Lateral thinking from Ringer Spy Jakcie, who wrote to say “I was looking around today for costumes that could be used for LOTR costumes. I found one that could work pretty well for Galadriel, so I thought I’d tell you about it in case any of your readers are also looking for Halloween costumes. You’d still need a blond wig and maybe some kind of elven crown, but I figured that this would be an easy start for a lot of people.” Thanks, Jackie
Category: Old Special Reports
For all you home brewers out there, ArcherSam has this recipe to share with you:
Hi, for those home brewers out there I put together a simple little Bywater special brown ale served quite often at the Green Dragon inn (and often quaffed by Sam Gamgee). It consists of:
6lbs pale malt extract
12 oz. crystal malt
4 oz. chocolate malt
1-1/2 oz. roasted barley
1 oz. Styrian Goldings boiling hops
1/2 oz. Cascade aroma hops
2/3 cup corn sugar for bottle priming
1to 2 pks. Nottingham ale yeast
[Heat?] Crushed grains in 1-1/2 gallons water to 150 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes. Remove grains and add malt extract. Bring water to boil, add boiling hops for 60 minutes. Add aroma hops last 2 minutes of boil. Remove from heat and add to primary fermenter with water to 5 gallons. Add yeast at 80 degrees or so. Ferment for a few days and rack to a secondary fermenter for another 7 to 10 days. Bottle with 2/3 cup corn sugar.
For home brewers this should be a simple but tasty recipe. I have often shared a pint at the Green Dragon with many a hobbit.
Cheers!
Archersam
Samw@kctc.net
Miranda Otto (Eowyn) has signed on to two more projects to star in.
The first is ‘La Volpe a tre zampe’, set in 1956 Naples, a destitute young boy believes he has become friends with the movie star of his dreams. The film also stars Tomas Arana (Quintis in Gladiator) and is directed by Sandro Dionisio, Miranda plays ‘Ruth’.
The second is ‘Doctor Sleep’, a thriller based in London. The premise: While treating a homicide detective for smoking, hypnotherapist Michael Strother has a telepathic vision of a young girl floating beneath the surface of a stream. The escaped victim of a ritualistic serial killer, the girl has become mute, and Michael is called upon by Scotland Yard to unlock the secrets she holds in order to catch a man who believes he has discovered the key to immortality.
The movie stars Goran Visnjic of ‘ER’ fame, and is directed by Nick Willing (Jason and the Argonauts). Miranda plays Clara.
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn)
28 Days (2000)
Thin Red Line, The (1998) UK 
Albino Alligator (1996)
Prophecy, The (1995)
Passion of Darkly Noon, The (1995)
American Yakuza (1994)
Ruby Cairo (1993)
Boiling Point (1993) UK
Young Guns II (1990)
Witness (1985) UK
Liv Tyler (Arwen)
Plunkett & Macleane (1999) UK
Onegin (1999) UK
Armageddon (1998) UK
Stealing Beauty (1996)
Ian Holm (Bilbo)
Joe Gould’s Secret (2000)
Fifth Element, The (1997) UK
King Lear (1997) (TV) UK
Life Less Ordinary, A (1997) UK
Madness of King George, The (1994)
Hamlet (1990)
Henry V (1989) UK
Dance with a Stranger (1985)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) UK
Alien (1979) UK
Robin and Marian (1976)
Juggernaut (1974)
Young Winston (1972)
Fixer, The (1968) UK
Sean Bean (Boromir)
GoldenEye (1995) UK
Martyn Sanderson (Bree Gatekeeper)
Hercules and the Circle of Fire (1994) (TV) UK
Angel at My Table, An (1990)
Ned Kelly (1970)
David Weatherley (Barliman Butterbur)
“Potato Factory, The” (2000) (mini) UK
Marton Csokas (Celeborn)
Three Stooges, The (2000) (TV)
Halifax f.p: Swimming with Sharks (1999) (TV)
John Noble (Denethor)
Airtight (1999) (TV) UK
Nostradamus Kid, The (1993)
Peter Mackenzie (Elendil)
Chill Factor (1999)
Major League: Back to the Minors (1998) UK
Nick of Time (1995)
Lorenzo’s Oil (1992) UK
Hugo Weaving (Elrond)
Matrix, The (1999) UK
Strange Planet (1999)
Bedrooms and Hallways (1998)
Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The (1994)
Miranda Otto (Eowyn)
What Lies Beneath (2000) UK
Jack Bull, The (1999) (TV) UK
Thin Red Line, The (1998) UK
Well, The (1997) UK
Nostradamus Kid, The (1993)
Last Days of Chez Nous, The (1992)
Initiation (1987) UK
David Wenham (Faramir)
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)
Boys, The (1997/I) UK
No Escape (1994)
Elijah Wood (Frodo)
Bumblebee Flies Anyway, The (2000)
Faculty, The (1998) UK
Ice Storm, The (1997)
Good Son, The (1993)
Forever Young (1992) UK
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel)
Ideal Husband, An (1999)
Pushing Tin (1999) UK
Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999) UK
Paradise Road (1997)
Ian McKellen (Gandalf)
X-Men (2000) UK
Apt Pupil (1998) UK
Restoration (1995) UK
Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV)
I’ll Do Anything (1994) UK
Shadow, The (1994) UK
Scandal (1989)
Mark Ferguson (Gil Galad)
Hercules and the Circle of Fire (1994) (TV) UK
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli)
Secret of the Andes (1998) UK
Great White Hype, The (1996)
Firewalker (1986)
King Solomon’s Mines (1985)
Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, A (1979) UK
Andy Serkis (Gollum)
Among Giants (1998) UK
John Leigh (Hama)
Frighteners, The (1996) UK
Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Sean Astin (Sam)
Sky Is Falling, The (2000)
Kimberly (1999)
Icebreaker (1999)
Dish Dogs (1998)
Bulworth (1998) UK
Encino Man (1992) UK
Where the Day Takes You (1992) UK
Toy Soldiers (1991) UK
Staying Together (1989)
Like Father, Like Son (1987) UK
White Water Summer (1987)
Goonies, The (1985) UK
Christopher Lee (Saruman)
Sleepy Hollow (1999) UK
Safari 3000 (1982)
Serial (1980)
Arabian Adventure (1979)
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
Three Musketeers, The (1973) UK
Creeping Flesh, The (1973)
Nothing But the Night (1972)
Horror Express (1972)
Theatre of Death (1967) UK
Night of the Big Heat (1967)
Brides of Fu Manchu, The (1966)
Gorgon, The (1964) UK
Longest Day, The (1962) UK
City of the Dead, The (1960)
Dark Avenger, The (1955)
Cockleshell Heroes, The (1955)
Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
My Brother’s Keeper (1948) UK
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) UK
Bernard Hill (Theoden)
True Crime (1999) UK
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1999) UK
Loss of Sexual Innocence, The (1999) UK
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Gandhi (1982) UK
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue)
Shadow Hours (2000)
Storytellers, The (1999) UK
Bride of Chucky (1998) UK
Urban Legend (1998) UK
Death Machine (1995)
Color of Night (1994)
Amos & Andrew (1993)
Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (1991)
Child’s Play 2 (1990) UK
Exorcist III, The (1990)
Child’s Play (1988)
Fatal Beauty (1987)
Blue Velvet (1986) UK
Dune (1984) UK
Jim Rygiel (SFX)
Anna and the King (1999)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Cliffhanger (1993)
Last of the Mohicans, The (1992)
Batman Returns (1992)
Alien³ (1992)
Last Starfighter, The (1984)
Howard Shore (Composer)
Cell, The (2000)
Dogma (1999)
Game, The (1997)
Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
Big (1988)
Moving (1988)
Fire with Fire (1986)
Fly, The (1986)
After Hours (1985)
Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
Places in the Heart (1984)
Peter Jackson (Director)
Frighteners, The (1996) UK
To get more information, use the sites I use like:
Ringer Spy Emaen sends along this scan from the latest issue of ‘Harley Quinn’ (quite a cool comic if I do say so myself). Check out the special LOTR mention:
Here is another article on the highly original concept of pitting two films against eachother…there really must be a ‘pooh-pooh disturber’ department in every newspaper, magazine and TV outlet around the globe. This one apparently focuses on the merchandise war between Potter and LOTR:FOTR.
