The soundtrack contains ten songs written by Tolkien himself ... but there’s a tomatoless Denethor, and we get to see The Mouth of Sauron, as well as a deviously jolly version of the Witch ...

The Lord of the Rings movies changed Denethor from his character in the J.R.R. Tolkien book in a way that sold both him and Pippin short. Merry and Pippin hadn't necessarily had the greatest ...

(Tolkien did at least tell us he wasn't God ... his realm), Sauron has another (that's how he talks to Saruman), and Denethor has a third (which contributes to him losing his mind).

As keen Tolkien fans know, the author of The Lord of the Rings translated the Book of Jonah for the Jerusalem Bible, though his version was revised. I’ve just been reading the unrevised version ...

Chinese fans of the fantastic world of Middle-earth, created by English writer J.R.R. Tolkien, recently had their enthusiasm re-ignited by the release of the new animated film The Lord of the ...

R. R. Tolkien: how few women populate his saga's dramatis personae compared to men. By no means did Tolkien preclude women from being heroic, powerful, wise, or adventurous, nor did he disrespect ...

“Professor Tolkien said in his letters that sometimes the most compelling story is the untold story.” That’s what Philippa Boyens told me when I interviewed her recently about the new ...

It's not adapting a novel of J.R.R. Tolkien's, but rather two pages from his Appendices, which lay out the last great stand of one of Rohan's most famed kings, Helm Hammerhand (voiced by ...