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The Hobbit: Creating a Waterlogged Action Sequence by Tamara Bakx WIRED posted an interesting feature on The Hobbit Barrel Escape Scene. It is about the fantastic, fun Barrel sequence we saw in The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug. “Of all the scenes in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, Peter Jackson cites the escape from the elves as one of his favorites. So ...

The folks over at MarketSaw are reporting that an anonymous source has “confirmed” the following actors will be making appearances in the next installment of the Star Wars saga: “Ian McDiarmid, Harrison Ford (our exclusive story), Carrie Fisher (our exclusive story), Mark Hamill (our exclusive story), Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Warwick Davies, Benedict Cumberbatch and Gary Oldman. I believe ...

Live in New York? Love Marvel? Love getting into the gritty, darker aspects of your favorite comic book characters? Then you might want to keep your eyes open for the next few months. Marvel announced this week that they will begin filming the first of almost sixty hour-long episodes for Netflix focusing on the “flawed heroes of Hell’s Kitchen”. Included ...

Sarah Arthur is the writer of the Tolkien themed devotional books “Walking With Bilbo” and “Walking With Frodo”. A book-lover from birth, Sarah served in full-time youth ministry for seven years before launching her writing and speaking career. Since 2003 she has published seven books, including the bestselling “Walking with Frodo: A Devotional Journey through The Lord of the Rings” ...

IGN and HBO have released the latest posters for the upcoming season 4 of Game of Thrones. House Stark are featured in the series. “Fans will note that each of the posters includes the words, “Valar Morghulis.” That phrase, translating to “all men must die”, was said to Arya by Jaqen H’ghar and certainly resonates when looking at the Stark ...

“Hear them roar”! The Lannisters are featured in Entertainment Weekly for the upcoming 4th season. “Each actor carries an expression that suits their character: Tywin’s gives a deadly look of warning, Tyrion in chains is a mix of fear and anger, Joffrey radiates hate, Jaime (and doesn’t he look like a chiseled statue here?) carries some brooding inner conflict, while ...

Are you ready to get to know four more characters for the upcoming Star Wars series? Let’s get started! Sabine, the Explosive Artist Hera, the Pilot Zeb, the Muscle Ezra, the Street-Smart Hero Which one are you looking forward to seeing the most? (My vote’s for Sabine since we never get to see the artistic side of the inhabitants of ...

Wow, the new videos from the official Star Wars YouTube channel are just flying in left and right! Here are two brand new teasers for Star Wars Rebels, scheduled for release later this year. Enjoy, and let’s pretend not to notice how similar the rebel logo is to the Mockingjay cover… “Ignite” “Spark”   About Reporter Michelle Lawhorn: Michelle, a.k.a. ...

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Exploring Tauriel, Legolas, and Kili by John Evans What is the significance of their romantic entanglements? How important is their story to the great epic that is Middle earth? Love is a very enigmatic and mysterious topic for Tolkien readers. Love of kin and country are featured heavily throughout his prose and poetry. Love between High-born Elves is referred to ...