Fantasy

  Greetings fellow fanatics of the fantastical realm! I do so hope that you have all had a fabulous Christmas and New Years! Something extra exciting in the Anime-land hopped over my Tumblr-dash today that I thought I would share with you all, because I am super-excited about it. If you are like me, born somewhere in the 80s—90s it ...

The Saul Zaentz Company is frequently in the news for their litigious protection of the rights they acquire. But without those acquisitions we would not have the film world adaptations of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings created for us by Rankin/Bass, Ralph Bakshi, or Peter Jackson. “He was an extraordinary man,” Paul Zaentz, nephew of Saul Zaentz ...

Now that everyone has (hopefully) recovered from the holiday madness that descends upon us every year, how about a special present from the official Star Wars website for New Year’s? The main antagonist for the upcoming Star Wars Rebels TV series was revealed earlier this year at New York Comic-Con, and now Hasbro has unveiled the very first action figure ...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, official U.S. publisher of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work, is thrilled to announce THE HOBBIT: OFFICIAL VISUAL COMPANION APP, an app designed to accompany the film experience of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, directed by Peter Jackson. A production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug opened worldwide on December 13. ...

Looking for another gift idea for the holiday season, birthday, anniversary or “Just because”? From author Astrid Winegar comes her fantasy themed cook book, Cooking for Halflings & Monsters: 111 Comfy, Cozy Recipes for Fantasy-Loving Souls. “In Cooking for Halflings and Monsters: 111 Comfy, Cozy Recipes for Fantasy-Loving Souls, Tolkien scholar Astrid Tuttle Winegar has created 111 original recipes to ...

Announcing The Release Date Of “Anglo-Saxon Community In JRR Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings” Oloris Publishing is very pleased to announce March 25, 2014 is the release date for “Anglo-Saxon Community in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings” by Dr. Deborah A. Higgens. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oloris Publishing PRLog (Press Release) – Dec. 19, 2013 – Anglo-Saxon Community in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The ...

Originally I was going to title this article “A Massive Metal Model of an Upended Space-Rocket: A Review of the Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”; but then I realized it was too long, far too cryptic and I didn’t feel like researching the proper usage of two colons in one sentence with quotes and italics.  I’m much more concerned with ...

The Daily Mail reported that a stage play based on the insanely popular and influential book series by JK Rowling will make a West End debut in 2015. Rowling is said to co-produce the adaptation, with producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender at the helm. The UK publication stated that the play will focus on ‘the previously untold story of ...

  Greetings fellow fans of all things fantastical! If you’ve lived in the Anime World for awhile you would know of the adorable, beautiful and stunning work of art ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’ that is Studio Ghibli’s animation adaption of a novel of the same name by Eiko Kadono. It is a story of a thirteen year old witch, who is taking the traditional one year ...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug By Melianlorien *********SPOILERS ALERT!************** I had great expectations for this, the second installment of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, and the film met and even exceeded those expectations. But then, I’m not a hard-core purist. If you are, beware. Although Sir Peter keeps to the spirit of Tolkien’s text, he deviates quite often from it. ...