Martyn Sanderson is a crazy old granpa… Craig Parker is in a soap opera… and Bernard Hill is voted as one of ‘the best of Brit TV’. Check it out! [More]

Here are a few tidbits on some new things the LOTR cast are up to:

Martyn Sanderson (Bree Gatekeeper) is starring in the English TV series ‘Atlantis High’. Sanserson plays ‘Gandpa Gordon’ in this comedy/drama about a family living in a town where nothing is as it seems. [More]

Craig Parker (Haldir) is starring in the New Zealand based TV series ‘Mercy Peak’. Parker plays ‘Alistar Kingsley’ in this soap opera based around the residence in and around the town of Bassett [More]

Bernard Hill (Theoden) is voted as one of Britian’s ‘Top 100 Greatest Tv Characters of All Time’. Hill’s character ‘Yosser Hughes’ from “Boys from the Blackstuff” Mini-series comes in at number 57: Yosser Hughes (82) – Bernard Hill, with his bemused brood of kids never let out of his sight, Bernard Hill’s powerful depiction of a man crumbling before your eyes brought him a mantlepiece full of awards but, as he later revealed, almost “drove him to the edge of insanity.” [More]

Doctor Who came in 6th…awww yeah! -Xo

Thanks to Thain of Westfarthing for the correction!

Another chance to see your favorite LOTr stars on the small screen. [More]

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn)

28 Days (2000)
Walk on the Moon, A (1999)
Thin Red Line, The (1998) UK
Psycho (1998) UK
Albino Alligator (1996)
Passion of Darkly Noon, The (1995)
Crew, The (1994)
American Yakuza (1994)
Ruby Cairo (1993)
Two Small Bodies (1993)
Fresh Horses (1988) UK
Witness (1985)

Liv Tyler (Arwen)

Onegin (1999) UK
Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
U Turn (1997) UK
Stealing Beauty (1996)
Heavy (1995)

Ian Holm (Bilbo)

Bless the Child (2000)
Joe Gould’s Secret (2000)
eXistenZ (1999)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1999) (TV)
King Lear (1997) (TV) UK
Fifth Element, The (1997) UK
Frankenstein (1994)
Madness of King George, The (1994)
Hamlet (1990) UK
Alien (1979) UK
Young Winston (1972)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) UK
Fixer, The (1968) UK

Sean Bean (Boromir)

When Saturday Comes (1996) UK
Stormy Monday (1988)

Martyn Sanderson (Bree Gatekeeper)

Angel at My Table, An (1990)
Ned Kelly (1970)

Marton Csokas (Celeborn)

Halifax f.p: Swimming with Sharks (1999) (TV)

John Noble (Denethor)

Airtight (1999) (TV) UK

Peter Mackenzie (Elendil)

Chill Factor (1999)
Major League: Back to the Minors (1998) UK
Nick of Time (1995)
Off Limits (1988)
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) UK

Karl Urban (Eomer)

Heaven (1998)

Hugo Weaving (Elrond)

Matrix, The (1999) UK
Strange Planet (1999)
Bedrooms and Hallways (1998)
Babe (1995) UK
Reckless Kelly (1993) UK

Miranda Otto (Eowyn)

What Lies Beneath (2000)
Jack Bull, The (1999) (TV)
Thin Red Line, The (1998) UK

David Wenham (Faramir)

Cosi (1996)

Elijah Wood (Frodo)

Bumblebee Flies Anyway, The (2000)
Faculty, The (1998) UK
Ice Storm, The (1997) UK
Flipper (1996)
War, The (1994) UK
Good Son, The (1993)
Forever Young (1992)
Paradise (1991)
Internal Affairs (1990)
Child in the Night (1990) (TV)

Cate Blanchett (Galadriel)

Gift, The (2000)
Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999) UK
Pushing Tin (1999) UK
Paradise Road (1997)

Ian McKellen (Gandalf)

X-Men (2000)
Restoration (1995)
Scandal (1989)
Keep, The (1983) UK
Alfred the Great (1969) UK

John Rhys-Davies (Gimli)

Great White Hype, The (1996)
Cyborg Cop (1994)
Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter, The (1993)
Journey of Honor (1992) UK
Tusks (1990)
Firewalker (1986) UK
King Solomon’s Mines (1985)
Nairobi Affair (1984) (TV) UK
Naked Civil Servant, The (1975) (TV)

Andy Serkis (Gollum)

Topsy-Turvy (1999) UK
Tale of Sweety Barrett, The (1998) UK
Stella Does Tricks (1997)

John Leigh (Hama)

Frighteners, The (1996)

Harry Sinclair (Isildur)

Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Braindead (1992) UK

Orlando Bloom (Legolas)

Wilde (1997)

Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron)

Cars That Ate Paris, The (1974) UK

Sean Astin (Sam)

Sky Is Falling, The (2000)
Icebreaker (1999)
Kimberly (1999)
Bulworth (1998) UK
Teresa’s Tattoo (1994)
Where the Day Takes You (1992) UK
Encino Man (1992) UK
Memphis Belle (1990) UK
War of the Roses, The (1989) UK
Staying Together (1989) UK
Like Father, Like Son (1987)
Goonies, The (1985) UK

Christopher Lee (Saruman)

Sleepy Hollow (1999) UK
Journey of Honor (1992) UK
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Safari 3000 (1982)
Last Unicorn, The (1982)
Serial (1980)
1941 (1979) UK
Arabian Adventure (1979)
Nothing But the Night (1972)
Death Line (1972) UK
Five Golden Dragons (1967)
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)
Gorgon, The (1964) UK
Longest Day, The (1962) UK
City of the Dead, The (1960)
Battle of the River Plate, The (1956) UK
Dark Avenger, The (1955)
Cockleshell Heroes, The (1955)
Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
My Brother’s Keeper (1948) UK
Scott of the Antarctic (1948) UK

Brian Sergent (Ted Sandyman)

Braindead (1992) UK

Bernard Hill (Theoden)

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1999) UK
True Crime (1999) UK
Gandhi (1982) UK

Nathaniel Lees (Ugluk)

Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (1994) (TV) UK

Brad Dourif (Wormtongue)

Storytellers, The (1999) UK
Urban Legend (1998) UK
Death Machine (1995)
Amos & Andrew (1993)
Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (1991)
Body Parts (1991) UK
Exorcist III, The (1990)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Dune (1984) UK

Jim Rygiel (SFX)

Anna and the King (1999)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Alien³ (1992)
Last of the Mohicans, The (1992)
Solar Crisis (1990)
Ghost (1990)
Last Starfighter, The (1984)

Howard Shore (Composer)

High Fidelity (2000)
Dogma (1999)
eXistenZ (1999)
Analyze This (1999)
Cop Land (1997)
Game, The (1997)
Striptease (1996)
Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
Se7en (1995)
Client, The (1994)
Guilty as Sin (1993)
M. Butterfly (1993)
Single White Female (1992)
Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
She-Devil (1989)
Big (1988)
Moving (1988)
Fire with Fire (1986)
Fly, The (1986)
After Hours (1985)
Places in the Heart (1984)
Videodrome (1983)

Peter Jackson (Director)

Frighteners, The (1996)
Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (1994) (TV)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Braindead (1992)

To get more information, use the sites I use like:

mydigiguide.com, tv-now.com and IMDB.com

A Ringer fan writes in with his two cents. Let’s just hope they don’t use ‘Pippen’ throughout… [More]

From Astaldo 44:

I noticed on the page today the piece about Lord of the Rings editions from the Quality Paperback Book Club.

I own these, and they are of absolutely abominable quality. The covers are abstarct designs and not particularly attractive. The bindings seem solid, but I havn’t gotten much use out of them because of their biggest problem – the STAGGERING number of typos. In the first chapter of Fellowship alone there are probably 20 typos that I caught. And I’m sure I didn’t catch them all, not having read LotR nearly as many times as many people have.

These volumes are very sloppily put together and I recommend against buying them most heartily.

Just though that perhaps your readers might like to know.

Ok, only one type-o in this letter, so let’s give the guy a break… πŸ˜‰