Turn the page to continue reading my review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug! Bilbo's journey remains the axis around which the story revolves, and you can feel the tension building as he ...

Smaug poses a menacing threat in The Hobbit, raising the question of why he's the only dragon to appear in the Lord of the ...

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continue their crusade to reclaim Erebor from the dragon Smaug in this fantasy that picks up where the events of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" left off.

About an hour into the raucously entertaining middle slab of the Hobbit trilogy ... The Desolation Of Smaug remedies that. Moody, urgent and, for want of a better word, Ringsier, it’s a much ...

The Hobbit collection is a three-part epic fantasy-adventure film directed and produced by Peter Jackson and based on J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel of the same name. The trilogy of films are ...

Before you embark on your not-so-unexpected journey, allow us to explain the proper order of the Lord of the Rings movies and the Hobbit movies. We shall start by listing the titles in the order ...

Smaug, the last great dragon of Middle Earth, is technically more powerful than Gandalf in terms of physical strength. Gandalf, however, surpasses Smaug in magical capabilities and would easily ...

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Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the wizard and a group of dwarves seek a dragon's treasure, and encounter a series of incredible obstacles over the course of their epic journey.