Introduction Hello again, and welcome back to my retrospective reviews of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy! Before reading this, I hope my readers will have previously gone through my review of Fellowship of the Ring, both parts, because there will be quite a bit of context that those reviews provide going forward …
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) – A retrospective analysis and review, Part 2
The Ring Goes South My dear readers, if you’ve made it this far into my review of just the first movie in this trilogy, I must assume you’re in it for the long haul. I hope that at this point this review isn’t just reading as a synopsis of the films, since my intention is …
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) – A retrospective analysis and review, Part 1
Introduction 20 years ago this December, many of us were gearing up to see the first of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy in theaters for the first time. It was an exciting time in my household especially, with us Purvis kids having been raised on Tolkien’s literature up to that point, and …
Iron Maiden – “Senjutsu” (2021) album review
Track List: Senjutsu (8:20) Stratego (4:59) The Writing on the Wall (6:13) Lost in a Lost World (9:31) Days of Future Past (4:03) The Time Machine (7:09) Darkest Hour (7:20) Death of the Celts (10:20) The Parchment (12:39) Hell on Earth (11:19) This weekend, one of the oldest and greatest metal bands made their return …
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The Mandalorian – Season 2 (Review)
It’s a little strange to think that only a year ago, The Rise of Skywalker was released in theaters. It seems so much longer ago, doesn’t it? I’d venture to guess that the fact that the year 2020 has seen so few theatrical releases (and even fewer that made any money), the idea of going …
Lady Gaga – Chromatica (2020) album review
Appearing at a time where disappointment, frustration, and restlessness are the national social norms, the new album from pop goddess Lady Gaga seems to inauspiciously fit the bill, when we needed it to instead provide some sense of joy and relief. I feel like I’m one of the only people calling Chromatica out for being …
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The Irishman (2019) film review
When you see a movie poster with names like Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci on the acting roster, or Martin Scorsese directing from a script written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian, it’s pretty crazy to think how difficult it was to actually get this movie made. It’s even wilder to consider that …
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) film review
Disney’s new trilogy of Star Wars movies this decade may well go down as the biggest missed opportunity in cinematic history. Most reviewers right about now will preface with statements about how they ‘grew up with Star Wars’, or they’ve been ‘fans since day one’ and that the saga has meant so much to them …
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Opeth – In Cauda Venenum (2019) album review
Track listing: Garden of Earthly Delights (3:29) Dignity (6:35) Heart in Hand (8:30) Next of Kin (7:08) Lovelorn Crime (6:34) Charlatan (5:29) Universal Truth (7:21) The Garroter (6:44) Continuum (7:23) All Things Will Pass (8:31) Opeth’s new record In Cauda Venenum, Swedish for “Poison in the Tail”, is what you listen to when you’re yearning …
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Joker (2019) movie review
This movie could’ve been, and deserved to be, the ultimate supervillain origin story. It isn’t. It is instead an alright comic book film with a standout central performance that just happened to be made during a time where mass shootings in the U.S. are more common than rainfall. I don’t get out to go see …
The King's Speech 