From SFX: ‘We salute the backroom boys with our rundown of the best special effects sequences ever – as suggested by you lot! From 1902’s Le Voyage Dans La Lune to last year’s Spider-Man 2, these are the defining moments of over a hundred years of movie magic.’ Gollum figures prominently on the cover, but what special effect tops the chart at number one?! You’ll have to get the magazine to find out! [SFX.com] [Cover]
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From sfgate.com: Sean Astin is set to become a dad for a third time, after announcing to pals his wife Christine is pregnant. According to Star magazine, 31-year-old Astin made the happy announcement to his friends at the Sundance Film Festival. Astin and his wife already have two daughters — 8-year-old Alexandra and 2-year-old Elizabeth. [More]
The American SciFi Channel is airing the made for TV movie ‘Chupacabra: Dark Seas’ tonight. The movie stars John Rhys-Davies as Captain Randolpp and centers around Dr. Pena, who traps the legendary Chupacabra on a remote Caribbean Island. He then smuggles it aboard a cruise ship with disasterous results. [More]
Once upon a time, there was … okay, wrong story – Tolkien doesn’t use such hackneyed clichés to introduce his history of Middle Earth. But there is a beginning, and even in the dim, starlit ages before time, forces are at work in Arda which will one day lead a weary, wounded hobbit to the brink of Mount Doom. [More]
From Wired News: Hollywood insiders probably gasped — the biggest Oscar sweep in history and these guys are partying with geeks! But Jackson and company recognized something essential about the success of The Lord of the Rings: It happened because of its rabid fans.
At least that’s the case made by a new documentary, Ringers: Lord of the Fans, which premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival this week in Park City, Utah. [More]
Today is Elijah Wood’s Birthday! Elijah Jordan Wood was born on January 28, 1981 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. That makes him 24 today! Happy Birthday Elijah!