“The Emperor’s New Clothes,” which opened Friday at the Westgate cinema, is a lovely little fairy tale that imagines what would happen if Napoleon had managed to stop being Napoleon long enough to settle into a life of middle-class comfort and domesticity. It’s a perfect movie for those who like their historical fiction a bit on the mushy side and are willing to sacrifice a measure of reality in order to play a clever game of “what if?” [More]
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The affable curator of the Wanaka-based New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum has spent the past eight months of his spare time writing the official guide to Lord of the Rings film locations throughout New Zealand. The official release of the guide book is not until November, and news about the 96-page publication being written has been suppressed by publishers HarperCollins (NZ). [More]
New Zealand’s weirdest government appointee is hanging up his pointy hat and retiring. Ian Brackenbury Channell, who has been deemed a “living work of art”, is going back to life as a normal person after taking up his office in Christchurch in the late 1970s. [More]
Éowyn sends in these scans from Ringer Spy Eowyn, take a look at these wonderful images from New Zealand, the TRUE Middle earth![More]
From: Éowyn
I got an issue of Condé Nast Traveler and to my delight I saw a headline on the front that said: “NEW ZEALAND: Middle-earth Magic.” I have scanned the pages so that you can see the gorgeous photography.
ALSO: The captions contain crucial info about where certain things were filmed. I’m not sure if you already have these, but they’re definitely VERY cool.
Misty Mountains=Milford Sound in Fiordland National Park
Mordor=parkland near Cape Palliser, North Island the Anduin=Kawarau river
“Fellowship’s approach to the Paths of the Dead”=Putangirua Pinnacles, North Island
I’m still not sure whether this is a spy report or not, because I really didn’t do any spying. This is the SEPTEMBER issue of Condé Nast Traveler for those nterested in getting their own copy.
A link sent in from Ringer wizardlex from the Edinborough Film Festival webpages… The gunner sits in his pod and waits, millions of miles away from Earth. This is Sniper 470… [More]