Peter Jackson‘s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug roared to a strong $73.7 million in its domestic debut to take its place atop the weekend’s box-office mountain. A New Line Cinema, MGM and ...

The Desolation of Smaug — a strangely oppressive name, by the way, for such a sturdy rollick — satisfies both as a Saturday-matinee serial and as a tempting fanfare for the climactic There and ...

PHOTOS: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Premiere Draws Peter Jackson, Orlando Bloom. Directors such as Edgar Wright and Bryan Singer and producer Brunson Green also spent time orbiting ...

Let’s take a step back for a moment. When considering Peter Jackson’s screen adaptation of the beloved Lord of the Rings trilogy there is much to admire about its execution. Not only did ...

If high-fantasy prequels are your jam, then you can keep the party going on August 25 with The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Version.