Thanks to Lucifer, who wrote to alert us about the National Geographic Channel one-hour special that some of you will be able to see. There will be 5 sections; each discusses a different aspect of LOTR(both the movie and the book). They interviewed the director, actors,Tom Shippey, even some archeology expert from University of York.

UPDATE

Lucifer clarifies (after your many emails) “I only know the on air date will be close to each region’s FOTR premiere date”

Amazon.com has an editorial review of the Shore LOTR soundtrack CD. It’s not as impartial as a critic’s or customer’s review but still paints a good picture of what you can expect to hear. [More] Thanks to Mike B for that!

The Guardian Observer talks about Harry Potter and LOTR, mostly looking at how successful they BOTH are and speculating on why. [More]

Thanks to Neil B.

A girl sits in a room, alone, holding a book. A friend told her it was good, but she doesn’t know much beyond that; still, she’s willing to try it. She opens the book and begins to read. [More]

Marc tells us of a link where you can download one of the new LOTR commercials, this one featuring Gandalf. This one is the best in my opinion, lots of new stuff! [More]

Joel K gives us a scan from The Chronicle Herald in Halifax NS. [More]