The Lord of the Rings trilogy is widely considered one of the best trilogies ever made. It’s sense of scale was something completely new to the fantasy genre on film at the time. Peter Jackson took Tolkien’s masterworks, and brought the viewer down to the character’s level, where we could feel the urgency in Fellowship, […]
Ian McKellen suggests he’s open to Gandalf role in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings TV series
As Sir Ian McKellen prepares to tackle a new iconic role in the West End version of The Exorcist, the legendary performer has told Graham Norton’s Radio 2 show that he’s reluctant to let one of his greatest roles go to another actor. With the news that Amazon are to create their own middle-earth TV series […]
A huge Lord of the Rings lawsuit has been settled
A substantial lawsuit between Warner Bros. and the Tolkien estate has been settled over The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The dispute between the two parties started back in 2012 when the Tolkien estate alleged that the studio did not have the rights to licence the books’ characters for online slot machines and […]
Quality Isn’t Subjective. A Film Is Good Or It Is Not
Samuel Brace argues that quality isn’t subjective… Many things in life are up for debate. Many things can be interpreted and argued over. Everyone is different; everyone is a product of their own environment, dictated to by their personal tastes. Things like our favourite foods, favourite actors, favourite sports, books, music and yes, films, are […]
Hollywood: If You Can’t Build It, Don’t Bother
Samuel Brace on practical effects and CGI… Fantasy is better when fantasy looks real. For the most part, cinema is our escape, a door of which to travel through, a portal to somewhere that isn’t here. To suspend our disbelief is part and parcel of going to the movies, and the best of these movies […]
30-disc Middle-earth: Limited Collector’s Edition box-set arriving in October
Tolkien fans – especially those with deep pockets – rejoice, as Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies are getting a 30-disc Limited Collector’s Edition release this October. SEE ALSO: Pre-order the Middle-earth: Limited Collector’s Edition via Amazon US For the first time ever, Academy Award®-winning director Peter Jackson’s epic adventure is […]
The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #42 – The Hobbit
With the pulse pounding from the truly fantastic Midnight Resistance we can today give ourselves a well earned rest, as we’ve come across our first text-based adventure in the Your Sinclair Top 100. Here is also the game which perhaps spawned the first internet meme, before internet meme’s became a thing (and technically the internet), […]
The Week in Disappointment – Star Wars, The Hobbit, Merlin, Spectre and Gambit
Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Peter Jackson admits ‘I didn’t know what the hell I was doing’ on the Hobbit” You know, I have to give Peter Jackson some props. Last year when I included The Hobbit films amongst ‘the most disappointing films of all time’, I got so much […]
Watch bonus footage from SNL’s Hobbit Office sketch
While many great sketches and shorts made it to air during the 40th season of Saturday Night Live, for fans of both The Office and The Hobbit, perhaps none were quite as funny or memorable as The Office: Middle Earth, otherwise known as Hobbit Office. Now, bonus footage from the sketch has been released on the […]
New trailer for The Hobbit Trilogy Extended Edition theatrical release
A new trailer has arrived online for the US theatrical release of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit Trilogy: Extended Edition, which is set to screen this October. SEE ALSO: Details on the The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies R-rated extended version Blu-ray Earlier this month, we reported the news that the extended version of The […]