The Lord of the Rings

Guillermo del Toro to make "Hobbit" films: Bleah! Guillermo del Toro to make "Hobbit" films: Bleah!

A director who hates Tolkien, enslaved in New Zealand by a latter-day George Lucas. Whose brilliant idea was this?
Apr 25, 2008

  • Why can't gay dwarves get married in Middle-earth?

    Video games have been ahead of the real world in accepting same-sex marriage. Why doesn't a new online "Lord of the Rings" game allow it?
    By Katherine Glover April 28, 2007

  • Lord of the ruins

    J.R.R. Tolkien's son Christopher spent more than 30 years piecing together fragments his father left behind. Now readers can learn what happened 6,000 years before Bilbo Baggins found the One Ring.
    By Andrew O'Hehir April 17, 2007

  • Tolkien's cosmological vision

    Before Frodo and Sam, there were Beren and Luthien. A case for revisiting "The Silmarillion."
    By Peter L'Official February 18, 2005

  • Oscar bombs

    "The Passion of the Frodo" sweeps, and more beautiful stars bravely impersonate the genuinely homely to great success. But all the crooked teeth in New Zealand can't save a dull, dull Oscar night.
    By Cintra Wilson March 1, 2004

  • Letters

    Tolkien a pothead? And what would his position on gay marriage really have been? Readers respond to Steven Hart's "Who's Sauron -- bin Laden or Bush?"
    March 2, 2004

  • The man who would be king

    In an exclusive interview, Viggo Mortensen, who plays Aragorn in "The Lord of the Rings," talks about his photography, his indie publishing house, and why Bush will go down in history as the Sauron of American presidents.
    By Scott Thill October 24, 2003

  • The Fix

    Peter Jackson takes on "King Kong," Cher takes on Michael Jackson, and Al Gore sticks up for the Dixie Chicks. Plus: Is Vin Diesel a sensitive guy?
    By Karen Croft April 1, 2003

  • Gollum: Dissed by the Oscars?

    Andy Serkis' computer-aided performance was one of the best things about "The Two Towers." But the Academy isn't ready for digital actors.
    By Ivan Askwith February 18, 2003

  • Lord of the Geeks

    Tolkien provided the blueprint for one generation of computer games after another. But have today's whizz-bang graphics brought us any closer to Middle Earth?
    By Andrew Leonard December 30, 2002

  • The shelf goes ever onward

    Our recommended books on all things Tolkienian for the Middle Earthlings on your holiday list.
    By Laura Miller December 19, 2002

  • Letters

    David Brin doesn't know a damn thing about "Lord of the Rings." Plus: Say what you want about "Adaptation" but lay off Wes Anderson.
    December 19, 2002

  • "The Two Towers" by J.R.R. Tolkien

    Listen to a full-cast dramatization of Part 2 of "The Lord of the Rings," featuring Ian Holm as Frodo.
    December 17, 2002

  • J.R.R. Tolkien -- enemy of progress

    "The Lord of the Rings" is lovingly crafted, seductive -- and profoundly backward-looking. Why not look at things through the Dark Lord's eye for a change?
    By David Brin December 17, 2002

  • Screenage wasteland?

    When video games look as good as action films, commercials are more fun than cartoons, and everything screams "Buy!" it's easy to lose your bearings.
    By Andrew Leonard December 5, 2002

  • A "Fellowship" for fanatics

    Why the Eye of Sauron was the bane of Peter Jackson's life, and other knowledge I gleaned from the extended DVD of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."
    By Laura Miller December 3, 2002

  • DVD pirates and hobbits in Southeast Asia

    A backpacking tourist in Laos gets his hands on "The Fellowship of the Ring" just two weeks after its U.S. release.
    By Jeff Radice February 27, 2002

  • Let the critics decide

    "Lord of the Rings" and David Lynch deserve to win Oscars, but the Academy can rarely be trusted to single out the best movies.
    By Charles Taylor February 12, 2002

  • One film to rule them all

    Peter Jackson's "Fellowship of the Ring" pleases both Tolkien nuts and "Lord of the Rings" virgins. How did he pull off such an unlikely feat?
    By Scott Rosenberg February 6, 2002

  • Slavish fans! Desperate accusations!

    Readers say: Keep your storm troopers away from our hobbits!
    January 18, 2002

  • Forget the Force -- "The Lord" rules!

    I, too, once loved "Star Wars." Then I grew up and learned to appreciate "The Lord of the Rings."
    By Eric Lipton January 18, 2002

  • "Lord of the Rings" vs. "Star Wars"

    Peter Jackson's glorified video trivia game doesn't hold up to the grandly human epic that defined a generation.
    By Jean Tang January 9, 2002

  • "One Ring to Rule Them All"

    J.R.R. Tolkien sings Sam Gamgee's "Rhyme of the Troll" and speaks the "Verse of the Ring" -- both excerpts from his acclaimed first book in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
    December 19, 2001

  • "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"

    The heroic and epic film version of "The Lord of the Rings" brings beauty, awe and excitement back to the big screen.
    By Stephanie Zacharek December 18, 2001

  • The fellowship of the ravenous movie press

    I went to the "Lord of the Rings" junket and all I got was this lousy Gandalf goblet.
    By Andrew O'Hehir December 6, 2001
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