Last year’s first installment of “The Hobbit” trilogy – “An Unexpected Journey” – moved slowly at points, even if time both stopped and raced during Bilbo Baggins' pulse-pounding encounter with Gollum ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

From one of the most famous fantasy book series ever written to some of the biggest film franchises in the world, the movies set in Tolkien’s Middle-earth have been a huge part of many of our ...