If you want to know exactly how much longer you have to suffer, Ectopia offers a solution: “Here are two great freeware programs to download for the movie release countdown. One is just a countdown clock, the other is a screensaver countdown clock. I am using the screensaver and fully recommend it. It is fully customizable for any date and completely free.” Thanks to Sarah for that.

Nicolas sends us word on the release date in France, as well as some insider info on movies dubbed in french. [More]

Nicolas sends us word on the release date in France, as well as some insider info on movies dubbed in french.

I saw in a french TV show that the movie release in France would be the 19th December. It is logic because the 19 th is a Wednesday, the normal release day for movies in France.

Apart from that, I saw the trailer 1 dubbed in French. Usually I always prefer original versions, but this dubbing was AWFUL! (I can attest to this, we get the same french movies here, and most of the time it’s horribly done -Xo) I hope they will make efforts for the real thing, because if they don’t they won’t get anyone to see the movie.

And I hope there will not be only the dubbed version released. It is not usually the case, but it happens sometimes even for blockbusters (Dinosaurs for example was released only in dubbed version)

Nicolas D

Ringer Spy Dargon tells a story of a trend that we hope to see across North America! Paul sends in a similar story of Frodo whipflash from Oz! [More]

From: Dargon

I was walking down the hallway in my school the other day when something gave me whiplash. The Fellowship movie poster with Frodo holding the ring was on a bulletin board in the school. The library must have put it up. I go to a public high school in Montgomery County Maryland. It would be cool if this was happening all over the country. I know that about 1/2 of the student population that I have talked to actually knows about the movies in one way or another. It would be cool to get a census and see if this trend continues nation wide.

Ringer Spy Paul sends along something similar from Oz.

A school here in Brisbane Australia that my younger brother attends, St Jospehs College Gregory Terrace has a Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings section. With posters from both films and print-outs of pictures from fan sites such as TORN. they have multiple copies of the millennium edition for borrowing and copies of just about every Aussie mag with an article on the two films. Seems like the trend is world-wide!

Ringer Spy Becky sends along details from the latest Total Film magazine. She also goes on to give us details of the LOTR mentions at local UCI Cinemas. [More]