Rings of Power season 1 explained some secrets, but didn’t tell a story

The Dweller, one of three sorcerers who are disciples of Sauron, cloaked in a grimy white robe wielding a staff adorned with the Eye of Sauron in an attack pose.

When George Lucas, that saucy minx, decided in April 1981 to make the smallest of tweaks to his massive hit film Star Wars, he inadvertently lit a fuse that would burn into a raging culture […]

‘The Rings of Power’ is a hit. Why doesn’t it feel like it?

A male elf flanked by humans in "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power."

In the lead-up to its premiere this summer, “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” might have been best known for its extravagant price tag. The first season of the highly anticipated Prime […]

Now we’re Tolkien! After six glacial hours, The Rings of Power is finally worth watching | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Bronwyn (Nazanin Boniadi) with Arondir (Ismael Cruz Córdova).

Whether you’re a Tolkien obsessive or the sort of dabbler who doesn’t give an Ent’s conker what a Silmarillion is, it’s not hard to see why reactions to The Rings of Power have been … […]

‘Irish people have faced centuries of discrimination’: why are Lord of the Rings’ accents so offensively bad? | Television

Owain Arthur as Prince Durin IV, a dwarf, in The Rings of Power.

‘What is this, famine cosplay?” asked Ed Power in the Irish Times after glimpsing the harfoots wandering around Middle-earth in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. In the weeks since then, he […]

House of the Dragon and The Rings of Power did the same scene in one week

Galadriel, in a blue dress, stands between two opponents pointing a sword at both of them with something approaching a grin on her face.

Perhaps you have noticed that two of the biggest television shows airing (or streaming) right now are both fantasy epics based on popular novels exploring the time period before a popular previous adaptation. While it […]