The Fellowship of the Ring celebrates 60 years!

The Fellowship of the Ring – the first title of the epic story, The Lord of the Rings – was unleashed on the world way back on 29th July, 1954.

The Battle of the Five Armies Teaser Released!

It is finally here …

The Trilogy of The Hobbit Posters?

Last year, with the release of the first official teaser poster for The Desolation of Smaug, I wrote a post regarding the powerful simplicity of the imagery, and how it fitted so well with the first poster from An Unexpected Journey.

Behold the fury of Smaug!

Yes, Peter Jackson has just released a teaser poster for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies …

And?

Well, have a look for yourself here (click on it to enlarge) …

Do your Middle-earth discs freeze?

For clarity’s sake, I’ll ask that again …

Do your Middle-earth discs freeze?

“Freeze” as in: stop; pause; halt; momentarily cease to function; 1 frame turns into 10 frames or more?

Own the Remastered Deluxe Edition of The Hobbit and The Return of the King!

It is the year when there’s much ado in Middle-earth; not least of which the third installment of The Hobbit next December.

In the meantime, to subdue our cravings for Middle-earth, Warner Bros Home Video will be releasing two remastered animated classics:  The Hobbit (1977) and The Return of the King (1980).

The Battle of the Five Armies: First Official Image! (Plus, Teaser News …)

The first official image from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, has been released via Entertainment Weekly.

Very Inspiring Blogger Award

I’ve had the honour of being nominated for this award by both Sourcerer and The Leather Library.

Whilst deeply thanking them for it, here is how this works.

Beowulf: The Lost King of Rohan

Tolkien’s creation of the culture of Rohan bears strong and obvious connections to the poem Beowulf. But could the Anglo-Saxon poem’s titular character fit into the world of Middle-earth?

Celebrating One Year of Blogging!

It’s been exactly one year since I wrote my first post for this blog (‘The Journey Begins!’).

Back then I was uncertain how things would develop and I certainly couldn’t see myself still writing about Tolkien 12 months later.