Peter Jackson
Ya gotta understand — corporate assholes are like Sauron’s boss, Morgoth. They are incapable of creation. They can only appropriate and warp, like how Morgoth appropriated and warped Elves to create Orcs.
Read MoreWho else, but The Beatles, could command this much attention, of this many people, for that long of a time, and still be interesting, even joyous?
Read MoreJournalist Ian Nathan presents Peter Jackson’s trials in bringing Tolkien’s books to film as if he was writing a spy thriller.
Read MoreInflating The Hobbit: Goodbye to the Boys-Only Club
Read MoreDirector Peter Jackson in his film adaptation of The Hobbit abandons the intimate scale of the original wonder tale and mistakenly blows it up into mythic proportions.
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Music Review: The Beatles are Still Here, There, and Everywhere
Beatles fans are being treated to a three-fer of projects spanning three media genres: a restoration of the film “Let It Be,” a book focusing on the two 1967 songs “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane,” and an appearance on the new season of “Doctor Who”.
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