The books that were made into Oscar-nominated films of 2013. If you're following this year's awards season, you may have noticed that many of the movies receiving the highest accolades were adapted from novels. Some of the big winners at last night's Golden Globes made me want to compile a small list of the books…
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All Things Tolkien: Five Ways to Await the Release of “The Hobbit”
If you are counting the days until the December 14, 2012 release date of The Hobbit (Part I) chances are you do not have a girlfriend and therefore need to find ways to pass the time. (I kid the geeks... I kid. Some of them do not have boyfriends.) Not to worry. Since its original publication in 1937,…
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“The Hobbit” Film Finally Greenlighted
For fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series (both the books and the films), a long wait is over. The Hobbit, prequel to the trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King) has finally been given the go-ahead by the Tolkien family, who had delayed the…