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  • Empire Australasia

    TOLKIEN

    Jun 02, 2019 2 minutes
    LIZ BEARDSWORTH

    ★★★

    OUT 13 JUNE RATED TBC / 112 MINS

    DIRECTOR Dome Karukoski CAST Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Pam Ferris, Derek Jacobi

    Left orphaned in 1904, John Tolkien and younger brother Hilary grow up in Birmingham in care. There John (Hoult) falls for fellow resident Edith (Collins) and, a first-rate student, wins a place at Oxford. However,

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