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    <title>Late to the Movies - Episodes Tagged with “Tolkien”</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>Every week on Late to the Movies, Ben Holt and a revolving cast of friends talk about a movie that one of them hadn't seen before, and really should have by now.
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    <itunes:subtitle>A podcast about the movies you really should have seen by now</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Bentley Holt</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>Every week on Late to the Movies, Ben Holt and a revolving cast of friends talk about a movie that one of them hadn't seen before, and really should have by now.
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  <title>The Hobbit (1977)</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Happy Hobbit-days reach their thrilling conclusion with a classic (...ish) Rankin/Bass holiday special - 1977's The Hobbit! Ben, Greg, and Robbie talk about the songs, insanely stacked cast, and occasionally bizarre voice acting of this hand-drawn take on the classic Tolkien tale.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:14:37</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Happy Hobbit-days reach their thrilling conclusion with a classic (...ish) Rankin/Bass holiday special - 1977's The Hobbit! Ben, Greg, and Robbie talk about the songs, insanely stacked cast, and occasionally bizarre voice acting of this hand-drawn take on the classic Tolkien tale. &lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>The Journey Ends, though Happy Hobbit-days continue as we discuss the final movie of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy - The Return of the King. Ben, Cory, Greg, and Robbie make a final stand against one of three movies to ever win 11 Academy Awards and the only fantasy film to win Best Picture.

Directed by Peter Jackson, based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, and featuring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Karl Urban, John Noble, Live Tyler, and Andy Serkis.

Next week - The Hobbit (1977).</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;The Journey Ends, though Happy Hobbit-days continue as we discuss the final movie of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy - The Return of the King. Ben, Cory, Greg, and Robbie make a final stand against one of three movies to ever win 11 Academy Awards and the only fantasy film to win Best Picture.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Directed by Peter Jackson, based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, and featuring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Karl Urban, John Noble, Live Tyler, and Andy Serkis.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Next week - The Hobbit (1977). &lt;/p&gt;
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<p>Directed by Peter Jackson, based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, and featuring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Karl Urban, John Noble, Live Tyler, and Andy Serkis.</p>

<p>Next week - The Hobbit (1977).</p>]]>
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<p>Directed by Peter Jackson, based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, and featuring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Karl Urban, John Noble, Live Tyler, and Andy Serkis.</p>

<p>Next week - The Hobbit (1977).</p>]]>
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  <title>The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Happy Hobbit-days continue as Late to the Movies scales The Two Towers! Ben, Greg, and Robbie discuss the epic middle chapter of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Directed by Peter Jackson and featuring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Karl Urban, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, and Andy Serkis.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:40:22</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Happy Hobbit-days continue as Late to the Movies scales The Two Towers (2002)! Ben, Greg, and Robbie discuss the epic middle chapter of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Directed by Peter Jackson and featuring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Karl Urban, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, and Andy Serkis. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Happy Hobbit-days continue as Late to the Movies scales The Two Towers (2002)! Ben, Greg, and Robbie discuss the epic middle chapter of Peter Jackson&#39;s Lord of the Rings trilogy.</p>

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<p>Directed by Peter Jackson and featuring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Karl Urban, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, and Andy Serkis.</p>]]>
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  <title>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Happy Hobbit-Days! This holiday season, Late to the Movies takes a long walk to Middle-earth to cover Peter Jackson's seminal Lord of the Rings trilogy. Up first - Ben, Cory, Greg, and Robbie offer their swords, bows, and axes to The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).

Directed by Peter Jackson, based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. Featuring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, and Andy Serkis.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:45:09</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Happy Hobbit-Days! This holiday season, Late to the Movies takes a long walk to Middle-earth to cover Peter Jackson's seminal Lord of the Rings trilogy. Up first - Ben, Cory, Greg, and Robbie offer their swords, bows, and axes to The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Directed by Peter Jackson, based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. Featuring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, and Andy Serkis. &lt;/p&gt;
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<p>Directed by Peter Jackson, based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. Featuring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, and Andy Serkis.</p>]]>
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