Brad, B.A., is a freelance writer in South Florida. His published works can be read on Game Rant, Comic Book Resources, Sportskeeda, SmartScreens, and TheGamer. You'll find him playing video games, ...

Since 2019, she has been a film and television critic, lending sharp cultural context and relentless fangirl enthusiasm to everything from the MCU and Indian cinema to The Rings of Power, Bridgerton, ...

Why Could the Stranger Be Saruman? Ultimately, we don’t know who the Stranger is, aside from being an Istar, or a wizard. Five wizards came to Middle-earth, so the Stranger could be any of them. When ...

From the moment he arrived on Middle-earth, all signs pointed to The Stranger secretly being Gandalf. And that’s exactly who he is. The same has been true of the Dark Wizard and Saruman since he made ...

Gandalf receives one of the Elves' three Rings of Power in The Lord of the Rings, but as the wizards' leader, why wasn't it given to Saruman?

Makuochi Echebiri is a News Writer for Collider. He has been interested in creative writing from as far back as high school, and he would consume pretty much anything that’s film or TV. However, his ...

The Rings of Power‘s second season is already teasing the Stranger’s true identity. Considering Daniel Weyman’s tall, unkempt magical mystery man wanders around in rags with halflings after arriving ...

Tolkien published the first volume of The Lord of the Rings in 1954, many of his readers were already familiar with ...

TanChun is a traveling film director and screenwriter who believes in positive Asian representation in Hollywood. She aspires to create more stories in Western media that give Asian actors a chance to ...

And if we’re talking influence, you can’t ignore the original king of spin, Gríma Wormtongue. He might not look powerful, but just because he’s weak physically doesn’t mean he’s not a threat. It’s his ...

The Rings of Power‘s season two finale saw the return of Ciarán Hinds’ Dark Wizard. His goals and allegiances turned out to be different than we thought, but in an episode that confirmed The Stranger ...