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    The Hobbit's Unexpected Third Party

    AUGUST 3, 2012 7:32PM

    By Katharine Yee


    Topics: spooks, mi-5, robin hood, north and south, richard armitge, lawrence of arabia, evangeline lily, cate blanchett, miranda otto, liv tyler, return of the king, the two towers, fellowship of the ring, peter jackson, tolkien, the hobbit, lord of the rings, film, movies

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    How Stories Change (4) The Lord of the Rings

    MAY 20, 2012 10:06AM

    By BHD


    Topics: film, novel, adaptation, peter jackson, tolkien, the lord of the rings

    • 0 Ratings
    • 777 Views
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    Tintin Über Alles

    DECEMBER 20, 2011 9:03AM

    By Robert Brenner


    Topics: world war ii, racism, anti-semitism, nazis, lord of the rings, franco, mussolini, hitler, georges remy, herge, saving private ryan, schindler's list, steven spielberg, peter jackson, snowy, tintin, movies, comedy

    • 0 Ratings
    • 434 Views
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    Spielberg & Jackson, Tintin & Snowy, Wayne Rooney & Shrek

    NOVEMBER 8, 2011 8:12AM

    By trencherd


    Topics: captain haddock, shrek, wayne rooney, tintin, herge, peter jackson, steven spielberg, books, movies

    • 5 Ratings
    • 687 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    How The Hobbit Almost Wasn't

    DECEMBER 7, 2010 12:29PM

    By Robert Brenner


    Topics: movies, business, comedy, books, harry potter, avatar, j.r.r. tolkein, peter jackson, hobbit, lord of the rings, james cameron, chronicles of narnia, deathly hollows

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    250 Movies of the 2000s – 218) King Kong

    JULY 22, 2010 12:53PM

    By Coolhand Jones


    Topics: fran walsh, philippa boyens, peter jackson, naomi watts, adrien brody, jack black, colin hanks, jamie bell, andy serkis, movies, films, flicks, pop culture, popular culture, king kong, jeff bridges, jessica lange, charles grodin, sunset boulevard, lord of the rings, skull island

    • 1 Ratings
    • 818 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS On Blu-ray. Simply Stunning.

    JULY 14, 2010 3:26AM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: 1.66:1, academy of motion picture arts and sciences, bernard hermann, blu-ray, charles h schneer, don chaffey, dts-hd, jason and the argonauts, john landis, leonard nimoy, mpeg-4 avc, nancy kovack, one million years b.c., peter jackson, ray harryhausen, talos, the 7th voyage of sinbad, tim dalton, todd armstrong, william randall cook

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    Will Peter Jackson Take Up THE HOBBIT Reins?

    JUNE 1, 2010 10:56PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: warner bros, the hobbit, peter jackson, direct

    • 1 Ratings
    • 500 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Del Toro Walks Away From THE HOBBIT

    MAY 31, 2010 6:51PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: warner brothers, theonering.net, the hobbit, philippa boyens, peter jackson, official statement, new zealand, new line, middle-earth, lord of the rings, leaves, guillermo del toro, fran walsh, drops out, director, digital bits, bill hunt

    • 1 Ratings
    • 652 Views
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    The Hidden, Cosmic Message in Avatar and District 9

    MAY 28, 2010 11:15AM

    By Allan Goldstein


    Topics: spiritually, techology, peter jackson, james cameron, movies, district 9, avatar

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 5963 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    14 Films Famous Directors Don't Ever Want You to Know About

    MAY 19, 2010 1:01PM

    By Caroline Hagood


    Topics: movies, directors, film, pulp fiction, quentin tarantino, miller's crossing, joel and ethan coen, star wars, george lucas, meet me in st. louis, vincente minnelli, the lord of the rings, peter jackson, the lady eve, preston sturges, king kong, ernest b. schoedsack, merian c. cooper, the godfather, francis ford coppola, the 400 blows, francois truffaut, dr. strangelove, stanley kubrick, aguirre: the wrath of god, werner herzog, the stepford wives, bryan forbes, citizen kane, orson welles, annie hall, woody allen

    • 7 Ratings
    • 2897 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Can a novel made into a film stay fully true to the book?

    APRIL 23, 2010 12:26PM

    By Living with Caer


    Topics: belief/religion, open call, belief and religion, books, family, fiction, movies, peter jackson, lord of the rings, the lovely bones, news, music

    • 1 Ratings
    • 426 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    The Lovely Bones - Toothpaste and Orange Juice

    JANUARY 15, 2010 2:14PM

    By LaRae Meadows


    Topics: the lovely bones, peter jackson

    • 0 Ratings
    • 299 Views
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    Exeunt Peter Jackson, chased by our inner Anthony Lane

    JANUARY 12, 2010 2:07PM

    By Patrick McEvoy-Halston


    Topics: peter jackson, anthony lane, lord of the rings, lotr

    • 4 Ratings
    • 711 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Why the Lord of the Rings Trilogy Fell Short

    JANUARY 12, 2010 5:34AM

    By Katharine Yee


    Topics: movies, j.r.r. tolkien, lord of the rings, peter jackson, steven spielberg, tom hanks, cate blanchett, liv tyler, miranda otto, ian mckellen, wizard of oz, star wars, darth vader, casablanca, patrick stewart, star trek, sarah michelle gellar, buffy, rosalind russell, zhang yimou, harry potter, narnia, humphrey bogart, barbara stanwyck, andrew o'hehir

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 1914 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Open Salon box office in review (12/13/09)

    DECEMBER 13, 2009 7:04PM

    By Scott Mendelson


    Topics: 2d, a single man, avatar, blind side, box office, brothers, cartoons, clint eastwood, coraline, crazy heart, disney, george clooney, invictus, james cameron, jeff bridges, jonas brothers, lovely bones, matt damon, morgan freeman, new moon, news, oscar, peter jackson, princess and the frog, sandra bullock, scott mendelson, sherlock holmes, transylmania, twilight, up, up in the air, whip it

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 3457 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Open Salon review: The Lovely Bones (2009)

    DECEMBER 9, 2009 11:20PM

    By Scott Mendelson


    Topics: movies, news, reviews, scott mendelson, the lovely bones, peter jackson, lord of the rings, king kong, oscar, mark wahlberg, susan sarandon, stanley tucci, m. night shyamalan, the happening, rachel weisz, saorise ronan

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    • 523 Views
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    Open Salon weekend box office in review (12/06/09)

    DECEMBER 7, 2009 1:17AM

    By Scott Mendelson


    Topics: up in the air, tyler perry, twilight, tobey maguire, the princess and the frog, taylor lautner, scott mendelson, sandra bullock, robin williams, robert pattinson, robert de niro, reviews, quentin tarantino, precious, politics, peter jackson, oprah winfrey, old dogs, ninja assassin, news, new moon, nelson mandela, natalie portman, movies, morgan freeman, lovely bones, lionsgate, kristen stewart, john travolta, jim carrey, jim cameron, jake gyllenhaal, george clooney, everybody's fine, edward cullen, disney, clint eastwood, christmas carol, brothers, box office, blind side, bella swan, avatar, armored, 2012

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    • 3 Ratings
    • 2165 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Open Salon weekend box office in review (11/01/09)

    NOVEMBER 1, 2009 5:05PM

    By Scott Mendelson


    Topics: where the wild things are, tyler perry, titanic, this is it, the box, star wars episode one the phantom menace, scott mendelson, saw vi, reviews, precious, peter jackson, paranormal activity, oprah winfrey, nikki finke, news, movies, michael jackson, mendelson's memos, law-abiding-citizen, king kong, james cameron, hillary swank, couples retreat, christmas carol, cameron diaz, box office, avatar, amelia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 754 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Open Salon weekend box office in review (06/16/09)

    AUGUST 17, 2009 9:42AM

    By Scott Mendelson


    Topics: bandslam, box office, district 9, gi joe: the rise of cobra, harry potter, ice age, julie and julia, movies, new moon, news, peter jackson, reviews, scott mendelson, the goods, time traveler's wife, transformers, twilight saga

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