So, for some reason I no longer recall, I decided to see how hard it would be to edit a little video together in Linux. The result was this: the kids and I each made a music video with LiVES, and Tracey did one in iMovie. Our oldest is hosting these on her YouTube account. (To be fair, I didn’...

Last week Tehanu had the privilege of spending an hour with Greg Lane, LOTR stuntman, and hearing some stories about the four years he spent working on the trilogy. Perhaps his most unforgettable role was as the “berserker orc� who sprints towards the wall of Helm’s Deep like a combination All...

Agent Bedhead Eliza Dushku is the latest PETA target New Yorker David Denby on Oscar's "Best Pictures" Times Online Slumdog becomes a charity. Is it uncharitable to wonder if this is a really smart move after reports of the production underpaying poverty stricken child actors? Yes it is. So I shan't...

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Metareviews EA got the folks who made the rather excellent Star Wars: Battlefront II to make Lord of the Rings: Battlefront Conquest , so it, too, must be rather excellent? Despite the source material, developer pedigree and the fact that ...

Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360 Word comes from Sauron's agent, the one they call Major Nelson of the Red Mound, that the multiplayer demo for Lord of the Rings: Conquest is available now on Xbox Live. The 1.25GB demo is available globally and allows you to play as either the armies of "good" or "ev...

More Than Just Duplicitous and Evil: Joss Whedon on Crafts and Craftiness. Interview with Alan Rickman in which he talks briefly about Harry Potter; new teen Riddle image. Edward Cullen ejaculates rainbows. Stacks of images from 'Little Ashes', but still nothing of the boys kissing, dammit. When Is ...

Okay, I have had a shitty night. It was going nicely, played Guitar Hero with Mitchell then went to his friend's place for wine and cheese and general dignified sort of interaction. Came home, got screamed at by my sister completely unfairly (she leant DVDs to Mitchell, and because he'd forgotten to...

Message board member Elven found this interesting tidbit in a piece by the BBC’s “Newsbeat”. Seems Elijah Wood attended the Black Ball in New York, a charity event to raise money for children affected by HIV/Aids in Africa, and was asked about the possibility of an appearance in Th...

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Garfeimao writes: The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences has been doing a film series called “Great to be Nominated” which features the film from each year that received the most nominations while not winning one of the major awards. So, 2002 was Fellowship of the Ring, which ...