Cimorene writes: On Saturday, (January 25th) my daughter ran into my room yelling, “Mom, Mom guess who will be at the ArcLight tonight? Andy Serkis, can we go, can we go?” After a few minutes of sorting details with my husband, he hopped on the computer and we were fortunate to get front row – almost exactly center tickets! [More]

The BAFTA nominations were announced today and The Two Towers received an impressive 9 nominations. ‘Gangs’ and ‘Chicago’ both received 12 nominations. The Two Towers is nominated for Best Film, Direction, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Editing, Sound, Visual Effects and Make-up/Hair. The BAFTA winners will be announced on February 23rd, exactly a month before the Oscars! [More]

Missed all the news this weekend? Too busy looking at the SuperBowl Commercials? (we all know that’s what you really watch). Take a look at the latest Weekend Roundup guaranteed to be football free! [More]

Not very LOTR related, but interesting anyway! If you are in the LA area on Feb 7th you have got to get your tickets to a live taping of “Hollywood’s Master Storytellers” featuring a Q&A session with the master of horror, the man who discovered Boris Karloff, Vincent Price and Peter Lorre. The one and only Roger Corman! [More]

Unless you’ve been living under a mountain for a few hundred years you caught that amazing Matrix 2 trailer either online or during the Superbowl. Take a look at our own Hugo Weaving (Elrond) as Agent Smith 2.0! [More]