The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

C4 11PM - 1.55AM ★★★★ FANTASY Director Peter Jackson picks up the pace with the second instalment of the trilogy – and so do Martin Freeman’s hero Bilbo Baggins and his companions as the quest to reclaim a lost dwarf kingdom gathers momentum and they steel themselves for an encounter with dragon Smaug, voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch. Ian Mckellen’s wizard Gandalf has his own share of encounters and the implacable Gollum (Andy Serkis) is lurking in the shadows. Dir: Peter Jackson 2013, 12

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