“Tolkien” Articles

Returning to the books and movies and games that marked us in our younger years, we remember that who we are is still, in some way, who we were.

I now understand why the fantasy world imagined by Stan Lee offered a more compelling mythological lens than the world imagined by Tolkien did.

We’re called to imitate Frodo’s mercy and humility as we walk through this American political Mordor.

Sarah and Kevin, two unabashed Tolkien nerds, discuss the first two episodes of the new Lord of the Rings TV series, The Rings of Power.

Power is no thing to love, only to bear with, as Tolkien teaches us.

The characters of Dark are stuck in a world that has no end: what they want is an eschaton, where death is undone, and the world can be made new.

Star Trek: Picard cannot conceive a vision for the good life without an ending in death, which is a failure of imagination.

Wade and Kevin’s fellowship is reunited for this week’s review of Tolkien, and Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s latest film, Shadow.

Fifty years after its initial publication, The Last Unicorn still retains its power.

The Bachelor is a fairy tale and how J.R.R. Tolkien would have loved the show is the topic for the CaPC Digest with Drew, Tyler and guest Joy Beth Smith.

There is something in ‘The Bachelor’ that resonates with the heart of every one of us.

“Trying to patent a portion of the human genome would be a bit like someone claiming ownership of sunlight and trying to charge everyone to use it.”