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Sketch LOTR Locations with Daniel Reeve

Looking for ultimate gift for the LOTR-loving artist in your life? Red Carpet Tours director Vic James has announced another sketching tour of New Zealand led by LOTR artist and calligrapher Daniel Reeve. Tour dates are set for April 5 to 17, 2010; you can read a report of the last sketching tour here.

Today in Middle-earth, December 19

[ December 19, 2009; ] The time had come for planning (1418) Release of  The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)  December 19, 3018 (S.R. 1418) 1. The time had come for planning. (not from the appendices-determined from text)    "Elrond summoned the hobbits to him.  He looked gravely at Frodo.  'The time has come,' he said.  'If the Ring is to set out, it must [...]

Movie review: Avatar’s visuals dazzle

Promotional campaigns for films are designed to do one thing: Sell tickets. Unfortunately, they sometimes mislead viewers into expecting something a film doesn’t deliver which can taint the viewing experience. This might be the case with James Cameron’s “Avatar” which was released Friday with an incredible amount of hype – both grass-roots and manufactured through an [...]

TV Watch: Blanchett on Letterman

Cate Blanchett is slated to be a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman tomorrow (December 18th) on CBS. Watch this spot for the video and check CBS at 11:35PM for the clip!

Peter Jackson ‘plans movie museum’

Peter Jackson is planning to set up a film museum in Wellington, sources say. It is understood the development, with a working name of New Zealand Movie World, is planned for opposite his Park Road Post Production facility in Miramar. Props from Jackson’s movies – including his Lord of the Rings trilogy and as far [...]