Videophiled: ‘The Man for U.N.C.L.E.’ revived and ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” extended

by Sean Axmaker | Nov 17, 2015 | Home Viewing, Reviews, What's Hot

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Warner, Blu-ray, DVD), Guy Ritchie’s big screen revival of the sixties secret agent series, is an origin story of sorts—think “When Napoleon met Illya”—with the two agents in a wary partnership. Otherwise it doesn’t...

Videophiled News: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ is even longer in a new ‘Extended Edition’ in November

by Sean Axmaker | Aug 5, 2014 | News, What's Hot

New Line continues with the supersized home video editions of Peter Jackson’s Tolkien epics. The company has announced that The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will arrive on Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D on November 4 in an extended edition with 25 minutes of...

Review: ‘Desolation of Smaug’ Ups the Action, Humor

by Jeff Michael Vice | Dec 11, 2013 | Reviews, What's Hot

When it comes to Peter Jackson, there’s probably one thing on which we can all agree: The dude loves him some J.R.R. Tolkien. The New Zealand director’s filmic adaptations of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy were either too faithful or they weren’t faithful...

Review: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’

by Myriam Gabriel-Pollock | Dec 11, 2013 | Reviews

Let’s get this part out of the way: If you are a hardcore Tolkien purist who wishes to see the film only if it stays 100% true to the revered author’s work, then you may find yourself displeased with The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The second...

Videophiled: A longer ‘Hobbit’ and De Palma’s dispassionate ‘Passion’

by Sean Axmaker | Nov 5, 2013 | Home Viewing

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Extended Edition (New Line, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD) follows the pattern that director Peter Jackson set on his The Lord of the Rings films. The theatrical cut came out earlier this year, and now the “Extended Edition”...