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Workers Accuse Amazon’s Rings of Power of Environmental Damage in New Zealand
Amazon’s new hit show, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, brought viewers back to the gorgeous world Middle-earth, once again filmed in New Zealand. But the country’s pristine landscape may be suffering under this production and others, as workers speaking to The Guardian described vast waste and lack of care for the…
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Rings of Power Is Dangerously Close to Actually Showing Us Some Rings
They’re objects so important they’re in the title — twice! — but it’s taken Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power an entire season to get any hint of rings into the picture. Even casual J.R.R. Tolkien fans know what the rings bring once they’re part of the story, so it makes sense the…
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Rings of Power’s Quest Stands Upon the Edge of a Knife
Rings of Power has spent its entire season reminding us that it, at its core in manners similar to Lord of the Rings as a whole, is a story of enduring hope in the face of seemingly unyielding darkness. This week is much the same, but it also takes a lot of time to allow…
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It Chapter One Made Stephen King Worth Watching Again
Stephen King is one of the most famous living authors today, and whose bibliography feels like it’s never not being adapted by a streamer or film company. Throughout the decades, those many adaptations have run the gamut of being good, with some caveats, or bad despite the glimpses of potential you can see in the…