Fantasy authors, media tropes and Tolkien’s great shadow
Similarities and differences. Or as Tolkien might have put it, bones and soup. It’s the never-ending, never truly...
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Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures to screen at American Cinematheque film...
Beginning this Friday, The American Cinematheque is screening a mini-festival of dark coming-of-age stories — including Peter Jackson’s...
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Some clarification of the Hobbit trailer situation
I’ve been reluctant to weigh in on the “when is the trailer coming?” apart from putting in the...
Continue reading Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of...
Variety is asking the question (presumably for no reason other than easy clicks), HBO’s Game of Thrones, or...
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Nine visual metaphors from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Writers can only convey their thoughts with words. Filmakers (lucky them) have another tool in the box, a...
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Watch the existing Hobbit Vlog footage that covers the Battle...
It’s no secret that news about The Hobbit: the Battle of the Five Armies has been thin on...
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