Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...

"Created specifically for Peter Jackson's movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", Lurtz was the first of the Uruk-hai, a new breed of Orcs, leader of Saruman's scouts. Seconds after ...

Audiences may have noticed a group called the Dunlendings supporting Sauron in The Lord of the Rings, and there are some lore ...

Without digital technology, there’s no way a visually convincing film version of The Lord of the Rings— like the one we now have—could ever have been made. The irony is that J.R.R. Tolkien was a pure ...

In watching Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, it's easy to pick up on more and more with each watch. Over the years, many have wondered about the creation of the Uruk-hai, and while we ...

The creatures of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings possess a bewildering variety of names and terms, which can cause confusion. Orcs and Uruk-hai, for example, are essentially the same species, ...

In the theatrical version of The Two Towers, Eomer first appears on-screen while at the side of Prince Théodred, who is mortally wounded. He and Eowyn then go before King Théoden, reporting that the ...