the hobbit

With the release of the remastered Skyrim, dragon slaying has become cool again. I wanted to cover a new topic as well. Dragon slayers have a long tradition in our imaginations. St. George is one of the most famous historical dragon slayers in fiction. Read More

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies brings to an epic conclusion the adventure of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) and the Company of Dwarves. The Dwarves of Erebor have reclaimed the vast wealth of their Read More

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies concludes the film trilogy, based on the book The Hobbit, and is the sixth movie for the Peter Jackson-helmed Middle Earth saga. The 3-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo package contains the movie in Blu-ray and regular DVD Read More

2014 was a great year for seeing some beautiful and kick-ass ladies. Sci-fi and fantasy were very generous to us this year. Well, this year and a little bit of 2013 as well. This list is a bit more mixed than the male one. The actresses on this list Read More

As 2014 draws to a close, we’re sticking to our annual tradition of appreciating our favorite geeky things from the past year. We polled the Fandomania staff to find out what everyone’s favorite movies for 2014 were, and here are the results. Read More

We have another great music giveaway for you this week, this time featuring performances by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra! Music from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings includes a collection of pieces composed by Howard Shore, all Read More

It’s hard to imagine a writer more influential to modern fantasy and more revered by decades of scholars and fandom than J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien’s world of Middle Earth laid the foundations for an entire genre of fiction, and his fans rightly laud The Read More

Next up in the Fangirl Challenge is my Top 9 Male Characters! They have some similarities between them, but each is unique and interesting. Read More

I’ve always been impressed about how epic a LOTR soundtrack can be. I listened to Enya’s “May it Be” for weeks. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug‘s OST is no different. You are treated to stunning orchestral pieces that really make it feel like Read More

As 2013 draws to a close, we’re sticking to our annual tradition of appreciating our favorite geeky things from the past year. We polled the Fandomania staff to find out what everyone’s favorite movies for 2013 were, and here are the results. Read More

At the end of each year we poll the Fandomania staff to bring you our favorite movies, TV shows, and video games from the year that’s concluding. Even though there’s always a lot of great stuff that excited us, there inevitably will be fan Read More

The second part in Peter Jackson’s epic adaptation of The Hobbit debuts in theaters today, and this film introduces a new, non-Tolkien character into the Lord of the Rings movie mythos. Tauriel is a Silvan Elf of Mirkwood, and she already has a Read More