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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies graces the cover of Empire, new TV spots released

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As we count down to our final journey to Middle-earth under director Peter Jackson with The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Empire has debuted three new Hobbit-themed covers for the latest issue of the magazine, while we’ve also got some new TV spots featuring previously unseen footage from the fantasy epic, which you […]

Martin Freeman joins Tina Fey in Taliban Shuffle

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According to THR, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and Sherlock actor Martin Freeman  has joined the cast of Taliban Shuffle, a Paramount comedy from Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Freeman joins Tina Fey and The Wolf of Wall Street actress Margot Robbie, in the adaptation of journalist Kim Barker’s wartime memoir. The book recounts Barker’s arrival in Kabul, what it was like […]

Watch the music video for Billy Boyd’s end credits song for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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We may have already heard the song that The Lord of the Rings alum Billy Boyd performed for the end-credits scene in the upcoming Middle Earth saga capper, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, but now, courtesy of EW, the song has been put to video. The video features footage of Boyd performing the song in the […]

Movie Review – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, 2014. Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangaline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, Aidan Turner, Dean O’Gorman, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Hugo Weaving, Christopher […]

SNL teams up with Martin Freeman for The Office and The Hobbit mash-up

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After the recent UK release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and the upcoming U.S. release scheduled for next Friday, SNL have put together a sketch which sees cult classic The Office meeting the much loved fantasy world of Middle-earth. The sketch aired as Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, Fargo, The Office and Sherlock) hosted […]

Leaving Middle-earth IMAX featurette for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Warner Bros. has released a new featurette for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, which sees the cast and crew sharing their memories of Middle-earth; check it out below… SEE ALSO: Read our review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies here The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies brings […]

Completing Middle-earth featurette for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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With a week to go until its release, a new six-and-a-half minute featurette for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies entitled ‘Completing Middle-earth’, which sees director Peter Jackson and the cast and crew discussing the epic conclusion to Jackson’s time in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world… The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies […]

Final trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Thought you’d seen the last trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies before its UK release tomorrow? Well think again… On the eve of our final trip to Middle-earth under director Peter Jackson, a final trailer for the defining chapter of the director’s Hobbit trilogy has arrived online, and you can check […]

Movie Review – Black Panther (2018)

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Black Panther, 2018. Directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Sterling K. Brown, Florence Kasumba, John Kani, and Andy Serkis. SYNOPSIS: T’Challa, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the […]

Second Opinion – Black Panther (2018)

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Black Panther, 2018. Directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Sterling K. Brown, Florence Kasumba, John Kani, and Andy Serkis. SYNOPSIS: T’Challa, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the […]