In J. R. R. Tolkien's original plot outline for The Hobbit, it was Bilbo rather than Bard the Bowman who would have slain the ...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was released in 2013. The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty ...

Turn the page to continue reading my review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug! Bilbo's journey remains the axis around which the story revolves, and you can feel the tension building as he ...

The trilogy sees Bilbo Baggins and fellow Hobbits on a quest to take back their Dwarven kingdom which was snatched away from them by Smaug the dragon. The three films take place between the years ...

The same cannot be said for the bulk of “Smaug,” a bloated, dawdling and misshapen adventure that throws in so many extraneous characters and subplots, the eponymous hero — Bilbo Baggins ...

If they reach the human settlement of Lake-town it will be time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill ... them access to the hoard of the dragon Smaug. And, where has Gandalf got off to?

Bilbo Baggins is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself ...

Ultimately, Bilbo’s actions were key to the quest ... Thorin possessed unimaginable wealth after Bard the Bowman slew the dragon Smaug. The vast halls of Erebor echoed with the clinking ...

Bilbo’s riddle-filled face-off with Gollum takes the form of a biblical parable. Smaug growls with fire before going full Old Testament on Lake Town. A final burst of greed from Middle-earth’s ...