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We all know how dedicated some Lord of the Rings fans can be (I recommend watching Clerks 2). A family in east Wales has gone one step further and built themselves their very own 'Bag End' hobbit home. Click on the image for more pictures at WTFsrsly.

The trailer for the third Resident Evil movie has been released. The movie is destined to be the last of series (until they remake them all in 20 years no doubt) as Milla Jovovich has stated that she has no interest in making any further movies.

Expect the full thing on the 21st of September this year.

[Edit] For an HD quality version of the trailer visit Yahoo Movies!

Following an interview with the movies director Rob Cohen, IGN are reporting that the sequel to 'The Mummy' and 'The Mummy Returns' is set to be released in July 2008 and will star none other than Jet Li (Jet Li will be the head Mummy in a group of Mummies that were the Terracotta army.). The film will follow the adventures of the son of Rick and Evelyn O'Connell and will be set in the Far East.

Click here to visit IGN for the full interview!

With the release of Frank Millers 300 less than a month away Warner Brothers have released several new stills taken from both the movie and from the making of. These pictures have made me even more excited about what I expect to be one of my favourite films of this year!

Find the full collection at the source Wired News

The question is an interesting one and I was surprised at how little the money could purchase in terms of quality hardware. As such several compromises had to be made in all the equipment recommended.

The TV

The TV was perhaps the most important piece of the setup, and as such the most expensive part. The Toshiba 37WLT66 was chosen because of its large size, value for money, image quality connectivity and stylish looks (although the stand could have been improved visually).

£719.99

DVD Playback

The Sony DVPNS76HS was chosen simply due to its price. A tough choice had to be made between selecting a DVD/ 5.1 setup or a seperate DVD and home theatre system. The latter was chosen to allow full 5.1 playback in both games and movies. The players has good connectivity through HDMI and offers progressive scanning, Divx playback and upscaling of DVDs for HD playback.

£80.99

Audio

Another Sony product was chosen to provide the sound for the home cinema setup. The Sony HTSS1000 has a seperate amp and thus will allow for playback of all your devices through it's 5.1 system providing high fidelity audio to improve your cinema experience.

£199.99

Thanks to andrewfee of sr-388.net for helping to compile this setup!