Fewer objects in pop culture are as evil as the One Ring in The Lord of the Rings. It famously has a will of its own and wants only one thing: to return to its master, the Dark Lord Sauron. But very ...

The Return of the King, Peter Jackson almost included an action sequence in which Aragorn would’ve fought Sauron.

Kelcie Mattson is a Senior Features author at Collider. Based in the Midwest, she also contributes Lists, reviews, and television recaps. A lifelong fan of niche sci-fi, epic fantasy, Final Girl ...

It has been over 20 years since the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003, which wrapped one of the greatest trilogies in movie history. Despite being over two decades old, ...

Spoilers for The Rings of Power season 2, episode 8 follow. After all the scheming and forging, Sauron stands at a crossroads during The Rings of Power season 2 finale. While he was able to ...

The landscape of television is littered with great villains. Gustavo Fring, Joffrey Baratheon, the Cigarette Smoking Man, Vernon Schillinger—the list goes on and on. With the latest season of The Lord ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power's first season concluded with the revelation that Charlie Vickers' "Halbrand" was secretly Sauron in disguise. It was a genuine shock and one which left fans ...

Underlying much of Tolkien’s writings, especially in his The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is a deeply embedded theme of technology versus nature. In Tolkien’s eye, the oily, smoking march of technology, ...

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