Every film has scenes that end up on the cutting room floor, but few have as many as Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. There are so many of them, in fact, that each installment has a ...

Lucy Owens is a Texas-based screenwriter and filmmaker whose work has been recognized at prestigious festivals like Slamdance and the Austin Film Festival. She is a co-founder of the independent ...

The coronation scene, the denouement of not only The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) but of the entire trilogy, feels earned and satisfying after the epic and truly arduous journey of ...

In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Aragorn travels into the haunted Paths of the Dead to seek the aid of the Army of the Dead. These restless spirits bound by an ancient curse ...

TanChun is a traveling film director and screenwriter who believes in positive Asian representation in Hollywood. She aspires to create more stories in Western media that give Asian actors a chance to ...

Foundation's ageless robot character Demerzel has one significant change from the books which reflects Aragorn's leap to 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, ...

Julio is a Senior Author for Collider. He studied History and International Relations at university, but found his calling in cultural journalism. When he isn't writing, Julio also teaches English at ...