Warning! Some spoilers for what we saw at the presentation. J.R.R. Tolkien is probably the best-known fantasy author of all-time. His sprawling stories include The Lord of the Rings trilogy and its ...

The movie was produced without the cooperation of the Tolkien family and estate, which said in a statement to TIME that it “did not approve of, authorize or participate in the making of this film.” ...

Dome Karukoski‘s “Tolkien,” a new biopic about the celebrated author of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings,” throws into sharp relief the hitherto unexplored tragedy of the artist’s life. Imagine ...

Was “The Lord of the Rings” the result of post-traumatic stress disorder? That is one of the takeaways from “Tolkien,” the good-not-great biographical film from Finnish-American director Dome ...

“Tolkien” is one of those good movies that is best understood — both for its strengths and its weaknesses — when compared to other, better movies in its genre. A biopic of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Betty Crocker never came up with a recipe for creativity. Ergo, who knows where Gene Roddenberry conceived of the idea for “Star Trek?” Where did Shakespeare catch Romeo and Juliet ...

“Tolkien" is a too-pretty, too-predictable look at J. R.R. Tolkien’s early life, writes film critic Eleanor Ringel-Cater. A much better title for the squishily disappointing new bio-flick, “Tolkien” ...

If there’s one thing I took away from “Tolkien,” it’s that I’ve been saying the “Lord of the Rings” author’s name wrong: it’s “Tol-keen,” not “Tol-kee-yen.” There, I just saved you two hours. This ...

The 2019 film Tolkien, which is now available to stream on HBO, does not tell the stories of elves, orcs, wizards, or hobbits. Instead, it tells the story of the man who dreamed up those stories: John ...

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

J.R.R. Tolkien — the artist, the writer, the scholar — is the subject of an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum. The show is a comprehensive view of his alternate reality. By Peter Libbey If you ...