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The 74th Oscar Nominations Are Here!
The Academy announced their nominees for the 74th Annual Oscars, and amazingly, their list was pretty much exactly as we predicted it might be, with a small surprise or two thrown in. This week, I look at their nominees, and even make some early predictions.
nominations • 74th annual • academy award • oscar • list

Can Middle Earth Top That Galaxy Far, Far Away?
Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" movie project is stimulating as much excitement as "Star Wars."
lord of the rings • peter jackson • tolkien • movies • web sites

Downloads and Dragons: Look what they've done to Fantasy, ma
A review of the Dungeons and Dragons trailer and how it fits into the emergence of fantasy adventure movies as potential top box office material.
peter jackson • corey solomon • topper lilien • carroll cartwright • dungeons and dragons

Garn, Garn, It's an Orc's life for me!
A discussion of how Orcs are portrayed, could be portrayed, and perhaps should be portrayed in movies, television, and online gaming systems.
orcs • lord of the rings • mordor • brigands • bandits

Guillermo del Toro Directs Hobbit
Guillermo Del Toro will direct The Hobbit and one further prequel to Peter Jackson's hugely successful trilogy of Lord of the Rings films.
the hobbit • guillermo del toro • del toro directs the hobbit • the hobbit films • the hobbit movies

Peter Jackson Films 1996 - Present
Peter Jackson's filmography from 1996 to present, listed by year of release and including synopses. Plus a look at future projects for Jackson circa 2008-9
peter jackson filmography • peter jackson recent films • peter jackson future projects • the frighteners film • fellowship of the ring film

When is a movie not just a movie?
An examination of the ethnic, moral, and historical issues surrounding The Lord of the Rings, which is occasionally embroiled in a controversy alleging that the book is racist.
star wars • george lucas • peter jackson • tolkien • lord of the rings

Can Middle-earth survive the commercialization of Tolkien?
A discussion of how the commercialization of Tolkien's works may or may not affect the impression new fans form of Middle-earth in years to come.
tolkien • middle-earth • film rights • movies • hobbits

Lonely Wanderers and the Tales That Almost Were
The story of Earendil changed considerably through the years of Tolkien's life. In a similar fashion, the history of the Lords of Dol Amroth also underwent changes. The promise of both stories was thus never fully achieved.
earendil • the book of lost tales • imrazor the numenorean • mithrellas • nimrodel

New Line lights His Dark Materials
New Line Cinema greenlights first book in Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Script tones down anti-religious references.
his dark materials • film • phillip pullman • new line cinema • lord of the rings

Notinole from Babylon to Middle-earth
Tolkien researchers haven't overlooked the fundamentals of Tolkien's numerals, but the fundamentals of mathematics in Middle-earth may be easier to discern than previously believed.
babylon • egypt • romans • latin • elvish numerals

Are We Ready For Peter Jackson's Aragorn?
An assessment of the character of Aragorn and how it should be portrayed in Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" movies.
peter jackson • lord of the rings • aragorn • viggo mortensen • frodo

Carver Returns To Toronto Stage
Brent Carver has had a long and successful career, with few stumbling blocks. That is, until he created the role of Gandalf in The Lord Of The Rings.
canstage • the story of my life • brent carver • jeffrey kuhn • the lord of the rings

Dion Johnstone - Triple Threat
Dion Johnstone on his many roles - from Lord of the Ring's Boromir, to Stargate SG1 "Unas" Chaka, plus his fave playwright, and his take on the Stratford Season 2008.
dion johnstone • chaka • boromir • lord of the rings • tom stoppard

Films That Changed CGI
What are the 20 most important moments in CGI movie history? I take you through my list of candidates. Part #4 of a 5-part series.
the matrix • shrek • lord of the rings: the two towers • shrek 2 • keanu reeves

Hey guys, how's the weather down there?
A review of the impact that New Zealand's climate may have on filming the "Lord of the Rings" movies, how Peter Jackson may address issues of climate and geography, and what challenges lie ahead for him.
tolkien • lord of the rings • peter jackson • actors • movies

Introducing Middle-earth Television Entertainment Group...
Some speculations about the directions in which Hollywood's television industry could take Middle-earth, as may surely happen once Peter Jackson's movies strike gold and set the innovative minds in the Entertainment Industry to thinking....
middle-earth • television • rangers • dunedain • hobbits

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973)
This month guest author Mark W. Swarthout, contributing editor of a North American Genealogical History site and I exchanged articles. Check out his site at http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/north_american_gene_history Mark writes about J.R.R. Tolkien, who created the fantasy world of Middle Earth. Populated with a memorable spectrum of imaginary characters, from the familiar elves and dwarves to his unique hobbits and orcs. His first book, The Hobbit, was published in 1937 and was eventually followed by The Lord of the Rings, a series of five books published in three volumes. Within these pages, Tolkien's love of trees is a key element, as is his fear of spiders. Since his death in 1973, his children have edited and published additional stories and volumes of his notes. The Fellowship of the Ring will hit the big screen this fall, the first of three films in an epic production of his books
biography • tolkien • tolkein • lord of the rings • the hobbit

The Ten Best Films of 2001: Ten to Six
Putting together my ten best films of 2001 was not the easy task it usually is, but ultimately I was able to arrange my list of the ten best film achievements for this past year. In this two part series concluding Monday before the Oscar Nominations are announced, I reveal them all and my reasons for selecting them. Today, numbers 10 through 6.
ten best • bully • shrek • the lord of the rings • the fellowship of the ring

Toronto Summer Theatre Season
The summer theatre season is upon us, and here we focus on some of the big theatrical events coming to Toronto in the next few months.
toronto summer theatre season • mirvish • shakespeare • fringe of toronto festival • soulpepper

What Can We Expect From the Upcoming Movies?
An initial discussion of what fans can expect from Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies.
tolkien • peter jackson • lord of the rings • hobbits • rangers

Where Are the Aragorn and Arwen Web Sites?
A discussion of Aragorn and Arwen, how Web sites for them are currently lacking, and what may emerge on the Web as the popularity of these characters and the actors who portray them rises.
aragorn • arwen • strider • the lord of the rings • tolkien

Peter Jackson – New & Recent Films
A continuing profile of Kiwi director Peter Jackson, looking at his career immediately prior to the phenomenal Lord of the Rings trilogy, as well as future projects.
peter jackson • peter jackson biography • peter jackson heavenly creatures • peter jackson current projects • halo film

Planet 51 Featurette
Check out a behind-the-scenes featurette for Ilion Animation's Planet 51, starring Justin Long, Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel and Seann William Scott.
planet 51 featurette • ilion animation • handmade films • new line cinema • warner bros.

Choosing a Baby Name from Tolkien
JRR Tolkien has inspired a number of parents to call their babies Galadriel and Arwen. Here are some Professor-esque alternatives for Middle-Earth baby names.
baby names tolkien • baby names lotr • baby names lord of the rings • choosing tolkien baby names • elvish names

Consistent Cate Blanchett
Since first appearing as the Virgin Queen in 1998's Elizabeth, Cate Blanchett has wowed audiences and won coveted awards with her varied and poignant performances.
cate blanchett • elizabeth • golden age • todd haynes • i'm not there

Et Tu, Faramir?
Tolkien's vivid mythology captures the imagination with a careful retelling of supposedly ancient stories which were long forgotten. But just exactly what were the imaginary sources for Tolkien's imaginary sources? Middle-earth's undiscovered literature evokes a wheels-within-wheels mystique, much as real literature draws upon older sources to build up its own power and breadth.
epic of gilgamesh • indo-european • tyr • zeus • julius caesar

Events in Wellington, New Zealand
From Rugby Union at Westpac Stadium and free outdoor music concerts to arthouse movies and Maori culture, the NZ capital always has reason to celebrate.
events in wellington • summer city • new zealand international • film festival • cuba street carnival

Lord Of The Doras
The Lord Of The Rings, with its $28 million budget, was the big winner on Monday night at the 27th Annual Dora Awards in Toronto.
dora awards • toronto • bluma appel • the lord of the rings • the last days of judas iscariot

Lush - Bath Melts
Lush, a luxury bath and body products store, makes several different bath melts, all scented and best when fresh. These organic treats make baths fun and relaxing.
lush • handmade baths and body products stores • organic treats • bombs • fun

Peter Jackson Films 1987 - 1995
A complete and extensive list of all the films Peter Jackson has made, from 1987 - 1995, broken down by year of release and including short synopses.
peter jackson filmography • films of peter jackson • films before lord of the rings • bad taste film • meet the feebles film

The Quests of Middle-earth
A look at Tolkien's use of quests in his stories, long and short, and of how role-playing games and more recent fantasy stories have departed from Tolkien's ideas.
quest • gilgamesh • j.r.r. tolkien • the lord of the rings • fellowship

The Sauron Strategies: Footsteps into Failure
The first of two articles examining Sauron's strategies and objectives. In the Second Age, Sauron proved to be flexible and resilient, but he consistently underestimated his enemies' abilities and resources.
sauron • elendil • anardil • numenor • of the rings of power and the third age

Spielberg, Jackson direct Tintin
Stephen Spielberg and Peter Jackson will direct and produce 3 animated movies based on the classic cartoon Tintin. DreamWorks will distribute the flicks.
the adventures of tintin • stephen spielberg • peter jackson • dreamworks • hergé

Exploring Tolkien's Fourth Age
How Middle-earth might have appeared in the Fourth Age, had J.R.R. Tolkien finished writing The New Shadow.
new shadow • j.r.r. tolkien • middle-earth • borlas • barrow-wights

Movie Review: Eastern Promises
Viggo Mortensen throws down an Oscar-caliber performance as a Russian mobster in David Cronenberg's latest film, Eastern Promises.
eastern promises • david cronenberg • viggo mortensen • naomi watts • armin mueller-stahl

The Best Individual Film Achievements of 2001
The Academy will make their choices known in a matter of days ... before that happens, this week I make my own personal selections for what I thought was the best individual achievements in film for 2001 ... now if only I were an Oscar voter ...
oscars • vote • ballot • nominations • best

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