More combat means less time for character interaction, and by the third act, Jackson has already shoehorned in more characters than the film can handle.
Bilbo and his pals do battle at the Lonely Mountain as the trilogy draws to a close.
Above all, it is the narrative’s clear feminist leanings that remain a breath of fresh air, prescient then and still hugely relevant to the modern world.
Trouble at t'shop when eldest daughter of tyranical Lancashire bootmaker in 1890 decides to marry his timid, downtrodden employee.
A middle aged salesman is sent to Saudi Arabia to sell a complicated IT system to the king and comes up against interminable delays and the prospect of terminal failure
Reitz and co-writer Gert Heidenreich define home as the bosom of family, as an emotional shelter or storm, rather than simply the roof over Jakob's head.
A man in a Prussian village dreams of escape to South America.
Like girls who rely on their beauty to get what they want, Rose has faith in her ability to charm men into bed and, if required, move in with her and pay the bills.
Chinese children grow up in Australia with their beautiful mother who was a nightclub singer in Hong Kong.
Although Danny Glover gets first billing and delivers a complex, compelling performance, this is really an ensemble piece, with great work all round.
The owner of a run-down bar, struggling to compete with the arrival of a jukebox across the road, gambles everything on a star who may not even turn up.
What distinguishes #Horror from other pictures of the genre, is the sly way Subkoff balances the levels of fright - where it is fun and where it is not.
A moment of cyberbullying turns into a night of insanity for a group of schoolgirls.