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Reposting because we’ve been adding lots of new Line Parties and want you all to be able to find them. Please submit a form of your own if you wish to be included.
The only thing better than watching a movie about Hobbits is watching it side by side with a friend. If you’re trying to find a place to watch “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” with a crowd of equally enthusiastic Ringers, scroll down to see if there’s a Line Party happening in your city. Events are being planned for both opening night on Tuesday, December 16, as well as for the special “Marathon Monday” screenings of all three Hobbit films on December 15.
Don’t see an event listed for your city? Plan one, and make it a night to remember! Contact your local theater, set up a Facebook event, and let us know to add it to our list. Need ideas? Check out these tips for hosting a Line Party from our experts! To have your event added to the list, use the form below or send an email to rasputin@theonering.net. Please note that I am updating these listings manually, so I apologize if there’s a delay – please be patient!
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Gilbert: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Superstition Springs 25 (Time and link coming soon!)
Glendale: Marathon Monday, 12/15, Arrowhead Towne Center (Time and link coming soon!)
Tucson: Marathon Monday, 12/15, Century Park Place 20, 1:00pm
Cupertino: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, AMC Cupertino Square, 9:00pm
Irvine: Marathon Monday, 12/15, Edwards Irvine Spectrum 21, 12:00pm
Irvine: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Edwards Irvine Spectrum 21, 5:00pm
Los Angeles – Hollywood: Marathon Monday, 12/15, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, 12:00pm
Los Angeles – Hollywood: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre: 7:00pm
San Diego: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Edwards Mira Mesa 18, 7:00pm
San Jose: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Oakridge Cinemark, 7:00pm
Scotts Valley: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Cinelux, 5:00pm
Altamonte Springs: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Altamonte Springs Mall AMC 18, 7:00pm
Fort Myers: Marathon Monday, 12/16, Regal Gulf Coast Town Center Stadium 16 & IMAX, 11:00am
Lake Buena Vista: Marathon Monday, 12/15, AMC Downtown Disney, 12:00pm
Miami: Marathon Monday, 12/15, AMC Sunset Place 24, 12:30pm
Tampa: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, AMC Veterans 24, 8:00pm
Atlanta: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Regal Atlantic Station Stadium 16, 5:00pm
Augusta: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Regal Augusta Exchange 20 & IMAX, 7:00pm
Chicago: Marathon Monday, 12/15, Navy Pier IMAX, 1:00pm
Fort Wayne: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Carmike Jefferson Point, Midnight
Cedar Rapids: Marathon Monday, 12/15, Wehrenberg (3D), 1:30pm
Ashland: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Cinemark Movies 10, 7:00pm
Boston: Marathon Monday, 12/15, AMC Boston Common 19, 10:00am
Boston: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, AMC Loews Boston Common 19, 7:00pm
Brighton: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, MJR Brighton Cinema, 10:00pm
Lapeer: Marathon Monday, 12/15, NCG Lapeer Cinemas, 12:00pm
St. Paul: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Oakdale Marcus, Midnight
Omaha: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Marcus Majestic Cinema, 7:00, 8:00, or 10:30pm
Hamilton: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, AMC 24 Hamilton, Midnight
New York: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, AMC Loews 34th Street, 7:00pm
West Nyack: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Palisades Center IMAX 7:00pm
Cleveland: Marathon Monday, 12/15, Cinemark Valley View, 1:00pm
Cleveland: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Cinemark Valley View Ohio, 7:30pm
Columbus: Marathon Monday, 12/15, AMC Easton
Mentor: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Atlas Cinemas 16, 7:00pm
State College: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, UEC Theatres, 6:00pm
Lincoln: Marathon Monday, 12/15, Cinemaworld Theaters, 12:00pm
Garland: Marathon Monday, 12/15, AMC Firewheel, 12:30pm
Laredo: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Cinemark Del Norte, 12:00
Plano: Marathon Monday, 12/15, Cinemark West Plano & XD, 1:00pm
Temple: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Temple Mall Premiere IMAX, 7:00pm
Sandy: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Jordan Commons, 8:00pm
South Jordan: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Megaplex, The District, 8:50pm
Puyallup: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, IMAX
Seattle: Marathon Monday, 12/15, Cinerama, 11:00am
Spokane: Marathon Monday, 12/16, AMC River Park Square 20, 12:30pm
AUSTRALIA – Sydney: Opening FRIDAY, 12/26, Cremorne Orpheum Cinema, 9:30am
BELGIUM – Antwerp: Opening WEDNESDAY, 12/10, Metropolis, Time TBD
CANADA – Ontario, Ottowa: Marathon Monday, 12/15, SilverCity Gloucester, 4:00pm
CANADA – Ontario, WaterlooRegion: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Landmark Cinemas 12 Kitchener, Time TBD
HUNGARY – Budapest: Opening Night WEDNESDAY, 12/17, Corvin Cinema, 10:30pm
HUNGARY – Budapest: Ongoing activities and costume display, 12/18-21, Corvin Cinema
JAPAN – Tokyo: Opening SATURDAY, 12/13, Marunouchi Picaderi Cinema, 11:00am
LEBANON – Beirut: WEDNESDAY, 12/10, Grand Cinemas ABC Achrafieh, 8:00pm
NETHERLANDS – Utrecht: Opening SATURDAY, 12/13, Pathé Rembrandt Theater, 1:00pm
SPAIN – Barcelona: Opening Tuesday, 12/16, Cinemes Full HD, 16:00
SWITZERLAND – Lausanne: Opening WEDNESDAY, 12/10, Cinétoile Malley Lumière, Midnight
Tonight in the heart of Wales a very special event happened that brought together the family scions of Tolkien while also raising money for ALS; which by way of the viral Ice Bucket Challenge became one of the notable internet phenomena of 2014. Motor Neurone Disease touches closely on the family, as Royd Tolkien’s brother Mike struggles with its effects. Continue reading “Royd Tolkien Holds ALS Fundraiser: Advance Screening of BOTFA Wows In Wales”
The internet was broken today when Mike Fleming announced on Deadline that Marvel had named Benedict Cumberbatch their top choice to play Doctor Strange in a feature slated for 2016, and that they were beginning negotiations. This is still an unconfirmed rumor, and the Strange casting rumors have been brewing for quite some time. Joaquin Phoenix was a confirmed choice up until the beginning of this month, but then they were back to the drawing board.
Over the past months, everyone from Hugh Laurie to Tom Hardy, Keanu Reeves, Johnny Depp, and Daniel Radcliffe have been mentioned in connection with the project. Keen Ringers have tapped Cumberbatch for the role since at least July. It looks like this might be an accurate prophesy. Marvel has been cagey, neither confirming nor denying the report, with Executive Editorial Director Ryan Penagos tweeting about #seeeekrits all afternoon.
We may not have long to wait for confirmation of this particular rumor. Marvel is holding a special press event in Los Angeles tomorrow (which you can follow on their live blog) to make some undisclosed #seeeekrit announcements. TheOneRing.net will be on hand at the event to get the scoop!
So far Middle-earth fans have embraced Benedict Cumberbatch as a villain supreme “The Hobbit” films, in his roles as both Smaug and the Necromancer (aka Sauron). He’s twisted our minds as a cunning genius in the wildly popular BBC “Sherlock” series, and he rolled villainy and genius into one as Khan in “Star Trek Return of the Lens Flare Into Darkness”. Now it looks like he may have the chance to conquer comics as he has science fiction and fantasy.
The “Sorceror Supreme” of the Marvel universe, Doctor Strange is described as “brilliant, but arrogant,” which certainly seems to be a trend in all the characters mentioned above! And who better than the Necromancer to serve as what Marvel President Kevin Feige describes as the “doorway into Marvel’s supernatural side”?
Tell us in the comments what you think about Benedict Cumberbatch taking on the role of the mightiest magician in the cosmos. Who would win in a fight? The Necromancer or Doctor Strange?
Over on Bundlestars, for around the next 24 hours you can grab four Middle-earth games plus two associated DLCs for just $9.99. They’re calling it the One bundle to rule them all, and you get every one of the games listed in the image gallery below. Continue reading “Lord of the Rings game Steam bundle only $10 for next 24 hours”
Back at the start of the summer, staffer GreenDragon generously asked the publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to send me a copy of Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf to review. While I started the book right away, this review has been delayed by producing Happy Hobbit and attending four conventions, along with writing two books and a script on top of daily life and work, which is a long-winded way to say that I apologize for my tardiness!
While still an undergrad, I took a course in Old English which was an introduction to the language, followed by a semester of translating Beowulf. A year isn’t enough time to master a dead language, and I was attempting to master two at once, for I was also taking Latin at the time (an alternate nickname for me could be Hermione), so I won’t be able to go into the nitty gritty mechanics of the language like Tolkien does in his notes, but I will offer what insight my education allows!
To offer some context, I will say that Old English is the name we have given to the Anglo Saxon language, for after a strong French influence after the Norman Conquest of 1066, Old English morphed into Modern English. It is important to note, as well, that Anglo Saxon is the language of our (even if you aren’t of English descent, you’re reading this in English) conquerors, for the Nordic tribes of the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes invaded England after the withdrawal of the Roman Empire around 410 CE. They renamed the island Angle-Land. England. So while Beowulf is attributed as being the first great epic in English, it is significant that it is a story from the culture that conquered the island and that its setting is in the conquering nation’s homeland in the north, not England, even though the manuscript was recorded and found in an English monastery, hidden beneath pages of religious text. All of this would have been known to J.R.R. Tolkien at the time of his translation in the 1920s.
Firstly, I will say that my reason for taking Old English was driven by my obsession with Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings. I was first exposed to Beowulf in seventh grade when I read a version of the poem for one of my classes. Enamored with the culture and the exciting, heroic tale, it lingered in my mind in a way that few stories read for school had. In the Humanities Honors Program in college, we were exposed to the literature that laid the foundations for Western civilization and I once again read a translation of Beowulf (picturing Aragorn as Beowulf this time around, of course) and while in my proceeding English courses I avoided the works I had already read, Beowulf was the one text I would read every time I was asked. As such, I have been exposed to three or four translations, including my own.