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THE BIG REWIND: EPISODE 23 - PODCAST

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In this 23rd episode, fellow film buff Jamie and I discuss movie news, review a recent release ( The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug , this time), and rewind back to more retro cinematic topics. Guess which song was being sung in this week's Big Game and get a shout-out in the next episode! You can email your answer here:  bigrewindpodcast@gmail.com Or simply comment below :) Oh and you can also find us on  iTunes  where you can subscribe to the podcast and download every episode thusfar! @TheRetroCritic retrocriticblog.blogspot.com thebigrewind.blogspot.com youtube.com/TheRetroCritic youtube.com/Cablogula

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG - VLOG 18/12/13

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG - REVIEW

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Another year, another Peter Jackson epic about little people walking towards pointy mountains. What is this? 2002? After the decent yet slightly underwhelming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey , it was time to kick things up a notch. At least entertainment-wise because one involving action scene in a three-hour-long movie isn't going to cut it. Not again, anyway. Luckily, with The Desolation Of Smaug , we need not waste time in The Shire (always the least compelling place in those movies) for there's a Lonely Mountain to finally reach with a big friggin' dragon inside of it. The film, happily, doesn't disappoint. This time around, Bilbo and his dwarf buddies not only face a marijuana-injected forest peopled with big-ass spiders but also an unfriendly bunch of elves, orcs aplenty, some Manimal -style bear dude, Stephen Fry and, of course, good old Benedict Smaug-berbatch. Similarly to how The Fellowship Of The Ring ended, key players in the main story are now

THE SMALL MAN CHRONICLES: THERE BE DRAGONS

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To celebrate the release of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug today, here is a little parody/homage to the whole thing in the form of a chapter from little known writer J.R. Dallas' opus The Small Man Chronicles: There Be Dragons . (click the picture below to read) And, if you get lost, here's a map:

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG - TRAILER

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Here's the first trailer for Peter Jackson's new The Hobbit movie. Loads of barrels in this one.