The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power recap episode eight – finally, evil shows its face

In this first season finale, mysteries are answered, characters show their true selves and we say goodbye to a friendly face

Andy Welch

14, Oct, 2022 @1:25 PM

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power recap episode five – who are the weird folk in white gowns?

Are they waiting for The Stranger? But why? To worship him? Or to kill him? And how did they get 71 minutes of TV out of such a small amount of story?

Andy Welch

23, Sep, 2022 @8:00 PM

Andy Serkis: ‘Living with Gollum would be a nightmare – he’d leave a mess everywhere’

The actor and director answers readers’ questions about his performance-capture film roles, playing sax at parties in pre-hipster Shoreditch and being mistaken for Michael Sheen

As told to Rich Pelley

10, Feb, 2022 @2:17 PM

Guardians of the Galaxy tops list of deadliest films with 83,871 fatalities

Three JRR Tolkien films also make the top 10, suggesting family entertainment is more perilous than horror movies

Catherine Shoard

04, Oct, 2016 @10:29 AM

Christopher Lee: an actor of muscular intelligence with a staggering career | Peter Bradshaw

From his electrifying roles as Count Dracula, to his venerable turns in Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, Christopher Lee possessed a rare grace and charm

Peter Bradshaw

11, Jun, 2015 @11:39 AM

Will The Hobbit spark social revolution?

Letters: The appeal of The Lord of the Rings films lay in the courage that people saw in the small characters who made a difference despite their size

Letters

07, Apr, 2015 @7:56 PM

Ian McKellen: five best moments

A look at The Hobbit star’s five most memorable roles. Which would you add?

Tshepo Mokoena

12, Dec, 2014 @3:38 PM

Bored of the rings? No more Tolkien, says Peter Jackson – but Ian McKellen suspects otherwise

Director says that the likes of The Silmarillion out of bounds for film-makers unless Tolkien estate has change of heart, as Hobbit star McKellen later predicts

Ben Child

03, Dec, 2014 @9:35 AM

Comic-Con trailer paradise for Hollywood's 2014 movie blockbusters

Glimpses of the new Hobbit and Hunger Games, along with Sin City 2 and Horns were among studio hopefuls on offer to comic-book fans at the San Diego convention, reports Ben Child

Ben Child

29, Jul, 2014 @4:03 PM

The week's highlights: from Nov 12 to Nov 18

12, Nov, 2005 @12:00 AM

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

For much of its three-hour running time, The Two Towers is far nearer to traditional sword-and-sorcery fare - Hobbiton and Ian Holm are both sadly missed - but it gets better as it goes along and adds a number of impressive new elements - Gollum, Treebeard and Brad Dourif's Wormtongue, more like a dastardly Harry Potter villain. It's a darker, scarier film than the first.

Rob Mackie

05, Sep, 2003 @1:00 AM