Tag: J.R.R. Tolkien

Secrets of Smaug the dragon

by Fr John | Dec 11, 2013 | Reviews | 0 |

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug opens in American theatres on Friday, and in Australian cinemas on...

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The Hobbit and holidays

by Fr John | Jun 14, 2013 | Miscellaneous, Reviews, Spirituality | 0 |

Peter Jackson has posted the first trailer of the second instalment of The Hobbit. It’s look pretty good!! The film will be released in Australia on Boxing Day. A short time later — probably mid-January — I’m going...

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The Hobbit: Like butter
scraped over too much bread

by Fr John | Dec 27, 2012 | Reviews | 1 |

“Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched if you know what I mean: like butter that has been...

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Life, Knowledge and Love

by Fr John | Dec 20, 2012 | Miscellaneous, Reviews | 0 |

Not long now until The Hobbit premieres on Australian screens. I’ve already got my ticket. Have you? I did concede, in a recent conversation with another Tolkien fan, that The Hobbit is light weight fare compared to The...

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