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1977's animated 'The Hobbit' is a hero's journey worth taking again

On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark honors fringe cinema in the streaming age with midnight movies from any moment in film history. First, the BAIT: a weird genre pick, and why we're exploring its ...
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Why 1977’s The Hobbit is still the best

At least in my opinion. As I said here, I consider the 1977 Rankin/Bass version of The Hobbit to be the best screen adaptation of Tolkien’s works. Since we had our annual watching of the version last ...
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1977’s Animated ‘The Hobbit’ Proves the Right Hero’s Journey Can Be Taken Again and Again

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We all have "The Odyssey" fever this week, and rightly so. In fact, I've had it bad enough to go reread Emily Wilson's translation ...
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Why Disney Turned Down An Adaptation Of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit In The '70s

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poster for The Hobbit (1977) showing Bilbo Baggins surrounded by treasure - NBC Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" is the ...
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24 Years Before Peter Jackson, This Was the Best Lord of the Rings Universe Adaptation

Hannah covers horror, sci-fi, and games at Collider, where she writes news and features, reviews new releases, and interviews the people who make them. She’s helping build out Collider’s gaming ...