The costumes in The Lord of the Rings and The Last Samurai – perhaps you’ve noticed them? If so, you’re not alone. New Zealand designer Ngila Dickson won a BAFTA Award and a Saturn Award for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and an Oscar nomination for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. [More]

TRM writes: I found theese programme listings for the UK and thought you might like to put them on the front page to let people know. [More]

TRM writes: I found theese programme listings for the UK and thought you might like to put them on the front page to let people know.

13th Dec
BBC radio 4
5.30pm Back row – Richard Taylor talks about designing the visual effects for LOTR

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16th Dec
Discovery channel
2.00pm Bilbo and Beyond

BBC1
11.35pm
Film 2003- Return of the King special

James Rampton writes: When we meet, Sir Ian McKellen is about to embark on a dizzying, four-month, global tour to promote The Return of the King, the final part of the Lord of the Rings saga. Just listening to the actor’s itinerary exhausts me – it’s a real case of “If it’s Tuesday, it must be Miami.” [More]

Chaotica writes: Here are a few pics from the Premiere of “Tanz der Vampire” (Dance of the Vampires) in Hamburg, Germany, a musical directed by Roman Polanski himself, based on his famous vampire movie. Originally created in Vienna, the show has played a few years in Stuttgart, Germany and moved to Hamburg now. Alongside a lot of German celebrities the premiere featured LOTR Stars Christopher Lee and Cate Blanchett. [More]