A heavyset man of gross demeanor lurches out of an inn, gnawing a meat bone, and a chuckle of surprise runs through the audience. Peter Jackson, the directorial lord of The Lord of the Rings, the man ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Bilbo can pack his baggins after all. The Screen Actors Guild said it ...

Nine years ago, Peter Jackson completed his film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings fantasy novels to cheers that circled the globe — plus 17 Oscars and $2.9 billion at the worldwide ...

Orcs! Battles! Backstory! At nearly three hours, the first installment of Peter Jackson's new Tolkien trilogy has too much of almost everything. "All good tales deserve embellishment." It's a line ...

As someone who is a million years old, I remember something called a VHS. It stands for “Video High Standard” or something like that. When I was growing up in the ’90s, we’d watch a “tape” and on the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Production on ‘The Hobbit’ is already under way in New Zealand with a ...

In creating the artwork for The Hobbit, Tolkien borrowed from a short story he had written for his son Michael, titled "Roverandom." Also included are conceptual sketches for the now-iconic dust ...

Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films were cinematic masterpieces that won both critical and commercial acclaim, so ...