All of this meant that expectations for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (which I'm calling Desolation for the rest of this review, both for length reasons and because it sounds cool) were, at best ...

Furry-footed hero Bilbo Baggins is back for another adventure in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug." Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's acclaimed 1937 novel, the second installment in Peter Jackson's ...

Critics suggest a very simple formula for determining whether you’ll like ”The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”: Fans of the first film will be happy, while haters will continue to hate. The second ...

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” opened at No. 1 in all nine overseas markets in which it debuted on Wednesday, Warner Bros. reported Thursday. It took in $8.5 million, three percent better than ...

A year ago, Peter Jackson led audiences on an exciting albeit overlong quest in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and like its predecessor, "The Desolation of Smaug" is a welcome return to the lore ...

4TH UPDATE MONDAY 1:45 PM, PT: Box office for the top 10 international films this weekend was up versus last weekend, but according to industry data, it’s 25% down on the same frame in 2012. On both ...

If ever there was a film that would fall victim to the infamous "Tomb Raider Trap", it is this one. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey disappointed a large number of hardcore fans but still ended up ...

Often as not, the first step of any journey is bound to be the most difficult, so in retrospect, maybe it shouldn't have been so surprising that last year's trilogy-launching "The Hobbit: An ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. The prospect of Peter Jackson directing an ...

Movie theaters breathed fire this weekend as “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” struck box-office gold. The Peter Jackson-directed sequel to last year’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected journey,” raked ...

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 large batch of high ...

This movie was screened in 24 frames-per-second and 3D. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second installment in Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation, finds Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), the ...