Bilbo Baggins addresses his birthday party in "Khraniteli," a Russian language adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings" from 1991 This recovered version, which apparently only aired once, is now ...

Poster for the Soviet Union version of The Lord of the Rings. Pic credit: 5TV If you can’t wait until The Lord of the Rings comes to Amazon Prime, why not check out the campy version released in the ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

J.R.R. Tolkien fans across the globe encountered the seemingly impossible last month: a film version of “The Lord of the Rings” they’d never heard of. There was Gollum gargling in his cave. Except ...

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BANGKOK — Viasat Broadcasting U.K. will air Shaw Brothers kung fu movies across the former Soviet Union via an exclusive pay TV deal which Celestial Pictures said will boost the potential global ...

Titled “Khraniteli” the two parts are streaming now on YouTube after Russian TV channel 5TV uploaded both parts of the adaptation online, with the first part bringing in over 600k views since its ...

Just before midnight, Soviet TV viewers sat up and paid rapt attention. On the screen flashed the first pictures men had ever seen of the moon’s hidden face. The Soviet’s Lunik III had performed just ...

Tolkien fans received an unexpected gift with the rediscovery of an all-but-forgotten 1991 production. They were also left with questions, like “why is Gollum wearing a lettuce on his head?” By Alan ...

MOSCOW — The specter of renewed political control over Russia’s media returned Thursday after a Moscow court ordered the liquidation of independent broadcaster TV-6. The channel has become home to ...

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J.R.R. Tolkien fans across the globe encountered the seemingly impossible last month: a film version of “The Lord of the Rings” they’d never heard of. There was Gollum gargling in his cave. Except ...