Much like the infamous Smaug the Dragon, the fandom of JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings (and likewise, those of Peter Jackson’s previous, and fantastic, trilogy of films based on the books) have laid dormant in the realm of Geekdom and Middle-nerdia for an odd decade or so. There was little to comfort them in their sleep, with only but dreams and murmurs of casting, directing, and more and more rumors by the day that would one day reawaken the giant beast back into the Tolkien realm once more, back into the Shire and hobbit holes for the grand quest of Bilbo Baggins to begin in The Hobbit.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes has just released, and there's a lot to unpack about it.
Based on Adele Parks' novel, director Jeff Fisher's The Image of You positions itself as a sexy thriller movie dripping with intrigue and family deception, but it's largely a non-event.
When a messiah is needed, does it matter how a planet gets one? That's what we'll discuss in our Dune Part Two Review!
