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SIU Reviews: The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug

The latest installment of the Hobbit film trilogy is currently in theaters. For this edition of  SIU Reviews, Critic Walter Metz takes us to Middle-earth for  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 
 

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is currently playing at a theater near you.

Walter Metz is the chair of SIU's Department of Cinema and Photography.  He is a regular contributor to  SIU Reviews
 

Walter Metz is a Professor of Film Studies in the Department of Cinema and Photography at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He teaches film, television, theater and photography history, theory and criticism.
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