With a status orange weather alert throughout much of the country, it’s a great opportunity to settle down with loved ones, grab some popcorn and enjoy a marathon of movies. Here are our favourite things to binge watch...

I don’t watch horror movies because of those 3.00am moments when I wake suddenly, and lie there and listen to the darkness and try to not think of the trailer I saw for Paranormal Activity.

WHEN a celebrity couple has a new baby, the gossip pages debate potential names. From North West to Apple Martin and Brooklyn Beckham, the more famous the parent, the more unusual the name.

Ed Sheeran's went on a gambling spree bankrolled by a Japanese businessman.

The run-up to the release of the first film in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy has seen a spate of tie-in publications and new editions of the works of JRR Tolkien.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ***

There is a moment early in 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' when Gandalf The Grey (Ian McKellen) turns to diminutive hero Bilbo Baggins (Freeman) and counsels: “All good stories deserve embellishment.”

It’s been one of the most anticipated films in cinema history, but will Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit live up to the hype, asks Marjorie Brennan

Elijah Wood found filming 'The Hobbit' movies to be like a "family reunion".

Elijah Wood believes 'The Hobbit' movies "goes outside the boundaries" of the original J.R.R. Tolkien novel.

Elijah Wood will appear in 'The Hobbit', it has been confirmed.

Elijah Wood loves starring in animated films because he doesn't have to do much.

Elijah Wood is desperate to sign up to the planned prequels to the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy so he can revive his most famous role.

DIRECTOR Peter Jackson has been told he will not be hired to direct a movie based on JRR Tolkien novel The Hobbit, despite the nearly $3 billion (€2.3bn) global box office success of his Lord of the Ring trilogy that picked up 17 Oscars.

Elijah Wood fears he will always be remembered as Frodo the hobbit from The Lord of the Rings, no matter how many great films he stars in.

Former Boyzone star Stephen Gately is set to show an evil streak as The Childcatcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

The Academy Awards are shaping up as a something of a horse race.

Sharp-eyed movie fans have spotted more than 40 mistakes in the final installment of the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy.

The Ring Cycle finally stops rolling with this, the third, stunningly spectacular wrapping up of all the many strands of the epic J.R.R. Tolkein books.

Los Angeles’ midnight hour proved profitable for Frodo and the gang.

The popularity of JRR Tolkien’s epic novel The Lord of the Rings appeared stronger than ever today after it was named Britain’s best-loved book in the BBC’s The Big Read poll.

Lord of The Rings fever gripped Leicester Square in London tonight as 10,000 fans turned out for the final instalment in the Tolkien trilogy.

Thousands of Lord of the Rings fans were expected to turn out tonight as the final instalment in the Tolkien trilogy receives its British movie premiere.

Lord Of The Rings actor Elijah Wood has taken several of his Frodo Baggins character’s film props to keep as souvenirs of the film trilogy that has made him an international star.

More than 125,000 people have lined the streets of Wellington in new Zealand to welcome the stars of the Lord of the Rings.

The Lord Of The Rings is to be turned into the West End’s most expensive musical in a lavish multi-million pound production.

Outstandingly gripping, visually spectacular, brilliantly constructed ... the Ring Cycle returns in breathtaking splendour!

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. This second return to Tolkein's Middle Earth is, in a word, brilliant.

The director of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy says the final film in the series keeps making him cry.

There aren’t many 21-year old actors who can boast a leading role in one of the most successful films of all time.

The trailer for the long-anticipated second Lord Of The Rings chapter, The Two Towers, will premiere on America Online next Monday.

Fantasy epic Lord Of The Rings was going on video and DVD release today with some predicting it could outstrip the success of Harry Potter.

Fantasy epic Lord Of The Rings could outstrip the success of Harry Potter when it is released on video and DVD this week.

Fantasy epic Lord Of The Rings could outstrip the success of Harry Potter when it is released on video and DVD this week.

John Lennon wanted to play the grasping, thieving creature Gollum in a 1960s Beatles version of the "Lord of the Rings", New Zealand film director Peter Jackson says.

Actress Liv Tyler and young heartthrob Elijah Wood were among the main attractions at the world premiere of the first Lord of the Rings movie.

Actress Liv Tyler and young heartthrob Elijah Wood brought the magic of Middle Earth to London tonight as they stole the show at the world premiere of the first Lord of the Rings movie.

Hundreds of fans were today expected to gather for the world premiere of the movie version of Lord of the Rings.

American film critics have given the first Lord Of The Rings film glowing reviews.