The Balrog, trolls, and Dragons are just a few of the terrifying monsters that stalk the heroes of Middle-earth.

Some Lord of the Rings characters had key moments but vanished quickly, like The Mouth of Sauron, Háma, Madril, Grimbold, and Irolas.

There might be no better argument for the 'Lord of the Rings' extended editions than a particularly baffling cut from the ...

The films include Gandalf's investigation into Dol Guldur and Thorin's pursuit by orcs Azog and Bolg. Jackson's 3D camera usage and a 48fps high frame rate, though groundbreaking, made CGI worlds ...

ORC is a self-describing type-aware columnar file format designed for Hadoop workloads. It is optimized for large streaming reads, but with integrated support for finding required rows quickly.

The tension stemmed from Rohan’s own tragedy of Saruman’s brutal assault on the ... with Nazgûl and orc armies constantly threatening their borders. Simply put, Gondor had no spare forces ...

A villain helps make a good movie, but you know what helps to make a good villain? Quality henchmen. Now, of course, a henchman can run the spectrum of identity, but there’s just a ring to ...

A memorable movie villain makes a movie better, and a villainous sidekick makes the main antagonist even better. The sidekick is a step above a henchman. If a film were a video game, they’d be ...