The Hobbit is the shortest Lord Of The Rings film yet, which means it's still very long

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the shortest Lord Of The Rings film yet, which means it's still very long



As part of his own continuing epic war on the dark forces of the human bladder, Peter Jackson has confirmed that his first Hobbit film will weigh in at a hefty two-hour-and-40-minute running time—or to put it in Peter Jackson terms, "Officially our shortest Middle-Earth yet." The director surprised those who are unfamiliar with Jackson's films by telling Empire that—while he had yet to add the credits, finalize all effects shots, or add at least three more scenes where the breathtaking beauty of New Zealand's rolling hills is just allowed to unfurl unimpeded for a little while as dwarves trudge across them—"It's looking like it’s going to be about ten minutes shorter than Fellowship was." Of course, Fellowship was the first of three equally lengthy films adapting a dense, 1,000-plus page novel, while The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the first of ...

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Little Shop Of Horrors: The Director’s Cut

DVD: HomeVideo Review: Little Shop Of Horrors: The Director’s Cut



The original ending of Frank Oz’s 1986 adaptation of the off-Broadway smash Little Shop Of Horrors—in which an army of giant blood-drinking plants from outer space destroy humanity in a film-ending orgy of mindless destruction—is so well known to even casual fans of the cult musical that it hasn’t qualified as a spoiler for ages, though for decades it was unclear whether the director’s cut would ever be available in legal form. In 1998, a DVD of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s musical adaptation/parody of Roger Corman’s famously cheap and quickly filmed 1960 dark comedy was released using incomplete footage of the film’s 20-minute alternate ending, only to be recalled within days and replaced by a DVD featuring none of the intended finale. Now the original vision of Frank Oz, screenwriter/lyricist Ashman (who died in 1991), and songwriter Menken has ...

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The 10 Best Horror Comedies of All Time

Die Laughing: The 10 Best Horror Comedies of All Time

Every now and then a movie brings just the right mix of screams and laughter. The gore experts at Fangoria reveal their all-time favorites in this often-overlooked cinematic subgenre.