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 the first poster for ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

NEW YORK – “The Hobbit” has been saved… at least for the time being. “The Desolation of Smaug” is a vast improvement over the first installment and is an excellent return to the level of quality as ...

New %27Hobbit%27 trailer features Smaug the dragon and the return of the elf Legolas %27The Hobbit%3A The Desolation of Smaug%27 opens in theaters Dec. 13 Middle ...

Here's my problem: I can't figure out if "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" is a good movie. Despite all of its significant steps forward, I also feel strangely unaffected by "The Desolation of ...

Martin Freeman stars as Bilbo Baggins in 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,' the second in director Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tokein's 'The Hobbit.' (Warner Bros. Pictures) ...

Last year, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” had film critics wagging their fingers over Peter Jackson and company’s decision to stretch J.R.R. Tolkien’s slim children’s novel “The Hobbit” into a ...

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 ...

In the wake of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” last year’s dreary, dense, disappointing slough through Middle-earth, “The Desolation of Smaug” comes as a relief. Peter Jackson’s newest ...

Benedict Cumberbatch did motion-capture and voiceover work for Smaug The dragon%27s mouth proved a challenge Design showed both European and Asian influences He's the biggest star of the movie so ...

Just going off the trailers for the new Hobbit movie, it's pretty obvious that Smaug the dragon is flush with cash. But just how much coin is our beastly friend hoarding? Of course, these numbers are ...

When you're a big fan of something, it can be difficult to be objective. Yes, I'm a fan of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit I liked An Unexpected Journey despite all its flaws. But believe me when I ...