Hawk sends us a review of the new DVD “JRR Tolkien: The Origin of the Rings An Authorized Tribute” [More]

When Lord of the Rings was first published in 1954, The Sunday Times predicted that the world would be divided into two types of people: those who have read the book and those who are going to’. That prediction rings true today as the book is brought to life in one of the most expensive film trilogies ever made. [More]

Screen time before Fellowship of the Ring, particularly for opening weekend, is as prime as celluloid real estate gets, and if New Line could, they’d attach the Blade 2 trailer to every print. However, Blade is out and Austin Powers is in. [More]

Sir Ian McKellen says it’s appalling that people in the UK can still be sacked for being gay. He says former Conservative prime minister John Major was “woefully ignorant” at dealing with gay issues and adds the present Labour government is no better. [More]

Take a look at the beautiful booklett that comes with the score and the CD itself. Wonderfully elegant, this is great work. [More]

The same commercials that have been showing in the US recently (His/Her name is…) are now showing on MTV UK & Ireland, minus their newly awarded PG certificate.