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Posted on December 6, 2014December 6, 2014

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Bilbo & friends must deal with Thorin’s greed if they are able to stand together against the huge army of Orc’s that Sauron has sent to the Lonely Mountain.

Posted on May 16, 2003May 16, 2014

The Station Agent (2003)

The agent is a lonely dwarf inherits an old train station in rural NJ and, despite himself, gains 3 friends who overcome his loneliness & benefit from him.

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