If they reach the human settlement of Lake-town it will be time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill ... them access to the hoard of the dragon Smaug. And, where has Gandalf got off to?

Alfrid Lickspittle joins The Hobbit films in The Desolation of Smaug, providing a secondary ... but he's far less interesting and comes off as a cartoon-like counterpart. This amplified criticisms ...