christopher lee
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Revisiting the Weird Legacy of Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
The Lord of the Rings movies came out at arguably the height of video game movie tie-ins. The series got everything from traditional hack-and-slash action games to strategy titles, but one of the weirdest and most interesting of them all was 2004’s The Third Age. Part Final Fantasy knock-off, part movie retelling, it asked a…
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RIP to Barbara Shelley, Hammer Horror Icon and Doctor Who Star
British actress Barbara Shelley, known for starring in several Hammer Horror classics as well as a key role in 1984 Doctor Who storyline Planet of Fire, has passed away at the age of 88.
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Christopher Lee’s Last Message Feels Like A Premonitory Farewell
I’m a huge fan of Sir Christopher Lee. Not only did he have a wicked sense of humour and a great life philosophy, but he was a fantastic — and very underappreciated! — actor. After I saw his first film in Hammer’s Dracula series, he visited my childhood nightmares every day. He terrified me —…