C.S. Lewis & The Inklings

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim had a tricky job from the start. Tolkien only gives this story a small amount of space in the appendices, so the film had to […]

The Desolation of Smaug is the Hobbit film with the sharpest edge. It is less cozy, less introductory, and more openly driven by threat. The company has been on the road long enough now that […]

After the grandeur and finality of The Lord of the Rings, returning to The Hobbit is a different experience. The tone is lighter at first. The road is stranger. The danger takes longer to harden. […]

There are endings that tie things up, and there are endings that feel earned all the way down. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the second kind. This is a […]

I’m continuing my Middle-earth anniversary revisit with the film that had the hardest job in the trilogy: the middle chapter. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers does not get to be the beginning, […]

This year marks the 25th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and I’ve decided to take this opportunity to revisit and review every Middle-earth film released so far. One […]

Attention all Narnia Fans and C.S. Lewis scholars! Even after decades of scholarship, commentary, and cultural conversation, C.S. Lewis remains far from exhausted. In fact, one of the most striking things about Lewis is how […]

  At first glance The Chronicles of Narnia and the animated special A Charlie Brown Christmas, don’t seem to have much in common. One is a beloved work of classic British literature, considered a foundational […]