In seventy years, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings has been established time and again as the gold standard of fantasy literature. The world of Middle Earth is so thoroughly built, its lore so ...

Life in Middle-earth began with music, distinct harmonies woven together by one being. J.R.R. Tolkien’s creation myth for Arda, Ainulindalë, opens The Silmarillion. The book explores Middle-earth’s ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...