Articles in New Zealand Movie Reviews
The Locals (2003) Movie Review
The first thing you notice about Greg Page’s “The Locals” is this: cinematographer Bret Nichols has no idea how to light a movie, much less a horror film.
Our New Zealand film opens with urbanites Grant (John Barker) and Paul (Dwayne Cameron) on their way to the coast for some surfing, with Paul hoping to help [...]
Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King (2003) Movie Review
While Peter Jackson’s “The Return of the King” is certainly a marvel of moviemaking, it lacks the newness of “The Fellowship of the Rings” and the proper narrative structure (and flow) of “The Two Towers”. I suppose it was too much to hope that “ROTK”, the final piece in Jackson’s 3-picture, 3-year enterprise, would top [...]
December 30th, 2003 | Nix | 1 Comment | Read MoreScarfies (1999) Movie Review
The New Zealand movie “Scarfies” is a good movie only if you can forgive its farcical and truly terrible ending. The film, about 5 college students who discover an elaborate marijuana stash growing in the basement of their rundown house, requires you to take one big leap of faith. It’s this: Upon discovering the marijuana, [...]
June 28th, 2003 | Nix | 1 Comment | Read MoreLord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers (2002) Movie Review
“Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (aka “LOTR 2″) is an astounding film. I am utterly amazed that director Peter Jackson could have constructed such a film at all, but taking into account that the movie was shot back-to-back-to-back with two other parts, and it’s quite impossible not to look on the name Peter [...]
December 19th, 2002 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreLord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Movie Review
Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring” is an amazing film to behold. Consider that the movie, the first in a trilogy based on the J.R.R. Tolkien books, is probably the most ambitious filmmaking project in the history of film, and that it took 2 years and $300 million to make, [...]
January 25th, 2002 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read More
It looks like a dud. I saw the trailer. Tom is the only person speaking with an American news network ...
nothing they payed fox.... 
OMG!!!! 
