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Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Peter Jackson

Bilbo Baggins, a respectable hobbit with no experience when it comes to world beyond his home, is invited to join thirteen dwarves on their quest to reclaim their homeland. Of course, there’s potentially a dragon to deal with first, but that’s why they need Bilbo to be their burglar. Is he willing to trade the comforts of home for a rather uncomfortable adventure?

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Collected: The Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy by Peter Jackson

COLLECTION: Peter Jackson’s legendary the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy hardly needs introduction – it is the epic tale of a halfling from a peaceful land that gets entangled in the affairs of the Big Folk when it turns out a family heirloom is the key to defeating evil forever.

Review: The Return of the King – Peter Jackson

Part three of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. As the remaining members of the Fellowship prepare for war, Aragorn has to decide if he’s ready to claim his kingly heritage. Meanwhile, close to the lion’s den, Frodo’s carrying the One Ring closer and closer to its final destination.

Review: The Two Towers – Peter Jackson

Part two of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Fellowship of the Rings has been broken and its members scattered. Frodo and Sam continue their way towards Mordor to destroy the One Ring. Meanwhile, the quest of Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli to rescue Merry and Pippin from Saruman’s Orcs leads them into the war-torn lands of Rohan.

Review: The Fellowship of the Ring – Peter Jackson

Part one of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Frodo Baggins is a halfling from a peaceful land who gets entangled in the affairs of the Big Folk when it turns out a family heirloom is the key to defeating evil forever.

Review: Percy Jackson and the Olympians – Disney

Percy Jackson – named after the hero Perseus in ancient Greek mythology – is an ordinary twelve-year-old boy trying to survive in a world that thinks him weird. After a fateful trip to a museum, however, he quickly finds his world uprooted. Apparently, Greek gods and monsters are not a thing of the distant past, but still very much around. In addition to that, they are all hunting for Percy because he is a demigod.

Review: Mortal Engines – Christian Rivers

Tom Natsworthy is an apprentice historian in the traction city of London – a mobile metropolis chasing other traction settlements across the hunting grounds to devour their resources and enslave their people. Tom’s life is turned upside down when he meets heroic explorer and head historian Thaddeus Valentine – and witnesses a failed attempt to assassinate him.

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Review: Lord of the Rings Online – Standing Stone Games

Most people know the tale of Frodo Baggins and his quest to destroy an evil ring. But do they know of the many other unsung heroes of Middle-Earth fighting against the shadows? What happened in the rest of Eriador while Frodo was travelling to Imladris? How did the common folk of Rohan, Gondor and the Dale-lands survive during the War of the Ring and thereafter? And who took control of the Dark Lord’s lands after his downfall?

In Lord of the Rings Online you embark on your own journey, discovering secrets and realms no one has ever seen before.

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Review: The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien

The hobbit Bilbo Baggins is very content with his comfortable life, when the Wizard Gandalf and a company of thirteen dwarves invite him on a quest to travel the continent and rob a dragon of his treasures.

Review: The Rings of Power – Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime’s long-expected take on Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings based on the Appendices to the Return of the King chronicles the lives of several younger versions of characters we know from the Lord of the Rings and their attempts to prevent Sauron’s rise to power.

Review: Escape from the Bloodkeep – Dimension 20

In this Dungeons and Dragons video series, a group of advisors to the Lord of Shadows must take charge after watching their Dark Lord die a sudden death. The Forces of Light are quickly advancing, and our vile villains learn to work together to coordinate their defence.