Everyone loves "The Lord of the Rings." They make up a quarter of the top 12 movies of all time on IMDb's top 250 movie list, for goodness' sake. "The Hobbit" films are less grand but still ...

Parker Bennett is a graduate of Emerson College with more than 3 years of writing experience. He's been a fan and scholar of Tolkien's extended works for nearly his whole life, and is excited to be ...

J.R.R. Tolkien's writing on Middle-Earth almost single-handedly shaped the fantasy genre as it is understood today. His detailed construction of Middle-Earth was a compelling world full of detailed ...

Middle-earth is full of the fantastic, but it’s not all sunshine and roses. For all of the mystical Elves and cheery Hobbits, there are a lot of terrifying monsters that pop up throughout J.R.R.

TanChun is a traveling film director and screenwriter who believes in positive Asian representation in Hollywood. She aspires to create more stories in Western media that give Asian actors a chance to ...

The Silmarillion contains the legends of the First Age, spanning from the creation of the universe by Eru Illuvatar to the war that ended that age. The stories contained therein introduce the first ...

Amazon’s latest trailer for the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is all about war: Specifically, big battle scenes and tense conflicts — almost as if the show wants you to ...

John Hitchcock graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in film studies and previously wrote on his own blog. He also specializes in nature and virtual photography and does art in Source ...