Reviewers of ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ seem to vary greatly as to what they thought of the film. A few of the reviews, representing both sides of the spectrum can be found here, here, and here.
An Interview with Richard Armitage, Thorin in the films, can be found here.

Sixty years before his nephew Frodo would take his own great and terrible journey in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Bilbo Baggins is living a contented, peaceful existence in his cozy home of Bag End in the market town of Hobbiton. Like all of his kind, he loves his home and knows little of the world beyond the Shire, except what he gleans from his precious books and maps. Click here. for the complete article , on Showbiznest.com

Stephen Colbert plans an entire week of Hobbit themed shows on ‘The Colbert Report’. For more info click here.

To view a slideshow of Air New Zealand’s newly painted plane click here.

For an interesting article about Peter Jackson’s not very visible partner, Fran Walsh, click here.

For an interview with William Kircher, Bogur in the films, click here.

For an article on the Premiere of ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journy, click here and for some of the interviews from the Premiere click here.

For a humorously altered melding of the Trailers from ‘The Goonies’ and ‘The Hobbit;An Unexpected Journey’here.

For a brief early review of the movie click here.

When “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” opens in theaters Dec. 14, audiences will see a more intricately rendered Gollum. Read about it here.

The wide-eyed child from The Lord of the Rings has blossomed into a red carpet talking point. You too can talk about it here.

Simon Tolkien was always close to his famous grandfather. But the creator of The Hobbit cast a very long shadow.

A boy who likes Harry Potter and Xbox clearly enjoys losing himself in ‘whole world’ fiction. Christopher Paolini or Patrick Ness’s fantasy series might here.

Sir Ian McKellen – Gandalf in the the Lord of the Rings film trilogy – tells Channel 4 News Culture Editor Matthew Cain that the Hobbit, which has its world premiere today, will not disappoint. Check out the video here.

For fans of The Lord of the Rings, Elvish is almost back in the building. There are more reasons here to feel encouraged.

Director Peter Jackson has just posted Production Video # 9 on his Facebook Page. To see the video click here.

On his Facebook page, Director Peter Jackson has refuted the allegations of animal abuse made against his production company. Details can be found here.

The Tolkien Estate has brought a lawsuit against Warner Brothers, Saul Zaentz Enterprises, and New Line Cinema, claiming copyright infringement. Details can be found here.

For an interesting story on craft beers used on The Lord of the Rings` and `The Hobbit`and new Hobbit  themed brews now available in Wellington and at the Green Dragon Inn, click here.

A fan has cobbled together more than 7 minutes of footage from TV spots and trailers into chronological order. The results can be found here.

Under the title ‘Hobbits Hippos and Heavenly Creatures’, NZ On Screen has made available a series of  clips, trailers and documentaries that show Peter Jackson’s  growth from a shy nerdy director of cheap slasher pics to a renowned director of Oscar winning epics masterpieces.

To view the documentaries click here.

For Digital Spy’s q&a with Royd Tolkien about his perspective on Jackson’s adaptations, click here.

For information about the imminent eruption predicted for the New Zealand Mountain featured as Mount doom click here.

Information on some of the stars attending and not attending the premiere of ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’, click here and here.