Can a man truly be redeemed or is he doomed to relive his past? Based on the stage musical by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Herbert Kretzmer, which itself is based on the 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo, “Les Misérables” is the story of one man’s quest for redemption, another man’s pursuit of justice and the question as to how we fit into the shaping of a country and the world around us. The film begins in 1815 France where the criminal Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), imprisoned for stealing bread for his sister’s family, is paroled after 19 years. (Continue Reading at Examiner.com)
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Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth in ‘The Hobbit’ not worth the wait — movie review
When Peter Jackson gave his acceptance speech after winning the Academy Award for Best Director for “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” — you just had to know that it wouldn’t be the end — that J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” would be the next journey into Middle Earth — duh. After all, the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy won an incredible 17 Oscars, including Best Picture for “Return of the King”. At one point, Jackson nearly didn’t return to the director’s chair for “The Hobbit”, almost turning it over to Guillermo del Toro (“Pan’s Labyrinth”, “Hellboy II”). Once Jackson was back on board, fans declared it would be the second coming — not so fast. (Continue Reading at Examiner.com)
Bad makeup job gets overshadowed by frisky performances in ‘Hitchcock’ — movie review
There is no doubt that Alfred Hitchcock is one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of motion pictures and that “Psycho” is widely considered one of the great horror films of all-time and one of the first slasher movies in the genre. It’s funny to think that back in 1959, Paramount was a little nervous about the Master of Suspense tackling a horror movie. (Continue Reading at Examiner.com)