The movie was produced without the cooperation of the Tolkien family and estate, which said in a statement to TIME that it “did not approve of, authorize or participate in the making of this film.” ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: The 2019 film Tolkien, which is now available to stream on HBO, does not tell the stories of elves, orcs, wizards, or hobbits. Instead, it tells the story of the man who ...

Fox Searchlight has released the second movie trailer for Tolkien (2019). Unlike the first trailer for Tolkien, this trailer shows the viewer more of the world outside of J. R. R. Tolkien (Nicholas ...

Fox Searchlight has set a summer release date for “Tolkien,” the biopic on “The Lord of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien. The film starring Nicholas Hoult as the fantasy author will open on May 10, ...

There’s nothing particularly wrong with “Tolkien” (2019, Fox, PG-13, $25), a biopic about the formative years of J.R.R. Tolkien, the man who became one of the most famous fantasy writers of all time ...

It begins with imagery of a Middle-earthian figure riding a horse and, soon after, swinging a sword at another similarly armed rider. However, if you’re expecting “Tolkien” to chronicle how J.R.R.

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 Dome ...

Those men are: Geoffrey Bache Smith, Robert Quilter Gilson and Christopher Wiseman, who with Tolkien called themselves the Tea Club and Barrovian Society (or T.C.B.S.) when the four met as teenage ...

Nicholas Hoult, director Dome Karukoski and Lily Collins are seen on the set of the movie “Tolkien.” (Credit: CNS photo/Fox Searchlight.) Listen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dome Karukoski shared one critical, ...

“Tolkien” is one of those good movies that is best understood — both for its strengths and its weaknesses — when compared to other, better movies in its genre. A biopic of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien ...

Nicholas Hoult (left) and Lily Collins appear in a scene from “Tolkien.” As the creator of “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit,” a bio-picture about J.R.R. Tolkien would seem to be a creative gold ...

Warning! Some spoilers for what we saw at the presentation. J.R.R. Tolkien is probably the best-known fantasy author of all-time. His sprawling stories include The Lord of the Rings trilogy and its ...