Peter Jackson's 'The Lord of the Rings' films have created drastic misconceptions about Tolkien's most prominent antagonist.

Mordor's influence creeps into The War of the Rohirrim during the film's prolonged siege sequence, when the people of Rohan are trapped in the fortress of Hornburg. Helm's daughter Héra (voiced by ...

Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...

Fans of The Lord of the Rings are very familiar with the species of Orcs; horrible, brutish creatures who serve the Dark Lord Sauron in his conquest of Middle-Earth. Interestingly, in both Peter ...

On The Rings of Power, the orcs follow Adar. And so, first understanding these creatures helps us to understand their leader. Orcs, called goblins in The Hobbit, have loomed large in J.R.R. Tolkien’s ...

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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, an anime prequel set 183 years before The Lord of the Rings, spends most of ...