BATH AMERICAN GIRL BOOK CLUB, for ages 8 and up, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath, 443-5141 ext. 17. Fridays September through May, except December. AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT CLASS, with Kay Mann, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Bath Dance Works, 72 Front St.; $10; 725-9997 or [email protected]. First and third Saturdays. BATH AREA SENIOR CITIZENS, […]

Judging part one of Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” prelude “The Hobbit” is a bit like reviewing a film after seeing only the first act. Yet here goes: “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is stuffed with Hollywood’s latest technology — 3-D, highspeed projection and Dolby’s Atmos surround sound system. The result is some […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kathryn Bigelow’s Osama bin Laden thriller “Zero Dark Thirty,” Steven Spielberg’s Civil War epic “Lincoln” and Christopher Nolan’s superhero tale “The Dark Knight Rises” are among the American Film Institute’s top-10 movies of the year. Also on the AFI top-10 announced Monday: Ben Affleck’s Iran hostage-crisis drama “Argo;” Benh Zeitlin’s low-budget […]

NEW YORK Repeated filming delays almost caused Ian McKellen to quit his reprise as Gandalf the Grey in “The Hobbit” trilogy, a prequel to “The Lord of the Rings” in which he first played the wily wizard. “It wasn’t a simple offer,” he said, recalling that in the two years since he first accepted the […]