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MTV Names 'The Dark Knight Rises' The Best Film Of 2012

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 14, 2012 9:44 AM
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  • 8 Comments
News
Okay, we've had the lists from the high brow movie magazines, the exclusive critics groups, various newspapers and magazines, but what about one from somewhere that has a bit of pulse on what the folks are actually seeing at the multiplex? Well, MTV has dropped their top ten movies of the year, and while some may balk at the populist list, we gotta give them credit for highlighting a couple of overlooked movies.
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More: Best Of 2012, 2012: The Year In Review, The Dark Knight Rises, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, Looper, Zero Dark Thirty, The Avengers, Skyfall, Cabin In The Woods, Silver Linings Playbook, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Hunger Games

Watch: Bilbo Baggins Gets His Contract In Clip From 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 13, 2012 12:31 PM
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News
Already in theaters overseas thanks to time zones and whatnot, in about ten hours, and after a long wait, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" will finally open in multiplexes across the country. So here is your last tease of the movie, and don't worry, it's from really early on in the film, so there are no spoilers.
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Watch: Dwarves Sing "Misty Mountain" In New Clip From 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 12, 2012 10:00 AM
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News
Starting tomorrow night, audiences around the world will be taking a trip back to Middle Earth with "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." It will be coming packed to the gills with 48fps, 3D, CGI, action, adventure, comedy, drama and....singing. Yep, the songs are back too, and before you test your bladder this weekend, you can get a sneak peek of one of the movie's tunes below.
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More: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit

Watch: Trailer For 'Age Of The Hobbits' That A Federal Judge Thinks You'll Mistake For 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 10, 2012 4:49 PM
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  • 5 Comments
News
Brands and franchises are lucrative properties, and considering how much they mean to the bottom line of a studio, it's no doubt they have teams of lawyers working around the clock to protect anything that might harm or impair the boatloads of money they'll make. And sometimes that zeal just gets plain ridiculous.
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More: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit

Peter Jackson Explains How 'The Lord Of The Rings' Was Almost One Film Directed By John Madden & How Some Careful Lies Saved The Project In Four Weeks

  • By Rodrigo Perez
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  • December 9, 2012 2:02 PM
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  • 1 Comment
Features
As you can likely tell, we've been in the presence of Peter Jackson a lot lately as the New Zealand director has spent plenty of time in New York of late. Last week, Drew Taylor spent time with Jackson and "The Hobbit" cast at 'The Unexpected Journey' press day -- Jackson defended the controversies surrounding 48fps and explained why he expanded the films into three movies -- and Kimber Myers attended attended a screening of the film that included a post-screening Q&A featuring the director and his co-screenwriters, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.
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More: The Hobbit, Peter Jackson, The Lord Of the Rings, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Holy Hobbit: First Pic From 'Desolation Of Smaug' Plus New Image & Clip From 'An Unexpected Journey' & More

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 7, 2012 11:26 AM
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News
So, here we go again. Yesterday we got treated to the first look at the third movie in Peter Jackson's new trilogy, with a peek at Orlando Bloom and Luke Evans in "The Hobbit: There And Back Again." Now comes a non-dragon preview of "The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug" -- and all this before "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" opens next week.
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Watch: Spend 30 Minutes With New Featurettes For 'The Grandmaster' & 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 6, 2012 11:03 AM
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  • 2 Comments
News
Two highly anticipated movies, one that's delayed (again), and another getting ready to storm theaters in just over a week, so let's get to it...
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More: The Grandmaster, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Peter Jackson Talks About Why He Expanded 'The Hobbit' Into 3 Parts, 48fps, Almost Losing Martin Freeman As Bilbo & More

  • By Drew Taylor
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  • December 5, 2012 4:39 PM
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  • 2 Comments
News
Today in New York the junket was held for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," the first in the new trilogy of J.R.R. Tolkein-based films from "Lord of the Rings" mastermind Peter Jackson. A sweeping fantasy epic that takes place above and below Middle Earth, featuring heroes both new and familiar, 'The Hobbit' is made even more audacious and mind-boggling by Jackson's insistence in shooting the movie in 48 frames per second, which gives the 3D some much-needed oomph and, honestly, might make you a little bit sick (more on that in a minute).
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More: Peter Jackson, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit

The 10 Films Worth Tracking Down In Theaters In December

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • December 4, 2012 11:13 AM
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Features
With November done, there's only a few weeks left of 2012, and as ever, they're positively stacked with movies. The month is back-loaded with the usual mix of family fare, blockbusters and awards hopefuls, and no less than sixteen major movies will hit screens between the 19th and the 28th of December. To help you sort the wheat from the chaff, we've picked out ten of the key releases that, whether they work or not, will be dominating the conversation all the way into 2013. Check them out below, and let us know what you're most looking forward to in the comments section.
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Watch: 6 Clips From 'The Hobbit'; First Reviews Hit & 48fps Gets A Mixed Reception

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 4, 2012 9:02 AM
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News
If you were anywhere near Twitter around midnight, you likely witnessed the embargo drop on the reviews for Peter Jackson's highly anticipated "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." And indeed, we had our own take on the movie, noting that after the picture gets off to a rocky, goofy start, it becomes "a thrilling ride that’s one of the most enjoyable, exciting and engaging tentpoles of the year." Not bad at all, but as for that 48fps? It hasn't gone down quite as Jackson might have planned. In our review we noted it took about an hour to get used to the super high-res image, but that it's effective once the big setpieces kick in toward the finale of the film. But what did other critics have to say? Read on....
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