Ricky Church reviews the season one finale of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power… The end has come at last for the first season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Reveals were made, twists were had and characters have moved onto the next stage of their journeys. Overall ‘Alloyed’ was […]
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘The Great Wave’
Ricky Church reviews the fourth episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power… With the latest episode of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power marking the halfway point in the first season, the season’s bigger picture is becoming clearer with Sauron’s return and intentions. ‘The Great Wave’ was a […]
A Hobbit reunion with Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd
Just over 20 years ago, Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy captured the pop culture zeitgeist and became a cultural phenomena only a few franchises have been able to match. It was a filmmaking experience like no other, especially for its cast and crew. At the Fan Expo convention in Toronto, a reunion was […]
Nicholas Hoult is warned of danger in the trenches in exclusive Tolkien deleted scene
The J.R.R. Tolkien biopic Tolkien arrives on Digital Download on August 26th and on Blu-ray and DVD on September 9th, starring Nicholas Hoult as the legendary author, and ahead of its release we’ve got an exclusive deleted scene from the movie which sees the future creator of The Lord of the Rings warned of impending danger […]
Second Opinion – Tolkien (2019)
Tolkien, 2019. Directed by Dome Karukoski Starring Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Genevieve O’Reilly, Colm Meaney, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Roberts, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Harry Gilby, Laura Donnelly, Derek Jacobi, Pam Ferris, Mimi Keene, Ty Tennant, Aaron Neil, Holly Dempster, Jack Riley, Nia Gwynne, and Owen Teale SYNOPSIS: Tolkien explores the formative years of the orphaned […]
Movie Review – Tolkien (2019)
Tolkien, 2019. Directed by Dome Karukoski. Starring Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Derek Jacobi, Colm Meaney, Pam Ferris and Craig Roberts. SYNOPSIS: The story of J. R. R. Tolkien during his university years, and the wartime experiences that would shape his Lord of the Rings novels. There seems to be […]
Exclusive Interview – Tolkien stars Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney and Anthony Boyle on friendship and chemistry
Tom Beasley sits down with three of the cast members of Tolkien to chat about forming the film’s crucial central ‘fellowship’… With Peter Jackson’s epic Middle Earth saga now consigned to cinema history, fans of J. R. R. Tolkien may be a little bereft when it comes to the cinema. That’s set to change this […]
Exclusive Interview – Tolkien director Dome Karukoski on his English language debut and the Tolkien family response
Tom Beasley sits down with Finnish director Dome Karukoski to chat about his new biopic Tolkien, in which Nicholas Hoult plays the iconic fantasy author… The man behind The Lord of the Rings is finally getting the biopic treatment. With Skins star and current X-Man Nicholas Hoult in the lead role, Tolkien examines the friendships […]
The estate of J.R.R. Tolkien does not endorse Tolkien biopic starring Nicholas Hoult
This coming Friday sees the release of Tolkien, a biopic exploring the early years of legendary fantasy J.R.R. Tolkien and starring Nicholas Hoult in the title role as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings creator. Ahead of the movie’s arrival, the Tolkien Estate has released a statement to make it clear that the […]
New poster for Tolkien featuring Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins
Following last week’s trailer for Tolkien, Fox Searchlight Pictures has released a new poster for the upcoming J.R.R. Tolkien biopic featuring Nicholas Hoult as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings author and Lily Collins as his wife Edith; take a look here… The film explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, […]