70 Years Later, Lord of the Rings’ Most Overlooked Monsters Just Broke Tolkien Canon

— Prime Video In its second season, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power isn’t just moving full steam ahead into the conflict between the Elves and Sauron (Charlie Vickers) that is at the heart of the Second Age. It is also finding unexpected, sometimes...

5 Years Ago, Stephen King’s Most Iconic Horror Story Became an Epic Disappointment

— Warner Bros. Pictures There are very few authors whose books have inspired more film and TV adaptations than Stephen King. The writer has been, if sometimes indirectly, a constant presence in Hollywood for a little over 40 years now. Throughout that time, everyone...

70 Years Ago, Alfred Hitchcock Made a Perfect Crime Thriller That Was Ahead of Its Time

— Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock At the time of this writing, two of the top 5 TV shows on Netflix are documentary series based on someone either murdering (or attempting to murder) their romantic partner. About a fifth of the top 25 podcasts on Spotify are devoted to...

23 Years Later, One Scene in ‘Rings of Power’ Completely Redefines a Lord of the Rings Twist

— Prime Video There aren’t many new characters introduced throughout the first three episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power‘s second season. The Prime Video series has returned from a two-year break with a trio of installments that do a lot...