Full of eye-popping special effects, and featuring a pitch-perfect cast bringing J.R.R. Tolkien's classic to vivid life.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ends Peter Jackson's second Middle-earth trilogy on a reasonably satisfying note.

The Desolation of Smaug represents a more confident, exciting second chapter for the Hobbit series.

Peter Jackson's return to Middle-earth is an earnest, visually resplendent trip.

A timeless classic. Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day...

Simultaneously embracing and subverting fairy tales, the irreverent Shrek also manages to offer a funny fast-paced ride.

Actor of the Week is the excellent Benedict Cumberbatch - who seems to be in all the good movies lately!

The wonderful Sir Ian McKellen is our Actor of the Week - he's in Edinburgh this month for the Fringe Festival with Hamlet!

Our Actor of the Week is the brilliant Martin Freeman ! Aka Bilbo Baggins but also catch him in cinemas in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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