Biopic Tolkien. Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins in Tolkien. Tolkien explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school.
The outbreak of World War I threatens to tear their "fellowship" apart, however. Lily Collins' appears on Ellen, talks Golden Globe nomination and her new book. The new movie Tolkien, in theaters now, combines the fact and fantasy of J.
Tolkien — pronounced toll-keen as the film takes great pains to inform us — is a bit of a stiff as cinema, rich in atmospherics but starved for the human The script stodgily sketches in the biopic details.
Tolkien biopic "Tolkien," starring Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins.
Tolkien's school friendships, his romance with eventual wife Edith Bratt, and his World War I experiences all informed the Oxford University professor's outlook and writing. Tolkien's family and the Tolkien Estate have come forward to disavow the upcoming Fox Searchlight biopic that stars "X-Men" actor Nicholas Hoult as the iconic "Lord of the Rings" author. The new movie Tolkien, in theaters now, combines the fact and fantasy of J.