Alice is a Lord of the Rings enthusiast who grew up with Tolkien's tales. She loves all kinds of writing, from articles to stories to her debut novel, which she is seeking literary representation for.

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 ...

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 ...

Who and what is Beorn in ‘The Hobbit’? According to a Wiki Fandom page, Beorn is a skin-changer with the ability to transform into a great black bear. Other times, he appears as a human with a great ...

Swedish website SVD got the chance to do an exclusive interview with Mikael Persbrandt who will be playing the role of Beorn in the upcoming Hobbit movie. He discuses how he was a Tolkien fan, that he ...

One of the more intriguing additions to Peter Jackson’s rendering of Middle Earth is the character of Beorn, a nomadic skin-changer who hosts Gandalf, Bilbo and the party of dwarves halfway through ...

Mikael Persbrandt plays shape-shifter Beorn in the last two Hobbit movies. In The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, he helps Gandalf, Bilbo, and the dwarfs hide from orcs, and he can also transform ...

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. I was already looking forward to The Hobbit ...