NewsFantasy
Talking Tolkien: a deep dive on the Fantasy-Father (documentary: in full).
J.R.R Tolkien is regarded by many as the father of the modern fantasy genre, and his Middle-earth universe still inspires us (perhaps a…
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September 2022
March 2019
NewsFantasy
Talking Tolkien.
The official movie poster artwork for Tolkien, starring Nicholas Hoult as fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien, has just landed. The flick is set for…
April 2018
NewsFantasy
The Fall of Gondolin: milking the Tolkien cow.
HarperCollins is to publish J.R.R Tolkien’s semi-abandoned work ‘The Fall of Gondolin‘ along with the liberally beautiful artwork of Alan Lee (and edited…
December 2013
NewsFantasy
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (film review by Frank Ochieng).
Avid moviegoers are once again reacquainted with the imaginative scope of J.R.R. Tolkien’s festive wonderworld in writer-director Peter Jackson’s frenetic follow-up to ‘The…
October 2013
ReviewFantasy
Wisdom Of The Shire by Noble Smith (book review).
Wouldn’t life be better if we could all live in the countryside? If we could all eat homemade food and drink beer every…
September 2012
NewsFilms
Hobbity goodness.
Peter Jackson has just released a whole slew of new cast photos from The Hobbit movie. Very nice. Of course, this one is…
NewsIllustration
The elfen swag of Middle Earth.
Warner are running a design competition for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey movie. They are requesting submissions of artworks in four different categories:…
August 2012
NewsIllustration
Alan Lee signing in New Zealand.
If you are in Wellington New Zealand on Sunday 9th September 2012, you might want to head down to the Weta Cave to…