the-hobbit Books-and-comics The Top 5 Underappreciated, Underrated Characters in Fantasy 15 By: Lisa Bernier The hero always gets the girl (or guy if it's a heroine), the spotlight, and the credit. But what about the faithful friend? The tireless ma... More» Life Top 5 Gigantic, Huge-mendous Wastes of Money, Ever 27 By: Lisa Bernier Recently, Apple paid $21 million to Swiss Rail to use a clock design (because Apple somehow doesn't have designers to create their own iconi... More» Movies These Fantasy Series Have the Best Maps! 16 By: Chaunton To get where you are going, it’s usually important to know where you are starting out. It’s the same if you are gearing up for a road tr... More» Movies The Hobbit Closing Credits Song Just Leaked! 7 By: Josh Perilo The song that will play during the end credits of The Hobbit was just leaked and it's... um... not what we expected. We're not saying it's b... More» Movies 5 "Unfilmable" Books That Got Filmed Anyway 14 By: Chaunton Clous Atlas came out recently and, despite concerns that the complex and layered book would prove “unfilmable,” Americans were willing t... More» Movies Spankin' New Hobbit Pics! 9 By: Josh Perilo T-minus NOT THAT LONG until we get our Hobbit on! And today, Warner Brothers released a brand new batch of pics for us to drool over. Look u... More» Books-and-comics Which J.R.R. Tolkien Book Are You? 14 By: Celina Durgin You know he wrote Lord of the Rings, but J.R.R. Tolkien filled volumes with Middle Earth history, poetry, and tales that extend the stories ... More» Movies Best Awful Movies to Watch When Trapped Indoors 22 By: Lisa Bernier You're stuck at home because a) everything is closed b) mass transit is down and c) the weather people have ordered you to stay indoors OR E... More»