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20 Years of Tolkien: The Long Road to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and Beyond

November 13, 2021 by Brad Cook

Brad Cook looks back on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings ahead of the release of the Middle-earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition 4K box set… With the first Lord of the Rings film celebrating its 20-year anniversary in 2021, I thought it would be nice to take a trip down memory lane. Many of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Brad Cook, Movies Tagged With: Amazon, J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Silmarillion

Warner Bros. announces Middle-earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition 4K box set

September 11, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment that all six films in Peter Jackson’s epic saga are set for release in a 31-disc Middle-earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition box set featuring the movies in 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray; check out the […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Physical Media Tagged With: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The most pirated movies of 2015

December 29, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Yesterday we brought you news of the most pirated TV shows of 2015 – with Game of Thrones topping the list for the fourth year in a row – and now tracking firm Excipio has revealed details of which movies were illegally downloaded the most over the past twelve months. 1) Interstellar – 46,762,310 downloads […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: American Sniper, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fifty Shades of Grey, Focus, Furious 7, Inside Out, Interstellar, Jurassic World, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Mad Max: Fury Road, Minions, San Andreas, Terminator: Genisys, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies gets R-rating for extended theatrical release

August 6, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

After news earlier in the week about theatrical re-releases for Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy in their extended forms, word has now broken that the new version of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has been given an R-rating by the MPAA, due to “some violence”. The Hobbit will be shown in selected cinemas […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis Tagged With: The Hobbit, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Extended editions of The Hobbit trilogy heading to the big screen in October

August 4, 2015 by Gary Collinson

If you’ve been itching to relive Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy on the big screen – and in their extended editions, no less – then you’re in luck, as The One Ring is reporting that An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies will be receiving a theatrical run […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Taken 3 fends off American Sniper at the UK box office

January 21, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th to Sunday 18th January 2015… American Sniper enjoyed a record-breaking January debut over in the States, but despite giving director Clint Eastwood his biggest ever opening here in the UK with £2,530,47, the Bradley Cooper-headlined war drama couldn’t dethrone Bryan Mills from the […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: American Sniper, Birdman, Into the Woods, Paddington, Taken 3, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Merry Widow, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash, wild

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies crosses $800 million, the second film of 2014 to do so

January 19, 2015 by Gary Collinson

The epic conclusion to Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy – and his Middle-earth series – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has become just the second film of 2014 to cross $800 million at the global box office, with the fantasy epic pushing its global haul to $803.1 million this past weekend. The Battle […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: The Hobbit, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

US BOX OFFICE – American Sniper blows away competition with $90 million

January 19, 2015 by Luke Owen

Your US BOX OFFICE report for 16th – 18th January Last week, it was Taken 3 that was breaking new barriers, becoming the second biggest January opening in history. But this week, American Sniper blew that away. Taking a whopping $90.2 million, American Sniper has shattered the record for biggest January opening. This is the biggest […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: American Sniper, Blackhat, Into the Woods, Paddington, Selma, Taken 3, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Imitation Game, The Wedding Ringer, Unbroken

Taken 3 tops the UK box office chart ahead of Into the Woods

January 14, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 9th to Sunday 11th January 2015… Despite taking a pasting from critics, Liam Neeson’s third outing as former CIA agent Bryan Mills proved to be a hit with audiences as Taken 3 took the UK box office by storm with an opening weekend […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Annie, Birdman, Foxcatcher, Into the Woods, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Paddington, Taken 3, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Theory of Everything, The Woman in Black: Angel of Death

Taken 3 opens to $91.8 million worldwide

January 12, 2015 by Luke Owen

Your US box office report for January 9th – 11th… Despite the mediocre reviews (read our review here) with some critics outright calling the film “Die Hard 5 bad” (Den of Geek’s Ryan Lambie), Taken 3 has opened to the second-biggest January weekend in the US with $40.4 million. Just falling shy of Ride Along‘s […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Annie, Into the Woods, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Selma, Taken 3, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The Imitation Game, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, Unbroken

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