Tickets sell fast for hottest show on Middle-earth

FROM Middle-earth to Mallow, Minas Tirith to Tallaght, Gandalf to Galway, the whole world is like one big shire in homage to the second movie of the Lord of the Rings trilogy which opens tomorrow everywhere this side of the Urals.

Almost every cinema nationwide is showing The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, a sequel to The Fellowship of the Ring which promises more action than a kung-fu flick on fast forward.

Cinemas in Dublin are reporting brisk business and, while no overall ticket sales figures are yet available, there have been thousands of internet and credit card phone bookings.