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 ...

While we returned to the vast, well-realized locale of Middle-earth, there’s no denying that the drawn-out, CGI-filled, stakes-free first installment of Peter Jackson‘s The Hobbit trilogy made for one ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. Warner Bros. has released a nifty new banner ...

Peter Jackson's second film in his "Lord of the Rings" prequel trilogy also is opening in 49 territories internationally. By Rebecca Ford A dragon, 13 dwarfs, some elves, a wizard and a determined ...

A heavyset man of gross demeanor lurches out of an inn, gnawing a meat bone, and a chuckle of surprise runs through the audience. Peter Jackson, the directorial lord of The Lord of the Rings, the man ...

Peter Jackson's second installment in the prequel trilogy hits theaters on Dec. 13. By Rebecca Ford The first trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second installment of Peter Jackson‘s ...

trilogy has grossed nearly $900 million worldwide. Ian McKellen is back as Gandalf the Grey, along with Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield, leader of the ...

I occasionally feel bad for Peter Jackson. Sure he got to bring three of the most beloved books in fiction to life while making a ton of money and winning a boat load of awards in the process, but ...

It has been well over six months since Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug made its cinematic debut last December. Fans of the epic fantasy series knows that the inevitable extended ...