It's nerdy thought experiment time. Which movie would be easier to follow for a tabula rasa individual with no knowledge of Marvel or Middle Earth: The world-eating blockbuster that is Avengers: ...

Geoffrey Hinsliff: his character Don Brennan was at the heart of some of Coronation Street’s most dramatic storylines - ITV/Shutterstock Geoffrey Hinsliff, the actor, who has died aged 86, was best ...

One of Tolkien's more divisive Lord of the Rings movie adaptations is finally coming to streaming, and this couldn't have happened at a better time for the franchise. The legendary fantasy author's ...

Nerdist: Out of all of Tolkien’s tales, what was it about this one story of Helm Hammerhand that made it leap out to your for adaptation in The War of the Rohirrim? Jason DeMarco: I think we chose ...

The Lord of the Rings was quite faithfully adapted, and it even included Tolkien's first major LotR villain, just not as expected. The children's book The Hobbit was released in 1937, while LotR was ...