The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Peta condemns Rings of Power producers after horse dies on set of Lord of the Rings spin-off
Animal rights group urges film and television productions to use CGI in place of living creatures
Michael Sun
27, Mar, 2023 @3:08 AM
The Rings of Power to Conversations With Friends: 2022’s TV letdowns
Crushingly tedious fantasy action, a strange Keeley Hawes thriller and a snoozy Sally Rooney adaptation … it’s the televisual disappointments of the year
Alexi Duggins, Hollie Richardson and Kate Abbott
27, Dec, 2022 @11:00 AM
Now it’s over, let’s come out and say it: The Rings of Power was a stinker
The world’s most expensive show – which looked like an episode of Hollyoaks, only with woeful acting – was so inept that every episode left you sniggering
Stuart Heritage
17, Oct, 2022 @11:37 AM
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 seven – is that Gandalf I spy?
Ahead of next week’s finale, it’s high drama with Middle-earth’s answer to Pompeii. And have we really met everyone’s favourite grey wizard?
Andy Welch
07, Oct, 2022 @8:00 PM
Now we’re Tolkien! After six glacial hours, The Rings of Power is finally worth watching
It’s been a painstaking buildup – mainly of people chatting by pretty trees – but now, faithful fans who haven’t already given up have been rewarded with the best big-budget TV in years
Luke Holland
04, Oct, 2022 @10:17 AM
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power recap episode six – this show stopped dragging its hairy feet at last!
In this fantastic episode, our patience has finally been rewarded with giant orcs, astonishing action sequences and the best CGI ever seen on screen
Andy Welch
30, Sep, 2022 @8:00 PM
‘Irish people have faced centuries of discrimination’: why are Lord of the Rings’ accents so offensively bad?
The harfoots’ accents in The Rings of Power aren’t just deeply inappropriate – they’re awful. But Amazon’s drama isn’t the first fantasy show to struggle with dialect …
Andy Welch
28, Sep, 2022 @9:39 AM
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
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power recap: episode four – the Queen stops being angry!
The most-prized metal in Middle-earth is being kept secret, and after a blurry glimpse last week, Adar is revealed to us
Andy Welch
16, Sep, 2022 @8:00 PM
The Guardian view on Tolkien: more than the sum of special effects | Editorial
Editorial: Television’s The Rings of Power is the latest proof that fantasy fiction has not lost its grip on culture
Editorial
11, Sep, 2022 @5:25 PM
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power recap episode three – less slow-motion horse riding please!
Is this a show full of action-packed fight sequences? Or painfully whimsical equestrian moments and harfoot migration? Both, but it would be nice to see more of the former …
Andy Welch
09, Sep, 2022 @8:00 PM
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