The Morgul Lord Legendary Scale Bust - Side 03As we reported on Friday, Sideshow Collectibles has started taking pre-sales for their inagural character in the ‘Legendary Scale Lord of the Rings Bust’ line-up: The Morgul Lord. Today we have some super-hires images of the piece available in our scrapbook. Enjoy! [Images]

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Ringer Crystal sends us a link to Entertainment Weekly’s 50 Greatest Sidekicks in which our trusty companion Samwise Gamgee makes the list at No. 7. “Because Mr. Frodo’s hairy hobbit heinie wasn’t going to get to Mordor all by itself, was it?” [Read More]

Tim Richardson, Director of “The Dork of the Rings” writes: Save money and be one of the first Dorkers to receive a copy of THE DORK OF THE RINGS which goes on sale to the rest of the world at GenCon on August 10. Pre-order by August 1 and get the 2-DVD set for $20.00 and pay NOTHING for postage. NADA. ZERO. ZILCH. So what do ya think of them apples? [More]

Are you a fanboy? If you are, you’ll know just what to do with this article about a small cadre of comic-book, fantasy novel and genre-movie obsessives who have transformed Hollywood: among them Kevin Smith, Peter Jackson, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, the Wachowski brothers and Sam Raimi. Save it. It could be worth money. In mint condition, of course. [More]

The week-long, in-depth seminar on The Lord of the Rings at the University of Toronto begins today. Part of Classical Pursuits, learning vacations with a difference, the seminar is being conducted by Dr. Glen Robert Gill, Professor of English at Troy University in Alabama, and promises to be exciting affair. [More]