The Hobbit World Premiere

Movies IT MAY not be tipped for Oscar glory, but New Zealand movie fans have voted The Hobbit as their best film of 2012.

Movies AUSTRALIANS are tipped to flock to cinemas today in what is expected to be one of the biggest Boxing Days in box office history.

Movies THERE is a sense of sledgehammers being used to crack nuts in the first part of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy.

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Movies THE Hobbit is already in the running for an Oscar despite being weeks out from its official cinema release.

Movies PUNTERS waited for hours, some overnight, in the sun on an uncharacteristically non-windy day in the capital for the world premiere of The Hobbit.