I am Patrick Lyon, and I write for Collider. I also teach Latin and Literature on the high school level, and have been a lifelong fan of the works of Tolkien. There are few film series as commercially ...

Alice is a Lord of the Rings enthusiast who grew up with Tolkien's tales. She loves all kinds of writing, from articles to stories to her debut novel, which she is seeking literary representation for.

As Sauron’s vast orc army faces off against a shaky coalition of human nations in the most consequential battle of the entire Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Lord Denethor II burrows himself deep ...

The Lord of the Rings trilogy depicts a world on the brink of falling into total darkness--until a group of heroes reignites the zeal of Middle-earth to keep fighting for the light. The return of the ...

Since 2019, she has been a film and television critic, lending sharp cultural context and relentless fangirl enthusiasm to everything from the MCU and Indian cinema to The Rings of Power, Bridgerton, ...

Certainly one of the most interesting characters in Middle Earth, Denethor doesn't seem to have passed on any of his characteristics to his sons. Denethor was steward of Gondor during the War of the ...

The Rings of Power spoilers follow. As Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power continues, so too does its involvement with Tolkien's expansive world. We've now been introduced to the Seeing Stones, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

There are some pretty iconic deaths in Lord Of The Rings, from Boromir's last stand to King Theodin's tragic end, but none are quite so gruesome as the end of Boromir's father Denethor. Believing both ...

Life imitates art. Where we find heroes and villains in the popular fiction of our day suggests the landscape of heroes and villains in our everyday lives. Some of the trending “stories” in culture ...

It’s not that hard to explain why, in The Lord of the Rings, Denethor, the steward of Gondor who ruled the realm in the absence of the king, would hate Aragorn. The latter was the rightful king after ...