TORn’s official frame-by-frame analysis of trailer two for The Hobbit:...
Last Tuesday, Peter Jackson and Warner Bros. finally released the second official trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation...
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The Somme and the ‘animal horror’ that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien, one of the world’s most celebrated fantasy writers, was inspired by time spent on the bloodsoaked...
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When exactly is Durin’s Day in The Hobbit?
When exactly is Durin’s Day? For various reasons, including the non-exact correlation of the Shire Calendar and our...
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Was the Beorn of The Hobbit a were-bear?
With the human face of Beorn finally revealed (Warning: visual spoilers on that link!), I thought readers might...
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Why Tolkien works for readers of all faiths
In this new TORn Library piece, Gibbelins writes about the deep, yet extraordinarily subtle faith underlying Tolkien’s legendarium,...
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Five things we loved about the second The Hobbit: Desolation...
Earlier today, the second (third, if you count the abbreviated international trailer shown in some regions) trailer for...
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