A director who hates Tolkien, enslaved in New Zealand by a latter-day George Lucas. Whose brilliant idea was this?
Apr 25, 2008
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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
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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
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Before Frodo and Sam, there were Beren and Luthien. A case for revisiting "The Silmarillion."
By Peter L'Official
February 18, 2005
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Our recommended books on all things Tolkienian for the Middle Earthlings on your holiday list.
By Laura Miller
December 19, 2002
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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
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Listen to a full-cast dramatization of Part 2 of "The Lord of the Rings," featuring Ian Holm as Frodo.
December 17, 2002
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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Readers say: Keep your storm troopers away from our hobbits!
January 18, 2002
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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