The Ring

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Live-blog: Peter Jackson's entire Middle Earth saga marathon

Movie Feature | Matt Looker | 20th April 2015

The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies is released today on DVD and Blu-ray meaning that we can all finally enjoy, not just the Hobbit trilogy, but Peter Jackson's entire Tolkien saga in our own homes. So who wants to join me in a movie marathon that could end up outlasting time itself?

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If every character on the new Hobbit poster was wearing a fun little hat

Movie News | Ali Gray | 5th November 2013

Click here for the large version. You're welcome.

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Movie Review | Matt | 10th December 2012

So we're back to the familiar LARPing territory of Middle Earth then. With wizards and elves and dwarves and huge CGI monsters and big sweeping shots of the New Zealand countryside. The Hobbit may be a different story to The Lord Of The Rings - an independent story that came first, with its own characters and dangers and adventures - but there is really nothing all that unexpected about this journey. Oh apart from the singing. That’s a bit of a shock.

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Introducing the trolls of The Hobbit

Movie Feature | Matt | 14th November 2012

Bilbo is going to need help from Gwarfir The Moderator in order to defeat these three. Yes, there's a chance I haven't read the book.

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News article on The Hobbit trilogy to be split across two pages

Movie News | Ali | 31st July 2012

After seeing how Warner Bros and Lionsgate doubled their profits from the final books in the Harry Potter and Twilight series by splitting them into two films, Peter Jackson has gone one better and split JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit into a trilogy, averaging around 99 pages per movie. We investigate after the jump, then in more detail after another jump.

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Martin Freeman to transfer to Wernham Hogg's Shire branch

Movie News | Chris | 22nd October 2010

Martin Freeman has signed on to play Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's upcoming adaptation of The Hobbit. No word on whether or not his contract prohibits gay hobbit pillow fights, though.

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Martin Freeman turned down Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit

Movie News | Ali | 7th September 2010

Why? Because never shall meet the worlds of Slough and Middle-Earth.

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Guillermo Del Toro leaves The Hobbit

Movie News | Ali | 30th May 2010

Lengthy delays and legal wrangles have just put paid to potentially the greatest fantasy film of our generation: congratulations MGM assholes, you've just ruined cinema.

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Top 10 Lamest Movie Villains Of All Time: Pt.2

Movie Feature | Ali | 21st November 2006

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The Ring Two

Movie Review | | 1st April 2005

I have a bit of an issue with the original Ring. Well, not so much an issue with the film itself - sure, it sucked harder than a two-dollar whore and was about as scary as an afternoon with Tim Henman - rather the people who profess a liking to it because they think that associating themselves with Japanese culture makes them a...

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