As an example, “Rohirrim” emphasizes Tolkien’s insistence on hoping beyond hope. In the author’s world, true heroism was not ...

One point where the film takes its own direction is with the aforementioned “Helm’s daughter.” Unnamed and uncommented by Tolkien himself, she in the film is given the name of Hera, and this character ...

Very few people can argue that The Beatles were great at making music, but their film careers left a lot to be desired. Read ...

J. R. R. Tolkien's books have been adapted several times, with varying degrees of accuracy. The novels are detailed and expansive, containing more lore than could ever fit into a film. The most ...

And just in time for the long winter nights, a new Tolkien animated Lord of the Rings film is on the horizon. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim hits theaters this weekend, from ...

Like many Tolkien fans, he was a product of the counter-culture. In 1977 Bakshi had made his first serious attempt to bring fantasy to the screen with his animated hit Wizards. That film had been ...

While Tolkien's stories take place in the fictional realm of Middle-earth, the awe-inspiring landscapes of the books, films and TV shows are closer than you might imagine. The first book in J R R ...

But that is by no means the first film to adapt the world and works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Between 1977 and 1980, three different animated productions adapted—roughly—the entirety of The Hobbit ...

Directed by celebrated anime director Kenji Kamiyama, this new Lord of the Rings prequel has something different to offer fans of Peter Jackson's all-encompassing vision of Tolkien's infamous trilogy.