Cate Blanchett

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies (2015)

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The Battle of the Armies ends Peter Jackson’s six-film and almost 15-year love affair with the works of Tolkein (ends, that is, unless he starts dredging up some of the dodgier parts of “The Silmarrilion”).    Having woken Smaug, the fire-breathing dragon, deliciously voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, the beast proceeds to fry the poor residents … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Monuments Men (2014)

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The Monuments Men is allegedly a true story (though I suspect rather embellished) of a mission by allied art lovers to save the wealth of public and private art from being captured by Nazi Germany and/or destroyed on Hitler’s death.  The real life photos over the end-titles indicate that it certainly wasn’t all made up. … Read more