Movies directed by Peter Jackson

Heavenly Creatures (1994)

99 mins     Biography, Crime, Drama      

Heavenly Creatures: Peter Jackson explores the friendship between Juliet Hulme & Pauline Parker who end up murdering Parker's mum when she tries to break them up...

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

178 mins     Action , Adventure , Fantasy      

As a child I was given either a copy of "Lord of the Rings" or "The Hobbit" to read and despite trying a few times I could never get into it, this sort of fantasy quest story has never really been my thing. So when in 2001 Pe...

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

179 mins     Action , Adventure , Fantasy      

Everyone who loves movies has them, movies which do little for you but the masses absolutely love them making you feel the odd one out. For me there are three movies where I am in the minority because "The Lord of the Rings" ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

201 mins     Action , Adventure , Fantasy      

Those who have read my reviews of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" will already know what I am going to say about "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King",...

King Kong (2005)

187 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama, Romance      

King Kong was a big ape; "King Kong" is a big movie but only one of them needed to be big. You see whilst the King Kong we watch in "King Kong" the movie is a glorious creation, a big ape of gigantic proportions the movie its...

The Lovely Bones (2009)

135 mins     Drama, Fantasy, Thriller      

I've never read Alice Sebold's novel which "The Lovely Bones" is adapted from but somehow I just get a feeling something has been lost in its adaptation. And the reason I feel this is because whilst it starts well and draws y...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

169 mins     Adventure , Fantasy      

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Martin Freeman stars as the younger Bilbo on a quest to reclaim Erebor, the lost Dwarf kingdom...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

161 mins     Adventure , Fantasy      

This is quite possibly going to be the shortest review I have ever written and maybe even the shortest review of "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" you may come across. So visually "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" is ...

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

144 mins     Adventure , Fantasy      

Anyone who has read my other reviews of the "Hobbit" movies and "The Lord of the Rings" movies will be well aware they are never my thing and I have to be honest each movie has caused me to fall asleep and then have to watch ...