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

Aren’t the orcs just purely evil beings who could have no love in their hearts? Well, we suppose that’s a fair question to ask. But The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has long been veering away ...

J.R.R. Tolkien did not invent orcs; version of them date back to at least the 10th century. But the author’s magnum opus The Lord of the Rings helped make them popular in modern times, leading to ...

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This week’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power delves into the deepest of Tolkien lore and the far-flung dawn of sentient life on Middle-earth to touch on a question not even the professor ...

The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power will be a fresh canvas for the series, offering fans a glimpse of Tolkien's mythical Second Age for the first time. In so doing, Amazon is taking the time to ...

Set before the events of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "The Hobbit" has served as an entryway to author's ...

Parker Bennett is a graduate of Emerson College with more than 3 years of writing experience. He's been a fan and scholar of Tolkien's extended works for nearly his whole life, and is excited to be ...

Playing in Dungeons and Dragons either as or fighting against orcs may promote racist attitudes in real life The origin of the orc in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is based in anti-Asian (or ...