From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies," the third in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is the way “The Hobbit” ends: not with a whimper, but with an epic battle royale. True to its subtitle, “The Battle of the ...

There are three big Middle-earth lessons in “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” Peter Jackson’s final film tribute to J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary fable. Firstly: Dragons, even ones as mighty as ...

Peter Jackson ratchets up the action in "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies," his rousing final Middle-earth journey that started back in 2001 with "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the ...

The Hobbit: Part One: Part Three. It’s a thing. And it’s the best thing of the series, though that’s like saying the best part of being a hostage is when they send the pizza or donuts in for your ...

Any film that calls itself “The Battle of Five Armies” lets you know that there are going to be a lot of characters. It’s been a year since the last adventures of Bilbo Baggins and the rest of the ...

Much like the books they are based on, Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth movies are rather dense films. There’s not only an impressive number of characters to follow and plots to keep up with, but J.R.R.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In retrospect, Jackson faced an uphill battle from the start, but he and his collaborators, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, made a ...

Peter Jackson ratchets up the action in “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” his rousing final Middle-earth journey that started back in 2001 with “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the ...

The concluding installment of Peter Jackson's misbegotten Hobbit trilogy is an action-packed muddle. There are some terrific shots and scenes, and of course the digital effects are top-of-the-line.