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8 hrs ago | CBS News

Original "Kong Kong" Model Sells for $200K

He was a giant on screen, but the King Kong figurine which climbed to the top of the Empire State Building in 1933 was less than 2 feet tall.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Entertainment

16 hrs ago | Cinema Blend News

Peter Jackson Has Finished Filming Tintin

While the world grapples with Robert Zemeckis' motion-capture take on A Christmas Carol and wonders what's in store for us with Avatar , filming has been quietly happening on a film that may very well be the biggest game changer of all.

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Related Topix: The Lovely Bones, Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Peter Jackson, Animation Movies, Short, A Christmas Carol, Family, Musical Movies

Sun Nov 22, 2009

And now for something completely diff...

Book Review - The Lovely Bones

I thought I'd seek out Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones as a lead-up to the release of the movie of the same name by Peter Jackson early next year.

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Related Topix: The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold, Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Peter Jackson, Kate Winslet

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Times Online

The model of King Kong used in the film

He rampaged through New York and scaled the Empire State Building with Fay Wray in one hand, yet the real King Kong failed to terrify London yesterday - because he is less than two feet tall.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Fay Wray

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Manawatu Evening Standard

Jackson looking forward to 'proud' premiere

Movie fans will again have stars in their eyes when The Lovely Bones gets the red carpet treatment at the Embassy Theatre.

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Related Topix: The Lovely Bones, Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Peter Jackson

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Globe and Mail

Love for Bon Cop, Bad Cop

Decoding the Decade: The future so far Patrick Huard and Colm Feore in the film Bon Cop,. Bad Cop Handout With an awesome tagline like 'Shoot first, translate later, how can this 2006 Canadian crime thriller not be on our list of most underrated films of the decade.

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Related Topix: Patrick Huard, Colm Feore, The Rick Mercer Report, Entertainment, Television, Rick Mercer, Comedy Movies, Fubar, Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Scoop

Comedy more uplifting than a reinforced Wonderbra

Thursday, 5 November 2009, 11:06 am Press Release: Skip Ink By arrangement with AVALON PROMOTIONS UK and LIBERTY BELL, BEN MCDONALD presents GRUMPY OLD WOMEN Written by Jenny Éclair & Judith Holder From Cardiff to Canberra and now New Zealand , women of a certain age can finally unite behind a common fear of graying hairs and sagging rears.

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Related Topix: New Zealand Travel, New Zealand, Travel, Oceania, World News, Horror Movies, Thriller, Shortland Street, Drama Movies, Soap Opera, Action Movies, Adventure, Entertainment, Drama, Science Fiction Movies, Television, Dancing With The Stars, Reality TV

Wed Nov 04, 2009

UPI

Hanks to co-star with Whitford on TV show

Colin Hanks has been cast opposite Bradley Whitford in "Jack and Dan," Fox's upcoming 13-episode action comedy series set in Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: The House Bunny, Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Roswell, Entertainment, Drama, Science Fiction Movies, Television, Colin Hanks, The West Wing, Bradley Whitford

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Austin Chronicle

Castlemania

My parents, already well aware of my budding interest in all things cinematically macabre, shepherded me to the local Loew's in our tiny village of Pittsford, N.Y., to see my first Alfred Hitchcock film Family Plot which, as it turned out, also happened to be the director's underrated swan song.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Thriller, Family Plot, Horror Movies, Psycho, Vocal, Alfred Hitchcock, Pittsford, NY, Bruce Dern, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Sunday Tribune

Watts The Real Story?

She's just been named cinema's most bankable actress. So why is Naomi Watts complaining, asks Kaleem Aftab Naomi Watts When Forbes magazine recently published a list of the most bankable actresses in Hollywood, Naomi Watts was the surprising name at the top.

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Related Topix: The International, Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Flirting, 21 Grams, Mulholland Dr., Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Hot Chicks, Naomi Watts

Thu Oct 22, 2009

The Gazette

Film and Football

I took Monday off, and so I'm going to cram some movie stuff and some football stuff into this post.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Daily Express

Dam Busters take off

IT took three years but fans eagerly awaiting Peter Jackson's Dam Busters remake had their patience rewarded last week with a glimpse of a replica Avro Lancaster bomber.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Peter Jackson, New Zealand, Oceania, World News, War Movies, The Dam Busters

Sun Oct 18, 2009

TheNational

Naomi shuns movie-star lifestyle to take care of family life

The Hollywood actress Naomi Watts admits that becoming a mother has made her life 'really boring' and she is usually asleep by 9.30pm. However the star is still happy to use her celebrity status to get a table at exclusive restaurants.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, 21 Grams, Mulholland Dr., Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Hot Chicks, Naomi Watts, Australia

Fri Oct 16, 2009

WNC Sentinel

Reel Memories No. 99 - King Kong

Ia m not sure when the story of beauty and the beast was first told. Very likely, no one else knows either.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Hoboken, NJ

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Screenhead

Jacksona s a The Lovely Bonesa Movie Poster

So much in love with movies, it's Awesome! The Lovely Bones isA Peter Jackson's next movie after King Kong of four years ago.

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Related Topix: The Lovely Bones, Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Peter Jackson

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Best of New Orleans

Behind the Camera with Jessica Lange

Up until about two or three years ago I didn't show my photographs to anyone," says Jessica Lange, revealing something of the reticence that is an essential if unlikely aspect of her persona.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Jessica Lange, Photography, Arts, New Orleans, LA

Sun Oct 11, 2009

Examiner.com

Movies 101: Scream Queens

With their terrifying high-pitched banshee screams, loud enough to split our ears in the theatre yet somehow not loud enough to actually reach the ears of people that can help them, the Hollywood Scream Queen has become a staple of all horror movies since the advent of sound.

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

MediaGuardian.co.uk

Week in geek: Can Adrien Brody really fill Arnie's boots on Predator? | Ben Child

The Pianist star was this week unveiled as the man who is to take Arnold Schwarzenegger's part on Robert Rodriguez's Predator remake.

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Related Topix: Splice, Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Adrien Brody, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Roman Polanski, Carl Weathers

Dayton Daily News

King Kong figurine used in 1930s movie up for sale

This undated image provided by Christie's Images Ltd.2009, on Friday Oct. 9 2009, shows a 22-inch armature which was used in the 1933 film 'King Kong' to allow the animated ape to scale the Empire State Building in the final scenes.The armature, estimated to reach pounds 100,000-150,000 is up for auction in London on Tuesday Nov.

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Thu Oct 08, 2009

GroundReport.com

Meet the Latest Unconventional Action Hero: Adrien Brody

After a turn on the huge budget remake of King Kong, Adrien Brody had returned to his more low key, intellectual movies, but with the news breaking that Brody has signed on to star in the "Predators" reboot, Brody appears to enjoy the action genre.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Adrien Brody

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