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Wednesday | Associated Content

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Directed By : Steven Spielberg. In the opening of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", strange things are already happening before our eyes - First, in the Sonoran Desert, a lost squadron of fully operational World War II aircraft are discovered but its crew is still missing; secondly, two airline flights almost collide mid-air with a UFO in ...

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Related Topix: Action Movies, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, UFO and Alien, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Hollywood.com

Tom Cruise

In 2006, actor Tom Cruise was named Forbes magazine's most powerful celebrity, with three Golden Globe Awards, three Academy Award nominations, and an average paycheck of over $60 million dollars a film.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Mystery Movies, Eyes Wide Shut, Drama Movies, Sport Movies, Days of Thunder, Action Movies, Cocktail, Comedy Movies, The Color of Money, Adventure, The Firm, Science Fiction Movies, Entertainment

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Channelnewsasia.com

Movie night, every night in July

SINGAPORE: With rising costs, it's nice to know you can still enjoy one of life's simple pleasures: Curling up in front of the TV with some pizza.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Associated Content

Reading List for a Sci-Fi Beginner

Science fiction! It's scary! It's weird! It's...sciencey! Now, there are plenty of devoted readers out there who love to sit down with their crime novels and their lawyer stories and their thrillers, and that's all well and good.

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Related Topix: Action Movies, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, The War of the Worlds, Horror Movies, Drama Movies

Thu Jun 25, 2009

SPOnG.com

Review// [PROTOTYPE]

Have you ever noticed how when a good movie idea is in production, often a number of "me toovies" get made at the same time.

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Related Topix: Action Movies, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Tom Cruise, Video Games

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Playbill

NYC Premiere of Rebeck's The Understudy to Star Julie White

Tony Award winner Julie White - the charismatic star of The Little Dog Laughed who is currently appearing in the Public Theater's production of Twelfth Night - will head the cast of the fall New York City premiere of Theresa Rebeck's The Understudy for Roundabout Theatre Company at its Off-Broadway venue, the Laura Pels Theatre.

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Related Topix: The Heidi Chronicles, Grace Under Fire, Comedy Movies, Comedy, Cavemen, Thriller, Action Movies, Slap Her... She's French, Adventure, Entertainment, Science Fiction Movies, Television, Julie White

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Macleans

Why remake a perfectly good movie?

Hollywood loves to cannibalize itself. Every summer, the studios plunder past glories with sequels, prequels, reboots - and remakes.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Psycho, Gus Van Sant, Madonna, Pop/Rock, Comedy Movies, The Nutty Professor, Science Fiction Movies, Eddie Murphy, Black Entertainment, Action Movies, Adventure

Fri Jun 19, 2009

ETonline

Universal Studios Backlot Reopens After Fire

The Universal Studios backlot has returned to its former glory. A little over a year after a fire destroyed Universal Studios' famous backlot, officials held a champagne christening to reopen the "Courthouse Square" set best known at the town square in the "Back to the Future" films.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Adventure, Jurassic Park, Science Fiction Movies, Public Enemies

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Collider

VALKYRIE Blu-ray Review

Tom Cruise spent twenty years on top. Or almost. From 1986's Top Gun through to 2005's Mission: Impossible III , the man was one of the world's most bankable stars.

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Related Topix: Valkyrie, Tropic Thunder, Thriller, Top Gun, Western, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Tom Cruise, Ben Stiller

Tue Jun 16, 2009

TV Squad

Spielberg wants to bring aliens and Noah Wyle to TNT

Steven Spielberg, the man behind sci-fi movie classics like E.T and Close Encounters of the Third Kind , is producing an alien-invasion drama pilot for TNT.

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Related Topix: Short, Comedy Movies, Er, Drama Movies, ER, Soap Opera, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Horror Movies, Thriller, Action Movies, Noah Wyle, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Jaws, Steven Spielberg

Sat Jun 13, 2009

Hollywood.com

Gene Barry

Assured, dapper leading man and singer who, after playing in a mixed bag of Hollywood films of the 1950s, found a niche as debonair man-about-town in several TV series, and later had success onstage.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, These Old Broads, Thriller, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Burke's Law, Entertainment, Television, The Name of the Game, Horror Movies, The War of the Worlds, Red Garters, Western, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Drama

Wed Jun 10, 2009

Associated Content

Science Fiction Re-re-remakes

When I hear that another science fiction movie is being re-made the first thought that comes to mind is "Why?" Really, how do the studio execs come to the conclusion that this film should be redone versus the other? What exactly is the criteria? If you're going to take someone else's work and redo it then there should be rules.

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Related Topix: The Day the Earth Stood Still, Drama Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Action Movies, Adventure

Mon Jun 01, 2009

The Jersey Journal

Hoboken Readers' Circle reads "The War of the Worlds"

This month, the Hoboken Readers' Circle book group is reading sci-fi classic novel "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells.

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Related Topix: Action Movies, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Hoboken, NJ, Tom Cruise

Wed May 27, 2009

StarNewsOnline.com

Ben on Film - 'Star Wars' wins battle of sci-fi film popularity

Published: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 12:27 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 12:27 p.m. J.J. Abrams' remake of 'Star Trek' may have cleared $150 million at the box office, but as far as fans go, their hearts belong to Solo, not Sulu.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Star Wars, Star Trek, Science Fiction TV, Entertainment, Television, Horror Movies, Short, Aliens, Thriller, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Adventure

Mon May 11, 2009

BleacherReport

War of the Worlds

If I told you that I wanted to write an article about a bunch of sweaty men in spandex underwear rolling around on the floor you probably wouldn't get too excited about the idea...or maybe you would, whatever floats your boat, I'm not here to judge... War of the Worlds by Kieran Byrne 34 reads Opinion May 11, 2009 If I told you that I wanted to ...

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Related Topix: Thriller, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Tom Cruise, Italy, World News,

Sun May 03, 2009

OhNoTheyDidnt

13 Killer Alien Invasion Flicks

Aliens have been attacking the Earth pretty indiscriminately since the early days of Hollywood, but Roland Emmerich's megablockbuster marked the first time they actually planned ahead to target the world's most postcard-friendly buildings for total annihilation.

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Related Topix: Short, Independence Day, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, UFO and Alien, Science Fiction TV, Adventure, Entertainment, Television, Gothic, Orson Welles

Fri May 01, 2009

TheDailyBeast.com

The Resurrection of Tom Cruise

Nearly four years after jumping on Oprah's couch, Tom Cruise has slowly rehabilitated his image in Hollywood.

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Related Topix: Tropic Thunder, Action Movies, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Tom Cruise

Wed Apr 29, 2009

The Daily Record

Celebrity Interviews: Dakota Fanning tells how she has gone over to...

DON'T look now but Dakota Fanning is growing up fast. The one-time War Of The Worlds kid with the huge blue eyes has just celebrated her 15th birthday, and is marking the milestone by moving away from innocent little girl roles.

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Related Topix: Coraline, Push, Drama Movies, Thriller, Hounddog, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, I Am Sam, Dakota Fanning

Tue Apr 21, 2009

The Car Connection

Mustang in Movies: The 10 Best Silver-Screen Smokeouts in a 'Stang

The anniversary bash is over--45 years old, can you believe it?--but the Mustang birthday party is still going on over at our High Gear Media outpost for all things ponycar, MustangBlog.com . To celebrate the very big moment in Mustang history, our ponycar expert Matt Rigney put together a great compendium of the best of the more than 500 movie ...

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Related Topix: Thriller, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Bullitt, Steve McQueen, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Mystery Movies, Tom Cruise

Sat Apr 18, 2009

Hellomagazine.com

Robert Pattinson to be joined by Michael Sheen in 'New Moon'

Robert Pattinson will soon be joined on the Vancouver set of New Moon by some new cast members.

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Related Topix: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Frost/Nixon, Drama Movies, Twilight, New Moon, Adventure, Musical Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Dakota Fanning, Movies, Entertainment

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