Whenever Peter Jackson releases a new movie in his still expanding Middle-Earth Saga you know the film in the cinema is only half the story. They may run close to three hours long, but Jackson has ...

Bilbo Baggins continues his journey with the Wizard Gandalf and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epic quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.

he back cover, by contrast, is different from its plastic equivalent. It bears only an image of Bilbo wielding the magical sword, Sting, along with the film’s credits and a few logos across the bottom ...

Tolkien fans are soon to be rejoicing with the theatrical release of extended editions of all three films from The Hobbit trilogy. The extensions will add 13 to 25 minutes to each film which will be ...

The 169 minute run time of the first Hobbit film did, in fact, feel much much longer than the 161 minutes of Desolation of Smaug. The amount of time Jackson spent in An Unexpected Journey to establish ...

Martin Freeman, left, and John Callen are featured in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug." (Warner Home Viideo) There are two top-tier titles out this week -- "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug." ...

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