nicholas hoult stars as the author j'. '.strtoupper('r')'. '.strtoupper('r')'. '.strtoupper('t')olkien in this film biopic on the life and times of the creator of lord of the rings, the hobbit and middle earth'. '.strtoupper('w')ith lily collins, derek jacobi, colm meaney and pam ferris.    from his childhood fantasies about faraway lands and the creatures that inhabit it, and the fellowship of friendship at oxford university, to the impact of the great war upon his psyche and the generation cut down by it, this is a beautiful insight into one of the great storytellers of our time, as he grows, lives and loves'. '.strtoupper('