The Battle of the Five Armies was the final installment in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, and as the name implied, it was heavy on action. It opened with the great dragon Smaug laying waste ...

Azog the Orc, voiced by Manu Bennett, yet again plays a prominent role in “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” although he’s a character mentioned only in passing in Tolkien’s book ...

But the central battle is indeed spectacular, and as The Age of Orc approaches, it rounds out this particular story in stirring and emotional fashion." - IGN: Chris Tilly.

“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” is the best of the three “Hobbit” installments, in that it’s not horrible. Yet even it suffers from the same disease as the first two entries.

It's a very short but action-packed clip, featuring 'Tauriel' (played by Evangeline Lilly) slicing and dicing her way through a pack of Orcs. Hit the jump to check out this new clip from Peter ...

“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” extended edition has been given an R-rating ahead of its release on Blu-Ray and DVD. The extended cut has been upgraded from the PG-13 rating that ...

Peter Jackson ratchets up the action in "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies," his rousing final Middle-earth journey that started back in 2001 with "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of ...

The orcs drop in so there’s a bad guy everyone can unite against, and then the other orcs so there can be two enemies. There are plenty of fights, which is why this is the superior Hobbit.

But the final stretch of The Battle of the Five Armies possesses a warm, amiable, sometimes rueful mood that proves ingratiating and manages to magnify the good and minimize the bad of the trilogy.

Happens every time. "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" opens with Smaug the dragon putting the torch to Lake Town with his hot fiery breath.

Talk about beating a dead orc. In dutifully completing his prequel trilogy to his three-part Lord of the Rings triumph, director Peter Jackson has sadly saved the worst for last. The Hobbit: The ...