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 ...

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, ...

Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy primarily revolved around the Free Peoples of Middle-earth in a fight against the forces of the Dark Lord Sauron and the White Wizard Saruman. Yet, ...

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 ...

Billy is a Senior Features Author for Collider. Having written over 300 articles in just over a year, Billy regularly covers the biggest TV shows and films releasing while also analysing some of 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 ...

"The Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy features several notable character deaths. I wasn't upset when Sauron, Lurtz, and Denethor II died since they caused so much strife. King Théoden and Boromir's ...

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 ...