Christopher Lee Sir Christopher Lee, one of the great figures of cinema, has been honoured by his industry with a fellowship from the British Film Institute, its highest accolade.

The actor, who is 91 and still working, received the award last night at the 57th BFI London Film Festival. Previous recipients of the fellowship include Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Burton, David Cronenberg and Ralph Fiennes.

Sir Christopher said: “It is a great privilege to be included amongst such a distinguished group of predecessors who have received this award.” Continue reading “Christopher Lee awarded British Film Institute Fellowship”

fc6084This week in the roll out we’ve seen of new collectibles tied to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug we get something that allows you to bring parts of the film home early. These collectibles brought to you from Film Cells Ltd. capture little pieces of film placed in some pretty cool looking frames and some even allow you to bring more than one shot home. As of now you have ten different selections for film, two with six book marks and 4 different film frames. The coolest option is the film frame with 10 different scenes from what appears to be the first trailer. This is the option I went with and I got some pretty cool scenes capturing Legolas, Thranduil, Balin, Thorin/Dwarves all covered in spiderweb, Mirkwood, Azog, and I even got one with Smaug in it. I also ordered a bookmark and got a cool shot of Thorin covered in Spiderweb. I also asked the folks if there were more options coming as we get closer to the film and we will be getting more options.

ThorinPuppet I love Kermit the Frog to bits, but I think he’s got some competition! Thorin Puppetshield is the work of illustrator, crafter and artist Rosemary Travale, and it’s quite, quite brilliant. Thanks to Ringer MJSpice for the heads-up!

Over the summer I decided I wanted to attempt to make a muppet-style puppet. It’s something that I’ve always wanted to try and when I was joking with a friend that Richard Armitage’s Thorin Oakenshield would make a good muppet, things just sort of came together. In between working on my stop motion thesis film at school this year, I’ve put in some time here and there to finish this!

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