kids alike loved the original “Despicable.” So why not return for the follow-up for more of the same? Actually, “Despicable Me 2” is not nearly as inventive as the original film. It’s flattened out somewhat by a contrived and not-very-convincing love story which has our lovelorn and not-quite-super-villainous hero Gru flip out over the inexperienced spy Lucy Wilde who’s been sent to retrieve him for an assignment from her employer, the super-secret Anti-Villain League (AVL).  The budding love interest that weaves through this film is probably the weakest element in a relatively conventional plot that has a rival super-villain, El Macho scheming to conquer the world. That’s an ambition that has become relatively standard these days in the hyperactive...

No ship should go down without her captain. JJ Abrams boldly goes where many others have boldly gone, with yet another generation manning the USS Enterprise bringing peace to the universe. After his successful re-imagining of the Star Trek universe four years ago, Abrams dives even deeper into the mythology, which is thrilling for fans but might leave newcomers feeling a bit lost. This sequel surges forward with action, drama, romance and a lot of comedy while constantly nodding back to the earlier TV series and films. And the smart screenplay finds ways to deepen all of the characters along the way, as well as offering an unusually complex villain. The action picks up soon after the first film ends, as Kirk (Pine) is once again in trouble for disobeying the Prime Directive not to interfere with a planet's culture. From the rousing opening sequence to the gob-smacking climax, Star Trek Into Darkness is a glorious thrill ride. J.J. Abrams’ sequel to his 2009-re...

                                   "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."   The New Zealand screenwriter Peter Jackson, who followed up the   Lord of the Rings   trilogy with   King Kong   and   The Lovely Bones , has returned to his old hobbits, and in collaboration with Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Guillermo del Toro, has turned the initially modest   The Hobbit   into a full-scale trilogy of its own. Given three films, each presumably close to three hours long, Jackson and co. have plenty of time on their hands, and 20 minutes of the film has passed before the immortal "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit" is spoken. What we get at first is a back story from a posthumously published Tolkien work explaining how a blight fell on the underground city of Erebor when fire-breathing dragons, hungry for gold, attacked it, driving ...

“The Best And The Wisest Man Whom I Have Ever  Known”    The End ?   Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law are once again back together as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to take on their new adversary - Professor James Moriarty (Jared Harris) in Guy Ritchie’s ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.’ A sequel to Ritchie’s action sequel ‘Sherlock Holmes’ (2009), ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ opens in nineteenth century Europe, where France and Germany are at loggerheads over anarchist bombings. Entrusted with the task of solving the case, Holmes zeroes in on Moriarty. From here on starts the battle of one-upmanship, where Holmes beats Moriarty and foils latter’s nefarious plans of world war. As Sherlock Holmes and Watson, Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law are livewire. Their ready wit and brilliant one-liners s...

NO PLANS NO BACK UP NO CHOICE......GHOST PROTOCOL  Impossible Missions Force agent Ethan Hunt is back to save the world. This time, Ethan (Tom Cruise) is entrusted with the task of not only saving the reputation of IMF but also defusing nuclear warheads and averting annihilation of the world. Also starring Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist and Bollywood’s very own Anil Kapoor, Brad Bird’s ‘Mission Impossible: Ghost Ghost Protocol’ is a worthy successor of Mission Impossible franchise. In MI4, Ethan goes rogue as IMF is left alone to fend for itself. In a race against time, Ethan runs away from a high security Moscow jail, assembling a team of his most trusted lieutenants and striking Moscow Kremlin while taking down Kurt Hendricks (Nyqvist), who nurses nefarious plans of world domination. A fast paced, slick action thriller, ‘Misson Impossible: Ghost Protocol’ is what every adrenaline junkie is waiting for. Tom Cruise might hav...