The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Review

After 13 years and over 17 hours of (theatrical) footage, Peter Jackson has finally completed both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. While some have criticized Jackson stretching The Hobbit, a 288 page book, into a trilogy of films, I've personally found the first two films to be a welcome return to Middle Earth. The Hobbit: The...

Lost in Previews: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

If you made it out to the theatre to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey last December, then you are probably going to be seeing the second of The Hobbit trilogy, The Desolation of Smaug.  Smaug is, of course, the dragon that we see at the end of the first film.  Along with the returning...