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Wednesday Jul 16 | The Otago Daily Times

Claims Jackson connected to $23m penthouse

It may not be only movie maker Peter Jackson's King Kong who has a head for heights in New York - the movie magnate himself is believed to have bought a $23 million penthouse in Manhattan.

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Related Topix: Manhattan School of Music, Manhattan College, Horror, Thriller, Drama, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Tribeca (New York, NY), Manhattan, NY, New York, NY

Tue Jul 15, 2008

San Diego Reader

King Kong

The 1933 original by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack about the mammoth jungle beast brought back, in harness, to sophisticated Manhattan, where it throws a fit and gets pounded into the pavement for ...

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

Sun Jul 13, 2008

IGN Gear

The Jacket

Review: A thoughtful and compelling psychological suspense thriller. News Weekend Movies - March 4, 2005 Be Cool , The Jacket and more.

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Related Topix: Keira Knightley, Adrien Brody, Animation Movies, Short, The Village, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Drama, Horror, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

Thu Jul 10, 2008

BBC

Screen sword show gets to point

A display of weapons and armour from Hollywood blockbusters is set to go on display in Leeds.

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

Sun Jul 06, 2008

Horncastle Today

Filming to start on Dambusters remake in 2009

SHOOTING is likely to start early next year on a blockbuster remake of the classic 1955 Dambusters movie.

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

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Manawatu Evening Standard

Moon gives light to Jackson film

With a trademark eye for detail, film-maker Peter Jackson has hired an astronomer to ensure the moon's position in his movie Dambusters is spot-on. A full moon was key to the May 1943 Dambusters raids, in which ...

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Related Topix: Peter Jackson, Astronomy, Science, Horror, Thriller, Drama, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

Wed Jul 02, 2008

National Post

Actor finds his role in new Jolie film

Thomas Kretschmann's a German-born actor living in hyper-critical Los Angeles. Yet he has no typecasting anxiety over playing a Nazi or German military commander in eight different films throughout his ... ...

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Related Topix: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Horror, Action, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Science Fiction Movies, Thriller, Drama, Adventure

Freerepublic.com

Top Ten movies beginning with H

The Hills Have eyes High Plains Drifter Hotel Rwanda Heavenly Creatures How green was My Valley Hobson's choice Halloween How the West was Won Hell is for Heroes Henry V TOPICS: TV/Movies KEYWORDS: Heavenly ...

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Related Topix: Best of 2007, Melanie Lynskey, Peter Jackson, Horror, Thriller, Drama, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Variety

Advertising's future on the Internet

Marketers and ad agencies, long accustomed to interrupting a television show or preceding a movie with their message, are now trying to learn the new language of video advertising on the Internet.

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

Sat Jun 28, 2008

GadgetMadness

Top Five Rare Horror & Science Fiction Films You've Probably Never Seen

Those of you who read GadgetMadness regularly know that we go out of our way to track down gadgets and other geeky products that don't fall under the "mainstream" category.

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Related Topix: Peter Jackson, Horror, Drama, Action, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Gadgets

Thu Jun 26, 2008

The Hindu

Straight out of the comic books

Celebrating unforgettable iconic characters from both fact and fiction Animal Planet's brand new series "Animal Icons" will be premiered on July 2. "Animal Icons" will unravel the historic rise in popularity of ...

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

Tue Jun 24, 2008

KongIsKing.Net

Meet Kong's Artist

From the folks at WETA : We sit down with Senior Designer Gus Hunter, the man responsible for many of the stunning visuals in King Kong.

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

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Lahonton Valley News

View from the Past

The sophomore class has finished one year of German, algebra, geometry and English.

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Related Topix: Churchill County, NV, Fallon, NV, Drama, Horror, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

Sun Jun 08, 2008

Metro Parent

Print this page.

"I must confess: I didn't eat any bamboo," Jack Black quips to Metro Parent about preparation for his voiced-part as a martial arts-playing panda in his latest animated flick.

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Related Topix: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Horror, Thriller, Drama, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

Fri Jun 06, 2008

DVD Times

Cloverfield: 2 Disc Special Edition

Back in the good old days of monster movies, it was enough to simply have a behemoth rampaging around a city.

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

Wed Jun 04, 2008

Wired News

Peter Jackson's "Weta Cave" Opens for Business

Categories: Movies , Sci-Fi It's not exactly a theme park and not a studio tour either, but Peter Jackson fanatics from around the world may want to start booking passage for New Zealand to check out Weta Cave ...

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

Sun Jun 01, 2008

Telegraph.co.uk

Inferno destroys Hollywood's Universal Studios in California

A huge fire has turned Universal Studios into a towering inferno, destroying a King Kong exhibit, a video vault and damaging the set to Back to the Future.

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Related Topix: Peter Jackson, Horror, Thriller, Drama, Los Angeles, CA, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Entertainment, Television

Wed May 28, 2008

Free Republic

Jessica Lange compares Iraq to Vietnam in Sarah Lawrence graduation speech

During a Sarah Lawrence College graduation speech she apologetically admitted was filled with "random" thoughts in lieu of a theme, Oscar-winning actress Jessica Lange received thunderous applause from students ...

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Related Topix: Jessica Lange, Horror, Drama, Action, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, US News

Mon May 26, 2008

Free Republic

Jessica Lange bashes Iraq war in graduation speech [Happy Memorial Day Weekend...]

Oscar-winner Jessica Lange bashed the Bush administration and denounced the war in Iraq during a commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College.

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Related Topix: Jessica Lange, Horror, Short, Comedy Movies, Tootsie, Thriller, Drama, Blue Sky, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

Sat May 24, 2008

Film School Rejects

The Hobbit: Bring Back the King, Gandalf, and Gollum? [Casting Couch]

Posted by Nathan Deen on May 22, 2008 According to reports from Variety, pre-production is about to get underway on the two Hobbit movies, which will be helmed by the imaginative director of Pan's Labyrinth , ...

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

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