Over the years there has been tremendous curiosity about precisely how Forbes’ crack team of fictional reporters calculates the value of imaginary fortunes for our annual Fictional 15 ranking of the ...

Herpetologists have discovered a new, ninth species of dragon lizard in the genus Smaug, previously mistaken for a similar-looking species, S. barbertonensis. The Smaug genus is named for the deadly ...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epic ...

Five films are nominated for an Academy Award in the “Visual Effects” category this year, and they each offer a nice look at the amazing tricks filmmakers and their effects teams can pull off on the ...

With the last episode of The Colbert Report imminent, host Stephen Colbert is using his last few installments to go out with a bang — or in this case, a blaze of dragon fire. "I want you to know that ...

Hot on the heels of last night's new character posters for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, a final theatrical one sheet has emerged. The new poster features all seven of the characters who got ...

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Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

Peter Jackson’s well-received second “Hobbit” movie, “The Desolation of Smaug,” not only moves along more swiftly and assuredly, but it also contains a greater variety of VFX (spiders, bear, shadowy ...

As a longtime fan of The Lord of the Rings, I'm a bit jealous of the Game Developers Conference attendees who get to check out Smaug (the great and terrible) in as close a real-life form as possible.

Smaug, the Houston Zoo’s 9-foot, 208-pound Komodo dragon has been euthanized after a series of protracted health problems. Smaug was 17 years old. Dragons of his kind can live to be 25 years old ...

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