The Films

Is Éowyn Alright?

Mae govannen, friends!

Sep 18, 2025 • Amy Mantravadi

Reject Despair; Hope Without Guarantees

Part Three of Tolkien's Guide to Defiant Joy

Aug 5, 2025 • Marc Sims

Reject Despair; Die Well

Part Two of Tolkien's Guide to Defiant Joy

Jul 24, 2025 • Marc Sims

We've Had First Base, Yes. What About Second Base?

Merry and Pippin meet Abbot and Costello

Jul 10, 2025 • JRR Jokien

Reject Despair; Embrace Folly

Part One of Tolkien's Guide to Defiant Joy

Jul 3, 2025 • Marc Sims

10 Reasons Return of the King is an Easter Movie

Echoes of Easter in the final chapter of The Lord of the Rings

Apr 17, 2025 • JRR Jokien

End with the Gritty Middle

The Two Towers, Holy Friday, and the good worth fighting for

Apr 15, 2025 • MaryAnn McKibben Dana

New Life, In Defiance of Death

Planting Gardens and Promises of Hope

Apr 10, 2025 • JRR Jokien

🎥 All 10 LOTR and Hobbit Films Ranked

From 1977's 'The Hobbit' through the Peter Jackson films and including 'The War of the Rohirrim'

Jan 9, 2025 • JRR Jokien

🐎 "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

Dec 17, 2024 • JRR Jokien

Why Does "They Have a Cave Troll" Work?

Examining why a line in Fellowship avoids the ‘cringe’ label

Nov 19, 2024 • Landen Swain

Why Tolkien Changed The Story of How Bilbo Found the One Ring

The problem with the original version of "Riddles In The Dark"

Sep 10, 2024 • JRR Jokien

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