The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Edition) (2014)

Directed by: Peter Jackson
Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, John Callen, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Benedict Cumberbatch, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry
Rated: R for Some Violence
Running Time: 2 h 44 m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Production Design, Some Action
WEAKNESSES: Thin Story, Battle Fatigue, Abundance of CGI, Pacing

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Edition) (2014)

April 15, 2020

The concluding chapter in The Hobbit Trilogy.

MV5BMzU0NDY0NDEzNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTIxNDU1MDE@._V1_.jpg — The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Extended Edition) (2013)

Directed by: Peter Jackson
Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, John Callen, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry
Rated: PG-13 for Extended Sequences of Intense Fantasy Action Violence, and Frightening Images
Running Time: 3 h 7 m
TMM Score: 3.5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Action, Cinematography, Score, Smaug
WEAKNESSES: Tauriel and Legolas, Convoluted Side Plots, Overlong, Too Much CGI

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Extended Edition) (2013)

April 14, 2020

Bilbo Baggins and the Dwarves of Erebor continue their journey.

MV5BMTA2MjA3ODU0NjBeQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU4MDE3NTQxNDcz._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,631,1000_AL_.jpg — Ma (2019)

Directed by: Tate Taylor
Starring: Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis, Tate Taylor, Luke Evans, Allison Janney
Rated: R for Violent/Disturbing Material, Language Throughout, Sexual Content, and for Teen Drug and Alcohol Use
Running Time: 1 h 39 m
TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Octavia Spencer
WEAKNESSES: Finding Target Audience, Some Acting

Ma (2019)

September 3, 2019

A lonely, middle-aged woman befriends a group of teenagers and lets them party in her house, but after a while, the middle-aged woman starts acting strangely possessive.