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10 Reasons Return of the King is an Easter Movie
Echoes of Easter in the final chapter of The Lord of the Rings
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End with the Gritty Middle
The Two Towers, Holy Friday, and the good worth fighting for
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MaryAnn McKibben Dana
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New Life, In Defiance of Death
Planting Gardens and Promises of Hope
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🎥 All 10 LOTR and Hobbit Films Ranked
From 1977's 'The Hobbit' through the Peter Jackson films and including 'The War of the Rohirrim'
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🐎 "The War of the Rohirrim" Spoiler-Free Review: A Serviceable, Not Stupendous, Return to Rohan
While parts are enjoyable, their sum fails to reach the franchise’s previous cinematic heights
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Why Does "They Have a Cave Troll" Work?
Examining why a line in Fellowship avoids the ‘cringe’ label
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Landen Swain
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Why Tolkien Changed The Story of How Bilbo Found the One Ring
The problem with the original version of "Riddles In The Dark"
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The War of the Rohirrim, The Hunt for Gollum, and The Rings of Power
Watch the Trailer to War of the Rohirrim, Plus a guide to these three Tolkien adaptations
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Girlfriend Not Reciting Galadriel’s Monologue Like Usual Worries Local Man
Babe, is everything ok?
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🚪 Speak 'Fan' and Enter
On fandoms and who qualifies as a "true" fan
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Why I Let My Young Kids watch The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
… besides the fact that I need them to understand my references
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Samantha Coté
16
The Return of the King of Cinemas
Thoughts on The Lord of the Rings returning to theaters
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