Lesson one: never interview dwarves
Not sure how I missed this first time round (possibly because of the fuss over the international cinema...
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The Desolation of Smaug strikes box office gold in Australia
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug finally opened in Australia on Boxing Day, and promptly took the second-highest...
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TORn Staffer Saystine reviews “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”
Editor’s note: Our latest staff review comes from Saystine. As always if you’re still to see the film...
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Christmas, Eru and Middle-earth. A look at The Debate of...
In this new TORn Library feature, Dr Timothy Furnish explores a lesser-known, but important, philosophical treatise from The...
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Film short: in the house of Tom Bombadil
If you’ve ever pondered what a Tom Bombadil sequence might look like on film, this amateur short that...
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The Tolkien nerd’s guide to The Hobbit: The Desolation of...
This is more of a nerdy observation list, than a full-on exploration of textual fidelity (or lack thereof)...
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