New to DVD today is Christopher Lee’s ‘Crimson Rivers – Angels of the Apocalypse’ the film also stars Jean Reno (The Professional), take a look! [More]
Month: March 2005
A repeat airing of Sean Astin’s guest appearance on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ will air today (March 29th). If you didn’t catch it the first time, it’s new to you!
Well naturally The Lord of the Rings topped the Sunday Star-Times Top 50 books survey. But as books editor Iain Sharp discovered, there were a good number of surprises in the rest of the list. When we asked Sunday Star-Times readers to name their favourite books, the letters, emails and online responses came pouring in. The range of titles nominated (more than 2800) was extraordinary – everything from Summa Contra Gentiles by Saint Thomas Aquinas to Dav Pilkey’s entertainment for small fry Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (And The Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds). [More]
Nimfea writes: I was listening to WQXR, the New York Times’ classical radio station, this morning when I heard about a one time event with the New York Philharmonic on April 12th called ‘Music from the Movies’. The event is essentially made up of many famous movie themes, going all the way back to music like the love theme from Spartacus, the overture to El Cid and all the way to Far and Away, Schindler’s List and….LoTR! What better way to conclude the night than a little bit of Howard Shore’s genius? [More]
Video retail chain TS Group and its suppliers have been found guilty of infringing copyrights from the movie, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. On Monday, the High Court ruled that the company had to pay all legal costs, damages and punitive damages for its actions. The total amount is expected to be about $500,000. In July 2003, TS Group started distributing VCDs of the movie at its retail outlets. The company claimed that the VCDs were legitimate parallel imports. [More]
And while on the subject of conventions, next month another very interesting one will take place near Utrecht in The Netherlands. It is called the Elf Fantasy Fair and could be described as the European version of Dragon*Con, with the exception that instead of being hotel-based it all takes place in and around a real castle! This years guests include actors Andy Serkis, John Noble and Lawrence Makoare as well as artists John Howe, Alan Lee and Ted Nasmith! If you are nearby be sure to catch it! Details can be found here!