Once in a (full) moon, a song comes along that speaks to a generation, thus becoming its anthem for truth that can no longer be contained. In 1992,...
Gandalf and Cpt. Jean-Luc Picard are uniting once more! Ian McKellen revealed this weekend on the U.K.'s "Jonathan Ross Show" that he will officiat...
It has been five years since Bryan Singer's last directorial effort, "Valkyrie." That film -- a modest success at the domestic box office (and an even...
At the conclusion of The Fellowship of the Ring, I was completely on board for the next two pictures, completely invested in the world that had unfolded over the previous 170 minutes. This time around? I'm not entirely sure whether I'll stick it out for the next two films.
After seeing An Unexpected Journey in the 48-frames-per-second format Jackson is convinced is the future of cinema, my enthusiasm for more Hobbit adventures is at an all-time low.
Sir Ian McKellen opened up to Anderson Cooper about coming out as gay, saying that doing so created more benefits for his personal and professional li...
On December 14, Peter Jackson makes his fourth cinematic foray into J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the firs...
Actor Sir Ian McKellen, who will appear in the upcoming movie "The Hobbit," has announced that he has been battling prostate cancer for the past "six ...
Sir Ian McKellen is battling prostate cancer. The 73-year-old "The Hobbit" star opened up to The Daily Mirror about his diagnosis, and also revea...
It's hard to remember a time when Ian McKellen wasn't a hero to nerd culture, owing to his unforgettable portrayals of Gandalf the Grey, in "The Lord ...
The Hobbit entranced me in a way that made me forget about the technology and just plug into the movie itself. By the end, I wasn't even resenting the clunky 3D glasses.
As a person in his 30s, I have never before been referred to as an "old fogey." Then again, I have also never before been in a give-and-take conversat...
Yes, there's a new Hobbit movie coming out soon. (The first of three Hobbit movies, actually.) But, most of the buzz -- both good and bad -- stems from the fact that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be shown on a special kind of film with a rate of 48 frames per second. Truth be told, I had no idea what this meant when it was first announced.
On Tuesday, Bryan Singer tweeted that Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart will both reprise their roles as, respectively, Magneto and Professor X...
Like almost every gay I know, I have my own private arsenal of memories of abuse. The interesting thing about it is that no matter how regularly it's visited on you, it never truly becomes your default setting. Each insult lands like a pin prick and each leaves a memory.
Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen, better known to Marvel fans as Professor X and Magneto, will return to the comic book franchise for "X-Men: Days of ...
Sir Ian McKellen is TV-bound with "Vicious Old Queens" for ITV. According to The British Comedy Guide, McKellen and Derek Jacobi will co-star in th...
Outside of director Peter Jackson, no one is more closely associated with the "Lord of the Rings" universe than Sir Ian McKellen. Which is why the ide...
At first glance, this newly released "Hobbit" trailer might not look all that different from the first one. But upon a closer inspection, you might be...
Middle-earth fans, you may need to sit down for this one: Peter Jackson has confirmed "The Hobbit" will become a trilogy. "It is only at the end of...
Further proof that geeks shall inherit the Earth: they're using Internet memes and Lord of the Rings characters to in political protest posters. Si...
"Romeo and Juliet" may have set a multiple-century precedent for star-crossed -- and primarily heterosexual -- love stories, but at least one legendar...
Never a popular part of the Shakespeare canon, Coriolanus bears a peculiar timeliness, in the muscular directorial debut by Ralph Fiennes.
While "Tintin" is taking the UK by storm, don't despair "Lord of the Rings" fans, there's a little something for you, too! Peter Jackson has posted...
