When it comes to powerful characters in the world of anime, Shanks from One Piece and Gildarts Clive from Fairy Tail are two characters often pitted against each other. Despite being hailed from different worlds, both are known for their charisma and immense power. However, this comparison didn’t arise purely because of their fighting abilities, but also due to their uncanny resemblance in appearances, particularly in the anime adaptation of Fairy Tail.
Shanks from One Piece: The Red | Credits: Toei Animation
Thus, Both One Piece and Fairy Tail fandom have recently been embroiled in a heated debate on who is stronger. While it’s difficult to determine it due to them being in completely different anime worlds with distinguished power structures, it’s interesting to analyze both fandoms’ perspectives in defense of their beloved characters.
Addressing the Issue Regarding Shanks and Gildarts’ Similar Physical Appearances
Since Gildarts’ first appearance in Fairy Tail,...
Shanks from One Piece: The Red | Credits: Toei Animation
Thus, Both One Piece and Fairy Tail fandom have recently been embroiled in a heated debate on who is stronger. While it’s difficult to determine it due to them being in completely different anime worlds with distinguished power structures, it’s interesting to analyze both fandoms’ perspectives in defense of their beloved characters.
Addressing the Issue Regarding Shanks and Gildarts’ Similar Physical Appearances
Since Gildarts’ first appearance in Fairy Tail,...
- 9/1/2024
- by Moumita Chakraborty
- FandomWire
Is Amazon’s hugely expensive The Lord of the Rings gamble starting to pay off?
The second-season critic and audience reviews for the much-debated fantasy drama The Rings of Power show an early improvement compared to the series’ 2022 debut season.
On Thursday, the company released the new season’s first three episodes onto Prime Video, giving fans the opportunity to sample a significant chunk of the eight-episode season. The initial Rotten Tomatoes critics score is 92 percent “Fresh,” and the audience score is 69 percent positive.
It’s easy to forget that the first season received pretty positive critic reviews and averaged 83 percent, but this season has jumped from that. The 69 percent audience score might seem like the less impressive number, but the first season’s audience score was a disastrous 38 percent, so that score has nearly doubled.
Obviously, this is very much early days, and the scores can and will shift...
The second-season critic and audience reviews for the much-debated fantasy drama The Rings of Power show an early improvement compared to the series’ 2022 debut season.
On Thursday, the company released the new season’s first three episodes onto Prime Video, giving fans the opportunity to sample a significant chunk of the eight-episode season. The initial Rotten Tomatoes critics score is 92 percent “Fresh,” and the audience score is 69 percent positive.
It’s easy to forget that the first season received pretty positive critic reviews and averaged 83 percent, but this season has jumped from that. The 69 percent audience score might seem like the less impressive number, but the first season’s audience score was a disastrous 38 percent, so that score has nearly doubled.
Obviously, this is very much early days, and the scores can and will shift...
- 8/30/2024
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A lone figure blasts across a barren wasteland, riding a single rolling wheel like a Suzuki motorcycle, face masked and emitting a very full-metal-Furiosa energy — this is our introduction to the hero of Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon, a cold opening served medium-hot. Centuries ago, in a world known as Kumandra, nations were united and dragons filled the skies. Then a plague known as “the Druun” swept in, a purple haze that turned man and beast temporarily to stone. It was eventually repelled by a jewel that contained...
- 3/4/2021
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Seven projects from Europe have been selected for the programme's sixth edition, which will take place virtually between 25 and 29 November. Bridging the Dragon, the Sino-European producers’ association dedicated to strengthening the ties between the two industries, organises for the sixth year in a row its Sino-European Project Lab bringing together over 70 film professionals from both sides to develop projects and establish personal bonding. This year’s programme will be shaped for the virtual space and will take place from 25 to 29 November. In a difficult year which nevertheless also sees Chinese box office overtaking North America’s for the first time, we are excited to have received a record high of over 120 applications from companies and industry professionals all over Europe and China, illustrating that the enthusiasm to work together is even stronger than before. The Lab has chosen 7 projects from Europe and 8 from China...
- 11/10/2020
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
After nearly a half-century of dividing her time between bands like Heart, the Lovemongers, and Roadcase Royale, guitarist Nancy Wilson is finally releasing her debut solo LP. She’s still putting the finishing touches on the album, but she’s tentatively calling it The Lab, and her lead-off single, a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising,” is available right now.
“Under the conditions we’re all living in now, this song is something that might help people,” Wilson tells Rolling Stone. “It’s a spiritual song and a call to a greater good,...
“Under the conditions we’re all living in now, this song is something that might help people,” Wilson tells Rolling Stone. “It’s a spiritual song and a call to a greater good,...
- 10/22/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
(Warning: This post contains spoilers for Wednesday’s Season 4 premiere of “The Masked Singer.”)
“The Masked Singer” is finally back! On Wednesday, the fourth season of Fox’s wacky singing competition premiered, revealing many changes implemented due to Covid. But one thing certainly remained the same: At the end of the episode, the first contestant of the season was eliminated and unmasked.
Tonight, Dragon, Popcorn, Giraffe, Sun and Snow Owls (the show’s first-ever two-headed costume) all competed as part of “Group A.”
After those five Season 4 contestants performed, it was time for panelists Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke to choose the “weakest” competitor for elimination.
They picked Dragon, who sang LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out,” and unmasked him to reveal rapper Busta Rhymes, real name Trevor George Smith Jr. Thicke and Scherzinger actually managed to guess Dragon was Rhymes, meaning they...
“The Masked Singer” is finally back! On Wednesday, the fourth season of Fox’s wacky singing competition premiered, revealing many changes implemented due to Covid. But one thing certainly remained the same: At the end of the episode, the first contestant of the season was eliminated and unmasked.
Tonight, Dragon, Popcorn, Giraffe, Sun and Snow Owls (the show’s first-ever two-headed costume) all competed as part of “Group A.”
After those five Season 4 contestants performed, it was time for panelists Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke to choose the “weakest” competitor for elimination.
They picked Dragon, who sang LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out,” and unmasked him to reveal rapper Busta Rhymes, real name Trevor George Smith Jr. Thicke and Scherzinger actually managed to guess Dragon was Rhymes, meaning they...
- 9/24/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Raya And The Last Dragon – As an evil force threatens the kingdom of Kumandra, it is up to warrior Raya, and her trusty steed Tuk Tuk, to leave their Heart Lands home and track down the last dragon to help stop the villainous Druun. © 2020 Disney. All Rights Reserved.
Today, Walt Disney Animation Studios unveiled the first look at warrior Raya and her trusty steed Tuk Tuk, from the upcoming “Raya and the Last Dragon.”
It was also revealed that Kelly Marie Tran will voice Raya, joining Awkwafina as the voice of the dragon, Sisu.
Official synopsis:
Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when sinister monsters known as the Druun threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, those same monsters have returned and it’s up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down the...
Today, Walt Disney Animation Studios unveiled the first look at warrior Raya and her trusty steed Tuk Tuk, from the upcoming “Raya and the Last Dragon.”
It was also revealed that Kelly Marie Tran will voice Raya, joining Awkwafina as the voice of the dragon, Sisu.
Official synopsis:
Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when sinister monsters known as the Druun threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, those same monsters have returned and it’s up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down the...
- 8/27/2020
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
For anyone who hasn’t gotten their fill of Betty Gilpin maniacally screaming while brandishing a deadly weapon this year — and, no, even with the actress’ outstanding performance in “The Hunt” already available to watch in your own home, you have not yet gotten your fill — Michael Dowse’s uneven “Coffee & Kareem” at least offers that in heady doses. The “Stuber” and “Goon” filmmaker has decamped for Netflix for his latest feature, a raunchy, foul-mouthed buddy comedy about mismatched maybe-pals that never quite lives up to its caffeine-infused title.
Diverting enough at just under 90 minutes, “Coffee & Kareem” likely won’t do for the R-rated comedy that other Netflix offerings have done for the rom-com, but a strong finale helps end thing things on a high point. And while the film is understandably concerned with its titular characters — Ed Helms as straight-edge Detroit cop James Coffee, young star Terrence Little Gardenhigh...
Diverting enough at just under 90 minutes, “Coffee & Kareem” likely won’t do for the R-rated comedy that other Netflix offerings have done for the rom-com, but a strong finale helps end thing things on a high point. And while the film is understandably concerned with its titular characters — Ed Helms as straight-edge Detroit cop James Coffee, young star Terrence Little Gardenhigh...
- 4/3/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
A comedy in a minor-key about what millennials look like once they hit their mid-30s, “Almost Love” presents a tapestry of characters who are all living lives that aren’t fully theirs. Marklin is a menswear social-media influencer who documents every minute of his life. His longterm boyfriend Adam (Scott Evans) is a “ghost painter,” meaning he creates watercolors that are then peddled by another woman (Patricia Clarkson) and under her name. Their friend Haley (Zoe Chao) is a tutor for an underachieving teenager who’s in love with her, and her friend Cammy (Michelle Buteau) is unlucky in love, and dating an itinerant homeless man (Colin Donnell) because she has low self-esteem.
There are other characters in the fray in this melancholy, polished, New York-set relationship study that works best when it focuses on one or two people, and . If some of these characters — including Elizabeth, an unhappily...
There are other characters in the fray in this melancholy, polished, New York-set relationship study that works best when it focuses on one or two people, and . If some of these characters — including Elizabeth, an unhappily...
- 4/2/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Netflix broke into the original film business in fall 2015 with the release of Cary Fukunaga’s “Beasts of No Nation,” which opened in select movie theaters and hit the streaming platform on October 16. That proved to be a game changer for Netflix, which has gone on to release hundreds of original movies in the years since. The streaming giant offers so many original titles (be it productions that were produced in-house or titles picked up at film festivals) that it has become an impossible task keeping up with every single one.
The lucky Netflix movies become hits. Some seemingly come out of nowhere to become word-of-mouth streaming blockbusters. Other titles Netflix prioritizes for Oscar season and supports with massive marketing campaigns. Some Netflix movies just have the star-power to attract attention. But the majority of Netflix movies that get released are simply put on the streaming platform and it’s...
The lucky Netflix movies become hits. Some seemingly come out of nowhere to become word-of-mouth streaming blockbusters. Other titles Netflix prioritizes for Oscar season and supports with massive marketing campaigns. Some Netflix movies just have the star-power to attract attention. But the majority of Netflix movies that get released are simply put on the streaming platform and it’s...
- 4/2/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
For those who are loyal Trader Joe’s shoppers, this is basically the supermarket’s version of the Emmy’s.
Every year the grocery store chain hosts a Customer Choice Award survey to see what its customers are loving — and the results are in. Now in its 8th year, some products have remained on top (Mandarin Orange Chicken) and some new products are taking flight (Pumpkin Butter!).
While most of the favorited products are available year-round, some are only available seasonally (items are noted with an asterisk), so stock up when the time is right.
For more breaking food news,...
Every year the grocery store chain hosts a Customer Choice Award survey to see what its customers are loving — and the results are in. Now in its 8th year, some products have remained on top (Mandarin Orange Chicken) and some new products are taking flight (Pumpkin Butter!).
While most of the favorited products are available year-round, some are only available seasonally (items are noted with an asterisk), so stock up when the time is right.
For more breaking food news,...
- 1/17/2017
- by Jessica Fecteau
- PEOPLE.com
Gotta do your research! Bethenny Frankel was spotted visiting a dispensary in Aspen, Colorado over the holidays. As exclusively revealed by Us Weekly, the Skinnygirl entrepreneur is planning on launching “Skinnygirl marijuana,” a strain of pot designed to not give you the munchies. The Real Housewives of New York City star stopped by the Green Dragon this past December, looking relaxed in a black beanie, snow jacket, and boots. "Omg it's the craziest thing to see marijuana legal in Aspen. People walking into pot stores like it's [...]...
- 1/15/2015
- Us Weekly
Like smoking weed but hate packing on the extra Funyun-induced pounds? Then Bethenny Frankel is about to become your salvation. Yes, the woman who built Skinnygirl products into a multi-million dollar empire is now branching out into weed. Our sources confirm Frankel is working on selling a kind of pot that does Not give you the munchies. Frankel seemed to be doing market research last month in the Rockies when she was seen walking out...
- 1/15/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
While Revenge Of The Green Dragons is supposed to be a historically relevant glimpse into the Queens gang scene circa 1980, it feels very much like a cartoonish riff off of Walter Hill’s The Warriors. The Scorsese-produced film comes with a certain pedigree since Wai-keung Lau (Infernal Affairs) represents half of the directorial duo, joined by Andrew Loo, yet the clunky narrative scripted by Loo and Michael Di Jiacomo fails to properly grasp the thematic gravity of illegal immigration. The Green Dragons are the baddest mamma jammas this side of Queens, yet their foolishly ambitious nature only paves a cinematic road towards random gang shootouts, weightless acting and a faulty focus on pulpy action over more emotionally jarring factors about immigrants chasing the American dream.
The story follows Sonny (Justin Chon) and Steven (Kevin Wu), two brothers who are inducted into a Chinese street gang at a very early age.
The story follows Sonny (Justin Chon) and Steven (Kevin Wu), two brothers who are inducted into a Chinese street gang at a very early age.
- 10/23/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Talk about mean streets. A24 and DirecTV are partnering to release English-language Hong Kong/New York action film "Revenge of the Green Dragons," a true story directed by Andrew Lau & Andrew Loo and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, who won an Academy Award for "The Departed," a remake of Lau’s "Infernal Affairs." Immediately following "Revenge of the Green Dragon"'s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, DirecTV will have an exclusive 30-day window beginning September 11, followed by A24's theatrical release in October. This is A24's third film released in partnership with DirecTV, following Denis Villeneuve's "Enemy" Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and Jeff Baena's directorial debut "Life After Beth," which opens Friday after showing at Sundance and Sundance Next in La. The movie is based on Frederick Dannen's New Yorker chronicle of the 80s and 90s Asian-American gang world in New York...
- 8/13/2014
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
"Castle" Season 6 has ninjas!
Despite the skepticism of the NYPD and Kate Beckett, ninja attacks are a major part of Monday's (March 17) episode, "The Way of the Ninja." A Japanese ballet dancer's murder sets in motion a series of events that includes geishas, yakuza and the aforementioned ninjas.
It's kind of awesome.
Never anger a ninja
The victim of the week, a young woman named Jade Yamata, is killed while walking alone through a dark and misty loading dock. A dagger thrown through her heart -- with enough precision to bring on instant death -- is the cause of death.
Also, walking through abandoned alleys near warehouses at night is probably a contributing factor. That really isn't recommended.
Since Jade is a ballet student and is wearing a fancy dress, there's no explanation for any of this immediately. An elevator-opening key leads Castle and Beckett to an abandoned cookie factory...
Despite the skepticism of the NYPD and Kate Beckett, ninja attacks are a major part of Monday's (March 17) episode, "The Way of the Ninja." A Japanese ballet dancer's murder sets in motion a series of events that includes geishas, yakuza and the aforementioned ninjas.
It's kind of awesome.
Never anger a ninja
The victim of the week, a young woman named Jade Yamata, is killed while walking alone through a dark and misty loading dock. A dagger thrown through her heart -- with enough precision to bring on instant death -- is the cause of death.
Also, walking through abandoned alleys near warehouses at night is probably a contributing factor. That really isn't recommended.
Since Jade is a ballet student and is wearing a fancy dress, there's no explanation for any of this immediately. An elevator-opening key leads Castle and Beckett to an abandoned cookie factory...
- 3/18/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Dracula returns to NBC on January 3rd, 2014 with episode 7, “Servant to Two Masters.” Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars as Alexander Grayson, an American entrepreneur bringing the invention of electricity to London, England in the late 1800′s. Unknown to all but Grayson’s trusted companion, R.M. Renfield (Nonso Anozie), the American is actually Dracula in disguise in a complicated plot to undermine the Order of the Green Dragon who rule England’s oil trade. His closest … Continue reading →
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- 1/4/2014
- by Doc Rotten
- Horror News
A drink in The Green Dragon.
With The World’s End now in cinemas, reminding us just how much some people are willing to put up with for a night in the pub, we decided to take a look at pubs in film more widely. How realistic are they? What do you need to know before you visit? And if you could choose to drink in any pub in film, what would it be?
Laurie Cansfield, who runs www.properpubs.tv, a site dedicated to showing films about pubs, was quick to respond to the latter question. “There's something about an Olde Worlde pub that inspires a feeling of adventure and simpler times,” he said. “If we're talking fictional pubs then the Green Dragon from Lord Of The Rings is a good contender. It's got ale, which I like, and there's rarely any trouble there by the looks of it.
With The World’s End now in cinemas, reminding us just how much some people are willing to put up with for a night in the pub, we decided to take a look at pubs in film more widely. How realistic are they? What do you need to know before you visit? And if you could choose to drink in any pub in film, what would it be?
Laurie Cansfield, who runs www.properpubs.tv, a site dedicated to showing films about pubs, was quick to respond to the latter question. “There's something about an Olde Worlde pub that inspires a feeling of adventure and simpler times,” he said. “If we're talking fictional pubs then the Green Dragon from Lord Of The Rings is a good contender. It's got ale, which I like, and there's rarely any trouble there by the looks of it.
- 7/24/2013
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Great news, "Lord of the Rings" junkies. The Hobbiton film set -- the village where the films were made, which was turned into a tourist attraction in 2002 -- opened the Green Dragon Inn up to visitors on December 1. The structure, which was also used to film scenes in The Hobbit, is now a working pub.
The inn's food and beverage manager, Shayne Forrest, overseas a menu that includes drinks like Girdle Fine Ale, Sackville Cider, Oak Barton Ale and Southfathing Ginger Ale.
An official ribbon cutting was important enough to draw the likes of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, as well as several actors who played hobbits in the films.
The interior of the Green Dragon is intricately detailed -- it is, after all, part of a movie set. NoosaNews writes that an 80-person was required to transform the pub into working condition.
The Daily Mail writes that with the release of "The Hobbit,...
The inn's food and beverage manager, Shayne Forrest, overseas a menu that includes drinks like Girdle Fine Ale, Sackville Cider, Oak Barton Ale and Southfathing Ginger Ale.
An official ribbon cutting was important enough to draw the likes of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, as well as several actors who played hobbits in the films.
The interior of the Green Dragon is intricately detailed -- it is, after all, part of a movie set. NoosaNews writes that an 80-person was required to transform the pub into working condition.
The Daily Mail writes that with the release of "The Hobbit,...
- 12/12/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
I've never been to New Zealand but it's a place I've always wanted to visit and hopefully one day will. If that day ever comes I will take the Middle Earth tour and go hang out for awhile at this new Hobbit pub called The Green Dragon that just opened up!
The pub is located in the tourist village of Hobbiton, which is a town that's been around since 2002. Nearby is Matamata, which is where the Hobbit village was built for the Lord of the Rings films back in 1998. The addition of the pub just makes the town even more awesome! Hobbiton manager Russell Alexander said he estimates that the release of the film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will help bring in 100,000 visitors over the next 12 months.
As you will see in the photos the pub completely recreates everything that we love about Hobbiton and Middle Earth. WingNut Films...
The pub is located in the tourist village of Hobbiton, which is a town that's been around since 2002. Nearby is Matamata, which is where the Hobbit village was built for the Lord of the Rings films back in 1998. The addition of the pub just makes the town even more awesome! Hobbiton manager Russell Alexander said he estimates that the release of the film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will help bring in 100,000 visitors over the next 12 months.
As you will see in the photos the pub completely recreates everything that we love about Hobbiton and Middle Earth. WingNut Films...
- 12/12/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Beer is good. Hobbits are good. Beer and hobbits go great together, but please don't try to drink the J.R.R. Tolkien creatures. In the author's Middle-earth, the Green Dragon is an inn at Bywater that saw everyone from Thorin Oakenshield to Frodo Baggins making a stop there. In the Lord of the Rings trilogy, we see Samwise Gamgee and Rosie Cotton in the pub, which features briefly throughout the three movies. Inspired by fiction, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key officially opened a real-life version of the Hobbit pub near Matamata, which is the same location that the epic movies were filmed. An 80-person crew helped construct the fantasy alehouse, which is full of accurate details that Tolkien would be proud of. We wonder how New Zealand residents feel about the massive...
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- 12/11/2012
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
The fifth edition of the Bengaluru International Film Festival will hold retrospectives of Girish Kasaravalli and Jahnu Barua among others. Five of Kasaravalli’s films: Tabarana Kathe (1986), Kraurya (1996), Thaayi Saheba (1997), Dweepa (2003) and Hasina (2004)will be screened. While Barua’s Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1987), Banani (1990), Firingoti (1992) and Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door(1995) will be screened.
Besides, three other sections are dedicated to Indian cinema. Chitrabharathi – Indian Cinema Competition, Kannada Cinema (competition and screening of films in other dialects in Karnataka) and 100 years of Indian Cinema (screening of 14 films).
Complete line up:
Retrospective
Chan-Wook Park (South Korea)
1. J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (Chan-Wook Park/110/2000/South Korea)
2. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (Chan-Wook Park/129/2002/South Korea)
3. Old boy (Chan-Wook Park/120/2003/South Korea)
4. Lady Vengeance (Chan-Wook Park/112/2005/South Korea)
5. Thirst (Chan-Wook Park/133/2009/South Korea)
Fatih Akin (Germany)
1. Short Sharp Shock (Fatih Akin/100/1998/Germany)
2. In July (Fatih Akin/99/2000/Germany)
3. Solino (Fatih Akin/124/2002/Germany)
4. Head On (Fatih Akin/121/2004/Germany/Turkey...
Besides, three other sections are dedicated to Indian cinema. Chitrabharathi – Indian Cinema Competition, Kannada Cinema (competition and screening of films in other dialects in Karnataka) and 100 years of Indian Cinema (screening of 14 films).
Complete line up:
Retrospective
Chan-Wook Park (South Korea)
1. J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (Chan-Wook Park/110/2000/South Korea)
2. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (Chan-Wook Park/129/2002/South Korea)
3. Old boy (Chan-Wook Park/120/2003/South Korea)
4. Lady Vengeance (Chan-Wook Park/112/2005/South Korea)
5. Thirst (Chan-Wook Park/133/2009/South Korea)
Fatih Akin (Germany)
1. Short Sharp Shock (Fatih Akin/100/1998/Germany)
2. In July (Fatih Akin/99/2000/Germany)
3. Solino (Fatih Akin/124/2002/Germany)
4. Head On (Fatih Akin/121/2004/Germany/Turkey...
- 12/7/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
New Zealand's capital city has hotels, bars, coffee shops and galleries to enjoy without any sign of orcs, elves or the Shire
Tourists heading to New Zealand this winter who are not fans of Jrr Tolkien may feel a little like they've entered a parallel universe. For passengers travelling with Air New Zealand the confusion will begin just moments after take off when they are welcomed on board a flight, not to Wellington but to the "Middle of Middle Earth", as the city now styles itself.
The theme will continue with the on-board safety video "imparting a story of safety" with a message from Gandalf - aka the captain.
Arriving at Wellington airport, the first thing bleary-eyed and jet-lagged, tourists will set their eyes upon is a giant Gollum looming over the cafe area. All this before they've even reached the city proper. Once there they may find themselves using...
Tourists heading to New Zealand this winter who are not fans of Jrr Tolkien may feel a little like they've entered a parallel universe. For passengers travelling with Air New Zealand the confusion will begin just moments after take off when they are welcomed on board a flight, not to Wellington but to the "Middle of Middle Earth", as the city now styles itself.
The theme will continue with the on-board safety video "imparting a story of safety" with a message from Gandalf - aka the captain.
Arriving at Wellington airport, the first thing bleary-eyed and jet-lagged, tourists will set their eyes upon is a giant Gollum looming over the cafe area. All this before they've even reached the city proper. Once there they may find themselves using...
- 11/17/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Can’t wait for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey to come out this December? Tourism New Zealand is offering fans a sneak peek at the Hobbiton movie set with the Hobbiton Movie Set Tours package now open to the public! Check out the press release below for details on the tour that’s only one of 30 different Lotr-themed tours:
Middle-earth tourists grab sneak preview of New Zealand’s Hobbiton Movie Set
ahead of December 2012 launch of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
If you loved The Lord of the Rings trilogy then prepare to be hooked on The Hobbit with two films being released over the next two years. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” the first of two films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit from Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, will be released on December 14, 2012 in the USA with the second film, “The Hobbit: There and Back Again,...
Middle-earth tourists grab sneak preview of New Zealand’s Hobbiton Movie Set
ahead of December 2012 launch of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
If you loved The Lord of the Rings trilogy then prepare to be hooked on The Hobbit with two films being released over the next two years. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” the first of two films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit from Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, will be released on December 14, 2012 in the USA with the second film, “The Hobbit: There and Back Again,...
- 7/20/2012
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
Greetings space rangers, fair maidens and sentient non-corporeal beings. My name is Jordan Hoffman and I am a gigantic dork. Like, professionally.
Somehow, my love of science fiction and fantasy movies (mixed with borderline autism regarding non-canonical tie-ins) is keeping me in Pringles. And I'm sharing it all with you like-minded folk here. This weekly column is our Mos Eisley, our Ten-Forward, our Green Dragon, where we'll scrutinize what's top of mind and newest in Nerd.
And lest you think you lack the cred to attain true geek glory, I'm here to inform you that all are welcome. Seriously, the more we let in the club, the more likely someone is to introduce us to their sister.
Besides, you may actually be more of a Fanboy than you realize. Take out your Number 2 pencils and apply check-marks where appropriate.
· Thursday night midnight showings all summer long. Not even a question.
Somehow, my love of science fiction and fantasy movies (mixed with borderline autism regarding non-canonical tie-ins) is keeping me in Pringles. And I'm sharing it all with you like-minded folk here. This weekly column is our Mos Eisley, our Ten-Forward, our Green Dragon, where we'll scrutinize what's top of mind and newest in Nerd.
And lest you think you lack the cred to attain true geek glory, I'm here to inform you that all are welcome. Seriously, the more we let in the club, the more likely someone is to introduce us to their sister.
Besides, you may actually be more of a Fanboy than you realize. Take out your Number 2 pencils and apply check-marks where appropriate.
· Thursday night midnight showings all summer long. Not even a question.
- 1/5/2012
- by hoffmanjo
- NextMovie
"Something happened to British cinema this year: it got world-class again." Tim Robey builds a convincing case: the returns of Lynne Ramsay and Terence Davies, debuts by Paddy Considine (Tyrannosaur), Richard Ayoade (Submarine), Will Sharpe and Tom Kingsley (Black Pond) and Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) and, perhaps most encouraging, "remarkable second films from Ben Wheatley (the horror-thriller Kill List), from Joanna Hogg, whose bitterly insightful Archipelago confirmed all the promise of Unrelated, and from Andrew Haigh, whose Nottingham-set gay romance Weekend has been a sleeper hit here and in the United States…. The sheer range of subjects, periods, genres, styles and ambitions was as heartening as the quality of the movies, and proof that our industry is in great shape."
Also in the Telegraph, Robbie Collin looks back on 2011's highs and lows and the paper lists its top ten and ten worst films of the year. Speaking of the worsts,...
Also in the Telegraph, Robbie Collin looks back on 2011's highs and lows and the paper lists its top ten and ten worst films of the year. Speaking of the worsts,...
- 12/15/2011
- MUBI
The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Fred Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…
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It ended before its time, but fans can now pick up the 3rd and final volume of John Byrne’s Next Men: The Premiere Collection (Idw, $50.00 Srp), which collects issues 21-30 in an oversized, hardbound presentation. Oh, and that whole “ended before its time” thing? Idw has convinced Byrne to bring the series back. Huzzah!
Nobody does fantasy drinking quite like the inhabitants of Middle Earth,...
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It ended before its time, but fans can now pick up the 3rd and final volume of John Byrne’s Next Men: The Premiere Collection (Idw, $50.00 Srp), which collects issues 21-30 in an oversized, hardbound presentation. Oh, and that whole “ended before its time” thing? Idw has convinced Byrne to bring the series back. Huzzah!
Nobody does fantasy drinking quite like the inhabitants of Middle Earth,...
- 10/15/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
Following a steady flow of blockbuster hits with Ip Man as his biggest breakthrough thus far, Donnie Yen has quickly risen to become the hottest commodity in China's film industry while being hail as the current undisputed onscreen king of Kung Fu by audience and critics alike. Naturally, the highly demanded actor/action director has receive enough offers for multiple projects to keep him busy til 2012. Whats next on his plate is the title role of Guan Yun Chang (关云长), the legendary general from the Three Kingdoms era and he will also be responsible for the action direction. Sharing the directorial duties is Felix Chong and Alan Mak and the cast line-up include Jiang Wen (Warriors of Heaven and Earth) as rival warlord Cao Cao and Chin Siu-Ho (Fist of Legend). The production has just begun and the sneaky folks at Sina was there on-set to take some spy shots...
- 4/27/2010
- Screen Anarchy
[Stefan's review of 14 Blades originally ran back in January and with the film now screening at Action Fest I've finally had a chance to see it myself and I've got to say I agree wholeheartedly. Overplotted and pretty clumsy in the narrative but Way entertaining and loaded with stacks of fantastic set pieces. I'm not generally a fan of director Daniel Lee but this one was a good time from start to finish and sometimes that's enough.]
It's about time Donnie Yen made an impact yet again in the fantasy wuxia-pian genre, given the rather recent dismal films with Painted Skin (where he only had a supporting role), An Empress and the Warriors, and Tsui Hark's Seven Swords back in 2005. Most of us went ballistic with his more modern action roles ranging from Spl to Ip Man, and his 14 Blades character of Qing Long (Green Dragon, thanks to those mean looking tattoos adorned all over his upper torso) here looks quite set to become yet another memorable role similar to his morally ambiguous one in Bodyguards and Assassins.
It's about time Donnie Yen made an impact yet again in the fantasy wuxia-pian genre, given the rather recent dismal films with Painted Skin (where he only had a supporting role), An Empress and the Warriors, and Tsui Hark's Seven Swords back in 2005. Most of us went ballistic with his more modern action roles ranging from Spl to Ip Man, and his 14 Blades character of Qing Long (Green Dragon, thanks to those mean looking tattoos adorned all over his upper torso) here looks quite set to become yet another memorable role similar to his morally ambiguous one in Bodyguards and Assassins.
- 4/17/2010
- Screen Anarchy
It's about time Donnie Yen made an impact yet again in the fantasy wuxia-pian genre, given the rather recent dismal films with Painted Skin (where he only had a supporting role), An Empress and the Warriors, and Tsui Hark's Seven Swords back in 2005. Most of us went ballistic with his more modern action roles ranging from Spl to Ip Man, and his 14 Blades character of Qing Long (Green Dragon, thanks to those mean looking tattoos adorned all over his upper torso) here looks quite set to become yet another memorable role similar to his morally ambiguous one in Bodyguards and Assassins.
- 1/27/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The 2009 drama Powder Blue was notable for two main reasons: Jessica Biel went topless and writhed on a strip-club stage and Patrick Swayze made his final appearance on celluloid before his death in September.
Biel's boobs propelled her to second place in Zap2It's Top 10 Celebrity Nude Scenes of 2009, where she was beaten only by Eva Amurri's raunchy role in Californication.
For those of who you missed all the fuss and the flashes of flesh, or want to see it again, the film is released on DVD in the UK tomorrow (Monday, January 25).
Powder Blue follows four people as they embark on different journeys that lead them all to the same place.
Swayze plays Velvet Larry, the sleazy owner of a strip joint where Rose Johnny (Biel) works as a dancer whose son is in a coma.
The ensemble cast also includes Ray Liotta (Goodfellas, Smokin' Aces), Forest Whitaker (Last King of Scotland,...
Biel's boobs propelled her to second place in Zap2It's Top 10 Celebrity Nude Scenes of 2009, where she was beaten only by Eva Amurri's raunchy role in Californication.
For those of who you missed all the fuss and the flashes of flesh, or want to see it again, the film is released on DVD in the UK tomorrow (Monday, January 25).
Powder Blue follows four people as they embark on different journeys that lead them all to the same place.
Swayze plays Velvet Larry, the sleazy owner of a strip joint where Rose Johnny (Biel) works as a dancer whose son is in a coma.
The ensemble cast also includes Ray Liotta (Goodfellas, Smokin' Aces), Forest Whitaker (Last King of Scotland,...
- 1/25/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Patrick Swayze: 1952-2009
By
Alex Simon
All films buffs have guilty pleasures. You know, those movies that high-minded cineastes love to turn their noses up at, especially critics for The New York Times, people with MFAs in some sort of film-related field, or just plain snobs who refuse to acknowledge anything released on celluloid that doesn’t have English subtitles and at least one reference to death, either as a character or a metaphor (and oftentimes both). Patrick Swayze was the undisputed King of the Guilty Pleasure. From his screen debut in Skatetown, USA in 1979, to his final appearance on television’s "The Beast" as a take-no-prisoners cop, Swayze was an unapologetic good ol’ boy who happened to be a classically-trained dancer, student of martial arts and Eastern philosophy, and possessor of an Iq that was nothing to sneeze at. In fact, he closely resembled Dalton, his character in...
By
Alex Simon
All films buffs have guilty pleasures. You know, those movies that high-minded cineastes love to turn their noses up at, especially critics for The New York Times, people with MFAs in some sort of film-related field, or just plain snobs who refuse to acknowledge anything released on celluloid that doesn’t have English subtitles and at least one reference to death, either as a character or a metaphor (and oftentimes both). Patrick Swayze was the undisputed King of the Guilty Pleasure. From his screen debut in Skatetown, USA in 1979, to his final appearance on television’s "The Beast" as a take-no-prisoners cop, Swayze was an unapologetic good ol’ boy who happened to be a classically-trained dancer, student of martial arts and Eastern philosophy, and possessor of an Iq that was nothing to sneeze at. In fact, he closely resembled Dalton, his character in...
- 9/25/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
When I first heard the news that Patrick Swayze had passed away at age 57, my first two thoughts were as follows: Point Break (1991) and Donnie Darko (2001). Those were my two personal Patrick Swayze cult classics, the ones I own on DVD, the ones I can watch again, anytime. But the next thing I saw was a tribute on morning television, and the main clips came from Swayze's biggest hits, Dirty Dancing (1987) and Ghost (1990), two films I do not own on DVD and do not particularly care to see again. Then I looked him up and saw a cornucopia of other titles, ranging all over the map, including a bunch of stuff I had never heard of. There were two I reviewed as a critic, the awful Green Dragon (2001) and the very cool 11:14 (2003).
There was an early appearance, along with a handful of other rising stars in Francis Ford Coppola...
There was an early appearance, along with a handful of other rising stars in Francis Ford Coppola...
- 9/16/2009
- by Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Cinematical
Patrick Swayze was a big softie. With performances in nearly three dozen movies in more than three decades, that was the secret behind his best work: his ability to convey, even when he was playing a tough guy, that beneath the glower his character was actually kind, sensitive and maybe even hurting. His two most memorable roles, in 1987's Dirty Dancing and 1990's Ghost, both showcased his caring side. They were also his biggest box-office successes. In Dancing, he made hearts flutter as a sexy, supportive dance instructor who, via the mambo and cha-cha, helps transform a teenage wallflower (Jennifer Grey) into a self-confident woman.
- 9/15/2009
- by Leah Rozen, PEOPLE Movie Critic
- PEOPLE.com
Patrick Swayze was a big softie. With performances in nearly three dozen movies in more than three decades, that was the secret behind his best work: his ability to convey, even when he was playing a tough guy, that beneath the glower his character was actually kind, sensitive and maybe even hurting. His two most memorable roles, in 1987's Dirty Dancing and 1990's Ghost, both showcased his caring side. They were also his biggest box-office successes. In Dancing, he made hearts flutter as a sexy, supportive dance instructor who, via the mambo and cha-cha, helps transform a teenage wallflower (Jennifer Grey) into a self-confident woman.
- 9/15/2009
- by Leah Rozen, PEOPLE Movie Critic
- PEOPLE.com
Cameramen on the cutting edge of sports filming, having just sailed across the Atlantic with the Volvo Ocean Race teams, will take part in an Nui Galway symposium entitled 'Representing Sport'. The international symposium runs from 2-3 June. The symposium is being organised by Nui Galway's Huston School of Film & Digital Media and its School of Languages, with support from the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. During the Broadcasting the Volvo Ocean Race lecture Ian Walker, skipper of Green Dragon, will be joined by media crewmembers from Puma (Rick Deppe), Ericsson (Guy Salter) and Telfonica (Gabriele Olivo) to share their experiences of reporting the race to a potential audience of two billion.
- 5/26/2009
- IFTN
We're all for getting out in the summertime, but there might not be anything more refreshing than cooling off in a movie theater... or seeing a movie in the comfort of your air-conditioned home on demand, on DVD, or online... or better yet catching a classic on the big screen at a nearby repertory theater. With literally hundreds of films to choose from this summer, we humbly present this guide to the season's most exciting offerings.
May 1
"Eldorado"
The Cast: Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy, Franise Chichy
Director: Bouli Lanners
Fest Cred: Cannes, Warsaw, Glasgow, Palm Springs,
The Gist: When Elie (Adde), a hapless young thief attempts to rob Yvan (Lanners), a 40-year-old car dealer, the two form a unlikely friendship that leads to a road trip across Belgium in this slight comedy that won the Best European Film at the Director's Fortnight at Cannes last year.
May 1
"Eldorado"
The Cast: Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy, Franise Chichy
Director: Bouli Lanners
Fest Cred: Cannes, Warsaw, Glasgow, Palm Springs,
The Gist: When Elie (Adde), a hapless young thief attempts to rob Yvan (Lanners), a 40-year-old car dealer, the two form a unlikely friendship that leads to a road trip across Belgium in this slight comedy that won the Best European Film at the Director's Fortnight at Cannes last year.
- 5/6/2009
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Green Dragon director Tim Linh Bui's new film Powder Blue, starring Jessica Biel, Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta and Patrick Swayze, has received an original score by Didier Lean Rachou. He was called in very late in the process to replace most of the existing score with an edgy, modern approach. Rachou's previous credits include Aquaman: Mercy Reef, How To Rob a Bank and several episodes of Sex and the City. Recently, he also scored a Lionsgate film called High Hopes, starring Jason Mewes, Lacey Chabert, Andy Dick and David Faustino. Currently, Didier has just begun scoring his third season of the TV series Storm Chasers for the Discovery Channel.
- 5/6/2009
- by noreply@blogger.com (Mikael Carlsson)
- MovieScore Magazine
From distinguished presenter to sleazy stripper? Jessica Biel was last seen looking all gorgeous and glamorous on the Academy Awards, wearing a lovely gown as she recapped the technical awards show that she hosted. Next time you see her on the small screen, she'll be taking off her clothes.
Timothy Linh-Bui's indie drama Powder Blue, in which Biel plays a Los Angeles stripper, will bypass a theatrical release and go straight to home video, according to High-Def Digest. Image Entertainment will release the film on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, May 5.
Is this just a hiccup in Jessica's career? She appeared in two high-profile projects in 2007: Next with Nicolas Cage didn't do so well, while I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry with Adam Sandler was a smash. Stephan Elliott's Easy Virtue, an adaptation of a Noel Coward play, debuted on the fest circuit last fall. Our own...
Timothy Linh-Bui's indie drama Powder Blue, in which Biel plays a Los Angeles stripper, will bypass a theatrical release and go straight to home video, according to High-Def Digest. Image Entertainment will release the film on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, May 5.
Is this just a hiccup in Jessica's career? She appeared in two high-profile projects in 2007: Next with Nicolas Cage didn't do so well, while I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry with Adam Sandler was a smash. Stephan Elliott's Easy Virtue, an adaptation of a Noel Coward play, debuted on the fest circuit last fall. Our own...
- 3/5/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
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