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Willow, the Disney+ fantasy TV series: what we’ve been waiting for? (review)
Damien Walter knows a thing or two about media and fantasy, so we should all be interested to hear what he has to…
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December 2022
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City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky (fantasy book review: video format).
The Library of Allenxandria (hah, we saw what you did there) brings us his review of the new fantasy novel from Adrian Tchaikovsky,…
November 2022
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (a Mark Kermode movie review).
Pinocchio, also known as Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, is a new stop-motion animated musical fantasy film that del Toro directed. Fascist Italy in…
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Rings of Power: Amazon Prime’s Tolkien, how good, how bad? Brandon Sanderson’s take (video).
Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson knows a thing or two about sorcery, orcs, and proto-halflings. Well, perhaps not the Traveller Hobbits, but for everything…
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An exhaustive analysis of the philosophical underpinnings of The Lord of the Rings (documentary: video).
An in-depth investigation into the hidden meanings and philosophical underpinnings of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of…
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Willow, fantasy TV series – meet the Bone Reavers (clip).
In a scene from the upcoming Disney+ fantasy TV series Willow premiere, Willow Ufgood and a band of unexpected teenage heroes are pursued…
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Here’s an interview with John Howe, the man behind the illustrations and concepts for Rings of Power (audio format).
This afternoon, John Howe sat down with Luke Shelton (co-host of The Tolkien Experience Podcast) and Jeremy Edmonds (TolkienGuide) for a live interview…
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Dead Man’s Hand (The Unorthodox Chronicles book 1) by James J. Butcher (book review).
Every day is allegedly magical at Mighty Magic Donald’s Food Kingdom. Taco Tuesday has just become more magical with management’s unexpected creation of…
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The Fall of Nmenor: Brian Sibley and Alan Lee interviewed (video format).
The editor Brian Sibley and artist Alan Lee sat down for a discussion on the recently published new Tolkien book The Fall of…
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The Witcher: Blood Origin, fantasy TV series on Netflix (trailer).
A new fantasy TV series on Netflix, The Witcher: Blood Origin will tell a story that has been lost to history about the…
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The Hobbit (1977): an animated movie retrospective (video format).
The Hobbit is a musical animated TV special from 1977 that was produced by Rankin/Bass, famed for their Christmas specials, and animated by…
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Sign Here by Claudia Lux (book review).
Peyote Trip (real name redacted) needs one more soul to complete his plan. He’s gotten four generations of the Harrisons to sign on…