I am Patrick Lyon, and I write for Collider. I also teach Latin and Literature on the high school level, and have been a lifelong fan of the works of Tolkien. There are few film series as commercially ...

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, ...

As Sauron’s vast orc army faces off against a shaky coalition of human nations in the most consequential battle of the entire Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Lord Denethor II burrows himself deep ...

Alice is a Lord of the Rings enthusiast who grew up with Tolkien's tales. She loves all kinds of writing, from articles to stories to her debut novel, which she is seeking literary representation for.

Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy primarily revolved around the Free Peoples of Middle-earth in a fight against the forces of the Dark Lord Sauron and the White Wizard Saruman. Yet, ...

There is a plethora of villains, evil creatures, and power-mad sorcerers throughout Middle-earth, however Denethor has still managed to become more hated than any of them. The Steward of Gondor was ...

The regression of this detestable character's sanity is a gradual occurrence in The Return of the King, and it comes to a head when he attempts to burn his only living son Faramir alive, with himself ...

Life imitates art. Where we find heroes and villains in the popular fiction of our day suggests the landscape of heroes and villains in our everyday lives. Some of the trending “stories” in culture ...

It’s not that hard to explain why, in The Lord of the Rings, Denethor, the steward of Gondor who ruled the realm in the absence of the king, would hate Aragorn. The latter was the rightful king after ...