Anyone who thinks J.R.R. Tolkien had a black-and-white view of good vs. evil in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit has probably not understood Saruman well. The leader of the Istari (wizards) ...

Focused on beloved Middle-earth adventurer, Bilbo Baggins, the prequel trilogy was not able to capture the imagination as its ...

The new season of The Rings of Power opens with Sauron, though you may not know it. The first episode starts with a flashback to the beginning of the Second Age when Sauron attempts to seize power ...

Tweak one thing about The Lord of the Rings' timeline, and suddenly Bilbo Baggins becomes the hobbit taking the One Ring to Mordor, not Frodo.

The next Lord of the Rings movie has the chance to bring back The Hobbit's best new character, and it should take advantage ...

Essentially, the issue a lot of people have with Sauron’s “One ring to rule them all” is that it doesn’t seem to follow its own rules. In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, we learn ...

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Julio is a Senior Author for Collider. He studied History and International Relations at university, but found his calling in cultural journalism. When he isn't writing, Julio also teaches English at ...

Since 2019, she has been a film and television critic, lending sharp cultural context and relentless fangirl enthusiasm to everything from the MCU and Indian cinema to The Rings of Power, Bridgerton, ...