Category: Movie And Video News

‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’, despite coming in third in the Christmas Day box-office totals, seems to have regained the lead. Click here for an early count of the Friday totals. Click here for the unlicensed, 1985 Russian movie; ‘The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit.’ SPOILER ALERT; Click here for details on…

For a possible explanation to some critics disliking `The Hobbit` click here. For `The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey`s earning to date click here and to see the movie regain the No.1 spot click here. For Peter Jackson defending his filming decisions click here. To see a hungry fan take on Denny`s entire Middle-earth Menu click…

Tiny Hobbit Bilbo Baggins is running circles around some of the biggest names in Hollywood for a second weekend. To see how click here and to see which movie, on Christmas day, finally knocked ‘The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey’ out of first place click here. For another discussion of the merits of HFR filming at…

Click here for a Washington Post article looking at whether ‘The Hobbit. films are based on Christian principles.

Reviews of ‘The Hobbit; an Unexpected Journey’ have been mixed. We are now going to post one LAST batch of reviews and then leave that topic. A stack of reviews, positive, somewhat neutral, can be found by clicking the highlighted links below( randomly listed ). Here’s our last list of reviews; by Forbes , The…

For the ‘FX Guide’ highly informative article detailing WETA’s work on ‘The Hobbit’ click here. ( thanks to Rivka for this article )

For 40 questions that test your knowledge of ‘The Hobbit’ click here. To read about the opening weekend box-office predictions for ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ click here. For some suggestions as to what other Tolkien works should be adapted to the big screen click here. For more on Andy Serkis as Gollum click here.

Click here to be taken to Peter Jackson’s Facebook page to see the new video, which focuses on the New Zealand Premiere of ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ ( there’s lots more of today’s news to be posted after I get home from the local premiere – in 3D and 48FPS!!)

For a look back at the 1977 Rankin/Bass version of ‘The Hobbit` click here. -CAUTION_SPOILER ALERT- To read about 19 Changes between J.R.R. Tolkien’s Novel and Peter Jackson’s Movie click here. For a Stephen Hunter interview about playing Bombur click here. For a humorous musical parody based on the song ‘One Thing’ click here. For…