Sentences with phrase «hobbit who»

Gandalf recruits the reluctant Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), a once daring young hobbit who's now too set in his ways to venture out of The Shire.

Well, there was the hobbit who had a smile vaguely reminiscent of the cute but chubby friend on «Happy Endings» (when you squint in the dark) you got lucky with a couple of months ago.

Not exact matches

Jackson ended up buying 50 Red cameras to film The Hobbit and shared his enthusiasm with Steven Soderbergh, who was looking for cameras small and tough enough to survive the Spanish jungles in which he would be shooting the two Che films.

The eight who accompany the ring bearer on his journey are men, hobbits, dwarves and elves.

Hobbits were creatures of simple tastes who liked the good things in life, food, drink and pipe - weed.

Okay I maybe desperately searching for positives after Arsene Wenger disappointed all of the Arsenal fans again by doing his best impression of Smaug, the dragon in The Hobbit films that sleeps on a vast hoard of gold and treasure and tries to kill any who dare to approach.

To keep from psyching himself out during the one - meter finals, Shaffer, a 23 - year - old UCLA graduate who was 0 for 15 in U.S. national championship finals, spent his time between dives reading J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.

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But most of us probably know of the name because of Canadian actress Evangeline Lilly, who starred in the TV series Lost, and more recently, the Hobbit.

Because as sexy and chic as sex in front of a fireplace may seem in books or movies, in real life the floor is hard, cold wood, and if you're in my house it's also coated in cracker crumbs, because even though you vacuumed yesterday you have twins who eat 11 meals a day like hobbits.

RCHE archaeologist Dr Adam Brumm, who also participated in the study, said Hobbits are likely to have inhabited other Flores caves which may yield more recent signs of their existence.

If they did interact with humans, the hobbits may have inspired the local legends of a small, hairy, humanlike creature that some Flores natives call the Ebu Gogo (which loosely translates to the «grandparent who eats anything»), anthropologist Gregory Forth of the University of Alberta speculates.

He, Charles Oxnard of the University of Western Australia in Crawley, and RMIT colleague Benjamin Kefford found that published images and data from the hobbits «matched up» to those of cretins, who average 70 % of normal height.

The team includes Thomas Sutikna of the National Centre for Archaeology in Jakarta and the University of Wollongong in Australia, who helped discover the «hobbit,» a small - statured human species from another Indonesian island, and he and Brumm are already excavating the caves near the newly dated art to search for ocher pieces, stone tools, and bones.

«There is still no ancestor - descendant sequence from Flores that supports body size reduction from a larger bodied H. erectus ancestor,» says Peter Brown at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia, who led the original hobbit excavations at Liang Bua.

People have been digging up human fossils for more than 150 years, and yet the past decade alone has seen a string of spectacular discoveries, from fossils that push back hominin origins millions of years to a separate species of Hobbit - sized hominins who were alive just 17,000 years ago.

I strongly suspect the same ancestor who gave her children the false notion, she originally created Fire Cider, most likely was a Hobbit, residing in Shire City, but who'd never heard of Tolkien, I'm sure.

Middle Earth fans who purchase this new adventure will be given access to a sneak peek at The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug.

It essentially is another epic mission with an underqualified young hobbit at its center, this time the mild - mannered Bilbo who maintained a peripheral and avuncular presence in the Rings trilogy.

The Hobbit concludes as it began: in a welter of continuous action, with characters who have become archetypes but seldom rise above that level, and with a host of ideas J.R.R. Tolkien didn't put into his short novel.

Now the New Zealand screenwriter Peter Jackson, who followed up the Lord of the Rings trilogy with King Kong and The Lovely Bones, has returned to his old hobbits, and in collaboration with Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Guillermo del Toro, has turned the initially modest The Hobbit into a full - scale trilogy of its own.

While I haven't personally read either J. R. R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion or Unfinished Tales, my understanding that Radagast who appears in the Hobbit movie is in both.

While all are well - constructed segments, for those who are just stepping into «The Hobbit» for the first time, it's quite a bit to digest, even having seen all three «Lord of the Rings» films.

The film stars Elijah Wood (The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings), Rainn Wilson («The Office»), and Alison Pill («The Newsroom») as teachers who fight to survive the mayhem while hilariously bickering in an uncomfortable love triangle on the worst Monday of their lives.

At its heart, Black Panther has a fairly standard comic book sort of story: baddie Ulysses Klaue (a rare live - action Andy Serkis: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, War for the Planet of the Apes), one of the few outsiders who knows the secrets of Wakanda, and who had stolen a small quantity of vibranium decades ago, is up to no good again, with a scary dude nicknamed Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan: Fantastic Four, and both of Coogler's previous films) at his side; they must be stopped by T'Challa, Nakia, and the absolute force of nature General Okoye (Danai Gurira), with an assist from CIA agent Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Sherlock).

The Hobbit - looking Huggins is a family man who had to be asked six times by his Mitzi (Sarah Baker) before he agreed to marry her.

As brilliantly portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch («The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug») who brings richness and complexity to the role, Turing is a brilliant but highly eccentric individual whose aloof personality is off - putting to his superiors and his co-workers.

As someone who wasn't blown away by the first two Hobbit movies, I really enjoyed The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.

For those who are still excited to see a fully extended, completed trilogy of The Hobbit movies, this is the event you've been waiting for.

Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek Into Darkness, The Hobbit) stars as enigmatic WikiLeaks founder and director Julian Assange, who would go from computer hacker to the figurehead for one of the most subversive movements on the internet — a man who was feared by governments, hated by corporations, and praised by those who think these entities have far too much power over individuals.

The films follow hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), who is convinced by the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) to accompany thirteen dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch).

The game is essentially a one - man show starring The Hobbit's Adam Brown, and he does a fantastic job selling the emotional weight of a grown man who's spent the entirety of his life without seeing sunlight.

Much like the Hobbits in the Lord of the Rings films, most of the main elves are played by actors who are rather tall, but shortened thanks to a great deal of CGI work (pretty much utilizing Little Man's copy - paste head technique, only less effectively).

With Hobbit actor Luke Evans as the transforming Vlad, Sarah Gadon as his imperiled wife, and Charles Dance as the «Master Vampire» who seals his fate.

SIGHTS: Though it pulls off the «hobbit» effects with believable ease (except for Toby Jones, who is at his natural height ha ha ha!)

The film, directed by Let the Right One In helmer Tomas Alfredson, stars Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong and Benedict Cumberbatch (star of BBC's Sherlock who recently joined the cast of The Hobbit as the voice of Smaug).

Plus spoilers for Zombieland 2, Harry Potter, Hobbit, Lost, Chuck and Doctor Who.

It is Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) who discovers a weakness in Smaug the Dragon's armor in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

Toby's Halt and Catch Fire co-stars include Lee Pace, who played Ronan in Guardians of The Galaxy and Thranduil in The Hobbit films, Scoot McNairy had a small role in Batman v Superman and a Marvel short, and Mackenzie Davis was in the mix to play Domino in Deadpool 2.

However, a guy named Mike emailed me a few days ago, telling me that the creators of the «The Hobbit» action figures was very upset about the news of the film being split into three, as some of their action figures for characters who would not appear in the first film after all where already marked «An unexpected Journey» characters.

Cast: Chris Pratt («The Lego Movie,» TV's «Parks and Recreation») as Peter Quill, Zoe Saldana («Avatar,» «Star Trek») as Gamora, Dave Bautista («Riddick,» «The Man with the Iron Fists») as Drax, Vin Diesel («Fast and the Furious» series, «Riddick») as Groot, Bradley Cooper («American Hustle,» «Silver Linings Playbook») as Rocket, Lee Pace («The Hobbit» series, «Lincoln») as Ronan, Michael Rooker (TV's «The Walking Dead») as Yondu Udonta, Karen Gillan («Oculus,» TV's «Doctor Who») as Nebula, Djimon Hounsou («How to Train Your Dragon 2,» «Gladiator») as Korath, John C. Reilly («Wreck - It Ralph,» «Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby») as Corpsman Dey, Glenn Close (TV's «Damages,» «Tarzan») as Nova Prime and Benicio Del Toro («Traffic,» «The Usual Suspects») as The Collector.

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The Hobbit is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel about the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, who obtains the ring that was the centerpiece of The Lord of the Rings trilogy of books and films.

The British actor - who previously starred in the «Hobbit» franchise - added: «I grew up watching classic films from the 1950s and 60s and this film has borrowed from them.

This film definitely has potential to serve audiences who previously flocked to fantasy films like Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

The 46 - year - old actor - who is best known for his role as Bilbo Baggins in «The Hobbit» franchise - reprised his role as the Deputy Task Force Commander of the Joint Counterterrorism Center for «Black Panther», but says the MCU has more in store for him.

It's a psychological horror FMV game, starring Adam Brown (The Hobbit) and Sarah Greene (Penny Dreadful), with writing by people who worked on The Witcher, SOMA, and Broken Sword.

The 46 - year - old actor - who is best known for his role as Bilbo Baggins in «The Hobbit» franchise - has joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Deputy Task Force Commander of the Joint Counterterrorism Center, Everett K. Ross, but revealed he was once approached for a part in George Lucas» sci - fi franchise.

0:00 — Intro / In - House Stuff / Jay's Film Junk Jingle 10:55 — Headlines: Peter Jackson in Talks to Direct The Hobbit, Marvel Making a Doctor Strange Movie, The Martian Chronicles Coming to the Big Screen, Oscars Could Move to January in 2011, Playstation 3 and Nintendo 3DS Bringing 3 - D to Home Market 33:55 — Review: Knight & Day 1:10:25 — Review: The Karate Kid 1:44:10 — Trailer Trash: The Green Hornet, Little Fockers 1:57:15 — Other Stuff We Watched: Hell's Kitchen, Natural Born Killers, Close - Up, Death Race 2000, Shock, The Book of Eli, An Education, Who Can Kill a Child?

This film, the second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, is directed by Academy Award ® - winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, who also produces together with Carolynne Cunningham, Zane Weiner and Fran Walsh.