Hobbits are one of the most remarkable races in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, and it's only right that they should get a day to commemorate them. September 22 is National Hobbit Day, a day that both ...

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While An Unexpected Journey had plenty of bucolic charm, it did, for a Middle-earth film, feel oddly inconsequential. The Desolation Of Smaug remedies that. Moody, urgent and, for want of a better ...

Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's novels are getting ready for the second film in "The Hobbit" trilogy, "The Desolation of Smaug," which features new adventures with elves, wizards, and angry orcs. Director ...

When it comes to the hero's journey, few characters illustrate the refusal of the call as well as Bilbo Baggins, who would much prefer his armchair and a cup of tea to fighting vicious goblins and a ...

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More than a decade has passed since Peter Jackson and company first ventured to Middle Earth with “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.” At this point, audiences pretty much know what to ...

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is not the worst film of the year, but it may be the most disappointing. Given the scope and grandeur of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" epics, we enter the ...

The Battle of the Five Armies, Peter Jackson’s name nearly vanished from Hollywood headlines. But behind the scenes, he’s ...

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