The movie "Tolkien" is out July 23 on Digital (with Blu-ray and DVD releases to follow on Aug. 6), and we've got a clip from the film. "Tolkien" follows the early life of author and professor John ...

“A real taste for fairy-stories was wakened by philology on the threshold of manhood,” Tolkien wrote, “and quickened to full life by war.” John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in 1892 and thus was in ...

In a 1968 interview, the BBC spoke to author JRR Tolkien about his experiences during World War One, how they had a profound effect and influenced his epic fantasy novel, Lord of the Rings. "Stories – ...

World War I veteran John Ronald Reuel "J.R.R." Tolkien published "The Hobbit" in 1937 and followed it up with "The Lord of the Rings" (1954-1955), books that would shape fantasy epics forever. The ...

As The Rings of Power reimagines J.R.R. Tolkien's creation, this biopic starring Nicolas Hoult and Lily Collins shows how the horrors of war inspired his legendary tales. Richard Trenholm was CNET's ...

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.” ...

The phrase “no man’s land” conjures up the zone between opposing trenches on the Western Front of World War I. “No Man’s Land” is also the title of Simon Tolkien’s barnburner of a novel, which, ...

The 20th century was the bloodiest century in human history. It was characterized by two world wars, which killed collectively between 70-100 million people, and a Cold War which potentially could ...

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It's pronounced Tol-keen, apparently. Maybe you're enough of a fan to already know how to say the Lord of the Rings author's name. Maybe you saw the Peter Jackson movies or the new Prime Video series ...

This article, 'Tolkien' Review: 'Lord of the Rings' Biopic Reveals WWI Horror of Middle-Earth, originally appeared on CNET.com. It's pronounced Tol-keen, apparently. Maybe you're enough of a fan to ...