Barliman’s chatter NerwenArtanis showed us the link to this story in The Daily Telegraph. I happen to think that a friendship rooted in complete trust and which cannot be shaken by the most evil interference is pretty dramatic, but hey — I’m not a screenwriter. Check it out! [More]

Remember that observation list? It’s back and updated for the first and only time. Thanks to everyone who wrote in – at this point I hand all responsibility for it back to the people on the message boards. 😉 [More]

The NZ Herald names RoTK its best film for 2003, but it would have been a lot harder had Whale Rider been in the pot with it. Thanks to Ringer Ataahua for the link. [More]

End of year – time for those endless lists. Here’s Time Magazine’s best and worst films of 2003. And the winner is … [More]

Thanks to Ringer sentiEnt for this link. If actor Billy Boyd is worried about being typecast because of his role as hobbit (Peregrin Took) Pippin he doesn’t let it show. Boyd believes that far from being a problem, his participation in Peter Jackson’s vision of Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings is likely to be both the role he shall always be remembered for and his calling card for future work. [More]

Thanks to Ringer Spy Alquawen for these scans of cover boy Orlando Bloom in the latest edition of GQ magazine. [More]