“Come now, don’t be shy. Step into the light.”
Smaug descends on our cinemas this week. But there’s also a tricksy little indie film competing for our attention.
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Opening today:
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THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG……FILM OF THE WEEK
New Zealand |161 minutes | Action, Adventure, Fanstasy
Director: Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong, Bad Taste)
Cast: Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch, LRichard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, Manu Bennett, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Aidan Turner, Luke Evans, Billy Connolly, Stephen Fry, Ian Holm, Graham McTavish, Dean O’Gorman, James Nesbitt, Sylvester McCoy, Ken Stott, Conan Stevens, William Kircher, Peter Hambleton, Mikael Persbrandt, Adam Brown, Jed Brophy, Stephen Hunter, John Callen, Mark Hadlow, John Bell, and Jeffrey Thomas
The second film in The Hobbit trilogy sees Bilbo and the Dwarves reach The Lonely Mountain and the lost kingdom of Erebor. But if they are to reclaim their homeland, there’s the small matter of defeating a large and decidedly mean dragon. Doh!
Are Jackson and Co. back on point? Smaug looks pretty stupendous.
Distributor: Warner Brothers/Roadshow
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BECOMING TRAVIATA
France | 112 minutes | Documentaries
Director: Philippe Béziat (debut feature)
Featuring: Natalie Dessay, Jean-François Sivadier, Louis Langrée, Charles Castronovo, Ludovic Tézier, Adelina Scarabelli
A behind-the-scenes doco following a challenging production of Verdi’s opera La Traviata at the Aix-en-Provence festival in France.
A must for opera fans.
Distributor: Cinevista
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Which journey will you take?
