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.

In the past two weeks, we’ve been treated to an epic first teaser trailer and poster for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. And to make the month all the sweeter, the sequel is ...

Early on, Beorn says: "I don't like dwarfs. They are too quick to dismiss lives they deem of less value than their own." All through the film, we see characters making judgements about the values of ...

If anyone’s going to conjure up a new character out of whole cloth to fit seamlessly into the world created by author J.R.R. Tolkien, it would be filmmaker Peter Jackson. Jackson, the man behind the ...

Evangeline Lilly is playing a Woodland Elf named Tauriel in The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug. It’s a new character created by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens. So far we’ve only seen ...

Fans of the J.R.R. Tolkien’s work hold the author’s texts close to their hearts. Peter Jackson was universally lauded for his Oscar-winning adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, but fans have taken ...

In The Lord of the Rings, Legolas was "the elf." That was basically his entire personality. Elven societies were seen very little, and they were passed through quickly by the Fellowship. We don't ...