Fox Searchlight has set a summer release date for “Tolkien,” the biopic on “The Lord of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien. The film starring Nicholas Hoult as the fantasy author will open on May 10, ...

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.” ...

Fox Searchlight has released the second movie trailer for Tolkien (2019). Unlike the first trailer for Tolkien, this trailer shows the viewer more of the world outside of J. R. R. Tolkien (Nicholas ...

There’s nothing particularly wrong with “Tolkien” (2019, Fox, PG-13, $25), a biopic about the formative years of J.R.R. Tolkien, the man who became one of the most famous fantasy writers of all time ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: The 2019 film Tolkien, which is now available to stream on HBO, does not tell the stories of elves, orcs, wizards, or hobbits. Instead, it tells the story of the man who ...

It begins with imagery of a Middle-earthian figure riding a horse and, soon after, swinging a sword at another similarly armed rider. However, if you’re expecting “Tolkien” to chronicle how J.R.R.

“Tolkien” is one of those good movies that is best understood — both for its strengths and its weaknesses — when compared to other, better movies in its genre. A biopic of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien ...

Was “The Lord of the Rings” the result of post-traumatic stress disorder? That is one of the takeaways from “Tolkien,” the good-not-great biographical film from Finnish-American director Dome ...

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Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

Warning! Some spoilers for what we saw at the presentation. J.R.R. Tolkien is probably the best-known fantasy author of all-time. His sprawling stories include The Lord of the Rings trilogy and its ...

Nicholas Hoult (left) and Lily Collins appear in a scene from “Tolkien.” As the creator of “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit,” a bio-picture about J.R.R. Tolkien would seem to be a creative gold ...