Middle-earth continues its domination of the silver screen with this latest installment, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," the second film centering on the adventures of the hobbit Bilbo and his band of merry men (and dwarves and wizards). Peter Jackson has delivered a terrific film that also has a unique Achilles’s heel. The one weakness in this otherwise highly-entertaining movie is exactly what has made it such

So who’s ready for another nine plus hours of hobbits, dwarves, orcs, elves, and Gandalf? Honestly the way director Peter Jackson, taking his fourth trip to Middle Earth, has worked this first of “The Hobbit” trilogy; it will feel like it’s going by in a flash. I’m so impressed with what he’s done here; proving again that nobody could do a better job of bringing J.R.R Tolkien’s stories to the screen quite like him. This one starts with the dwarves

“‘The Hobbit’ almost did not get shot here,” Peter Jackson […]

A new poster for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" was unveiled on the Facebook page of Peter Jackson. He added this comment, "Hi everyone. Here's an exclusive Comic Con poster. Be sure to get your copy in San Diego and let me know what you think of it! Cheers, Peter J" On it you can see Gandalf, played by Ian McKellen, walking purposefully on a country road in the Shire, in a rustic sort of atmosphere. Well, almost