The final tentpole in Peter Jackson's trilogy doesn't open in the U.S. until Dec. 17 By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Peter Jackson‘s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies marched into its ...

The Battle of the Five Armies is one of the biggest conflicts in The Hobbit, but many details don’t fully add up. Strategy ...

Like those earlier films, "Battle of the Five Armies" -- opening today (Dec. 16) ahead of the pre-Christmas weekend rush -- is nothing short of gorgeous from a visual standpoint, from the sweeping ...

Following a decade of silence after The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Peter Jackson’s name nearly vanished from Hollywood headlines. But behind the scenes, he’s been busy. His documentary ...

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 been releasing a new Hobbit ...

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After 17 years and nearly 20 onscreen hours, Peter Jackson brings his voyage to J.R.R. Tolkein’s Middle-Earth to a close with “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” and though critics are ...

Corrections & clarifications: An earlier version of this report misidentified the actor playing Legolas. He is played by Orlando Bloom. Director Peter Jackson acknowledges that his sixth and final ...

"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" ends Peter Jackson's second Middle-Earth trilogy with a booming finale. There are huge, CGI-laden battle sequences, though Bilbo Baggins may be absent from ...

Talk about beating a dead orc. In dutifully completing his prequel trilogy to his three-part Lord of the Rings triumph, director Peter Jackson has sadly saved the worst for last. The Hobbit: The ...