Thanks to an unnamed source, we have a much clearer look at Bruce Hopkins, the actor playing Gamling the Old. [More]

Here’s an audio clip of an interview with Tom Shippey, author of ‘J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century.’ [More

Thanks to Beleg for that.

Six new card images straight from the Shire! [More]

Reports are STILL flooding in from Decipher’s first LOTR TCG tournament weekend. [More]

“Cleave and Cleave Alike” A fan sends in his deck design, check it out for ideas on your own deck.
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Teanna writes: A Spy report on the National Air and Space Museum’s Monthly Star Lecture: 11-24. Inspired by the blurb on TORN’s front page, I fire up the “Ford of Bruinen” (classic 1976 truck)… [More]

Hollywood seems to be having an incredible run of blockbuster children’s movies right now. Why is it so good at speaking to kids, given that it’s not always so good at finding its adult audience? [More]

One major holiday movie event down, one to go. On Dec. 19, the film version of “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first book in author J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy “The Lord of the Rings,” will be released. [More]