Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

Middle-earth During The Third AgeQuick Tolkien Geography lesson: Middle-earth is a section of the world known as Arda. We only see bits and pieces of Middle-earth throughout The Fellowship, but we...

Adaptation: It's Ain't EasyBooks and movies: not the same thing. Normally, levelheaded people are pretty chill about this difference. But when a movie adaptation of a book comes out (especially of...

Fantasy, Action, AdventureFantasyLet's be real: Tolkien basically invented what we consider to be modern fantasy. Sure, of fantastical creatures and magical powers are nothing new. And the sort of...

We're going to assume you're asking this because you stopped watching halfway through this movie. Was there an earthquake? A flood? A burned bag of popcorn that set off the fire alarm? What was it...

What ending? This is just the beginning. This is where the road starts to actually get rough. Okay, Balrog and Uruk-hai were already pretty bad, but just wait for the arduous trek across Emyn Muil...

PG-13How do you keep a movie that revolves around a war against foul, man-like beasts below an R rating?Well, you hope nobody knows enough elvish to catch all the swear words… and you go easy on...