P erhaps Finnish film director Dome Karukoski took on an impossible task with his biopic Tolkien.When J. R. R. Tolkien began writing The Lord of the Rings, he hoped to give England something he ...

Nicholas Hoult stars as young Tolkien, a shy, bookish student whose life revolves around poetry and language. When we meet him, just in case anyone in the back doesn’t get it, he’s role ...

Film Review: Nicholas Hoult in ‘Tolkien’ Reviewed at Fox Studios, Los Angeles, May 2, 2019. Production: A Fox Searchlight Pictures presentation of a Chernin Entertainment production.

Because "Tolkien" is meant to tell the story of a great artist at work, it warrants comparisons to films like Tim Burton's "Ed Wood," in which Johnny Depp stars as the prolific Z-movie director ...

Published May 2, 2019 3:15pm Share this with. Comments. Hoult is ... Nicholas Hoult is appearing as J.R.R. Tolkien in the new and very aptly-named film Tolkien.

Was “The Lord of the Rings” the result of post-traumatic stress disorder? That is one of the takeaways from “Tolkien,” the good-not-great biographical film from Finnish-American director ...

The new film "Tolkien," directed by Dome Karukoski, tells the story of the early years of the legendary "Lord of the Rings" author. The film intertwines the themes of loss, love, and fellowship to ...

Tolkien Trailer. Dome Karukoski's Tolkien (2019) movie trailer stars Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Anthony Boyle, and Patrick Gibson. Tolkien's plot synopsis: "TOLKIEN explores the ...

“Tolkien" is a too-pretty, too-predictable look at J. R.R. Tolkien’s early life, writes film critic Eleanor Ringel-Cater. A much better title for the squishily disappointing new bio-flick ...

Some takeways from the post-screening panel with "Tolkien" stars and "Late NIght" host Stephen Colbert at the Montclair Film Festival.