Raven writes: Sala Baker will be at Trek Expo in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 18-20. He will be there all three days of the convention. [More]

Barry writes: I saw the posting about the Dukes cinema in Lancaster. Cardiff can beat that! Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff’s premier alternative arts venue, is showing the trilogy at 11am, 3pm and 7pm on Saturday 10th April for an incredible £6. [More]

Barry writes: I saw the posting about the Dukes cinema in Lancaster. Cardiff can beat that! Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff’s premier alternative arts venue, is showing the trilogy at 11am, 3pm and 7pm on Saturday 10th April for an incredible £6.

The email notification from Chapter says describes it as “an unmissable special offer in the cinema where you can see all three Lord of the Rings films for just £6 in a day long saga to test your stamina … That’s a massive 558 minutes of stunning, Oscar-winning cinema for £6. That has to be great value”. I agree!

Contact details are: box office 029 2030 4400; on line tickets and info http://www.chapter.org. Chapter is in Canton, a trendy part of Cardiff, and very easy to get to. It’s actually a converted school with a theatre, art galleries, cafe, bar and studios, and the two cinema screens are in knocked through double classrooms. They only have a capacity of 190 in the cinema showing the trology, and so far have only sold tickets for about half of those.

As most of you know, the DVD market has grown by leaps and bounds as collectors get more rabid and regular folks realize that they’re collectors when they’re forced to buy new shelves for the living room to accommodate their burgeoning DVD library. By accident: that’s the perfect way to become a collector, isn’t it? [More]

Lord of the Rings star Billy Boyd exchanged his hobbit feet for sea legs when he climbed aboard Peter Weir’s high-seas epic, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, which arrives on DVD April 20. While the Scottish actor wasn’t initially enamored of the ocean, by the time filming ended, he discovered that a sailor’s life might just be for him. [More]

Enedumiel writes: Thought you might like to know that the University of Georgia is having a costume contest this friday, along with a 10:30 showing of ROTK. I believe it’s the Tate Centre theatre.