Poor Thorin Oakenshield — the would-be King under the mountain just can’t get a break. In The Hobbit, Azog the Defiler kills his Granddad, then he steals the dwarf’s favorite shield… and he’s not done ...

After seeing "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" at one of the celebrated midnight showings earlier this month, I experienced the following: joy, frustration, bewilderment and excitement. In the last ...

As mentioned, Middle Earth is teeming with villainous folk, most of which want Bilbo, Thorin and co. dead. And where Thorin is concerned, that goes doubly so for Azog, the muscled, maimed, one-armed ...

With Azog set up to take Bolg's role from the book and the obvious trilogy-wide conflict between he and Thorin in place, it's pretty clear that he's not going to make it out of the Battle of the Five ...

When we last left the hobbit Bilbo Baggins and his dwarf companions, they had begun their quest to the Misty Mountains with the aid of Gandalf the Grey. The dwarves were determined to find the hidden ...

PLOT SUMMARY Continuing from where the previous film left off, Smaug flies off to Lake Town, where he wants to take revenge on the people there for helping his enemies. He breathes fire on the town ...

When people complain about the nearly three-hour length of the first installment of “The Hobbit” film trilogy because the source book is a slim 300 pages, they’re forgetting that much of the story isn ...