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Leo and Kate: They Didn't Go Down With The Ship

John Farr | Posted 10.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Aviator, Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Titanic, Sense and Sensibility, Martin Scorsese, Best Movies by Farr, Infernal Affairs, Robert DeNiro, Ellen Barkin, Todd Field, Ang Lee, Gangs of New York, Jackie Earle Haley, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jennifer Connelly, The Departed, James Cameron, Revolutionary Road, Catch Me if You Can, Johnny Depp, Leonardo Dicaprio, Sam Mendes, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Entertainment News
John Farr

Here's hoping Leo and Kate do many more films together. But for now, let's celebrate their careers to-date with a sampling of their more interesting, lesser-known work, both pre-and post-Titanic.

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Looking For District 9

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 09.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Aliens, Apartheid, Sci-Fi, Peter Jackson, District 9, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

District 9 is one of those movies that comes to the screen out of the blue with no name actors and no real appeal except in this case it is produced by Peter Jackson.

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Q&A: Sci-Fi Director Neill Blomkamp Describes Life in District 9 As No Picnic

Brad Balfour | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Aliens, South Africa, District 9, Neill Blomkamp, Sci-Fi, Peter Jackson, G.I. Joe:the Rise of Cobra, Lord of the Rings, Afrikaans, Ghetto, Johannesburg, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

"I felt like half of my mind wanted to make some serious film about these topics and the other half wanted to make a bloody genre film, "said Blomkamp. "And then I thought maybe I'll be able to do both."

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The Great 3D "Debate" Shouldn't Be a Debate at All

Richard Gelfond | Posted 09.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dial M for Murder, Movie Business, Avatar, In-Home Entertainment, James Cameron Avatar, Tim Burton, Imax 3D, Alfred Hitchcock, Imax, Cgi, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Imax Theatres, Jim Cameron, 3D Film, Moviegoers, Jeffrey Katzenberg, History of 3D, Peter Jackson, Entertainment News
Richard Gelfond

The reason I'm optimistic about 3D this time around is that the greatest storytellers of our time -- Tim Burton, Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg -- are embracing the format.

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ReThink Review: District 9 -- Earthlings Aren't Easy

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, South Africa, Rethink Reviews, Neill Blomkamp, District 9, Jonathan Kim, Film Critic, Immigration, Apartheid, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Movie Critic, Refugees, Movies, Johannesburg, Peter Jackson, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

My ReThink Review of Neill Blomkamp's excellent film, District 9, and why its creativity and social/political commentary make it a modern classic.

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Science Fiction Double Feature: District 9 pops, Time Traveler's Wife flops

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 09.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Time Traveler's Wife, District 9, Philippa Boyens, Eric Bana, Audrey Niffenegger, Richard Taylor, Prawns, An American Werewolf in London, John Landis, The Fly, Rachel McAdams, David Cronenberg, Peter Jackson, Entertainment News
Gregory Weinkauf

What we're seeing with movies such as these is not the literal manifestation of remakes, but a sort of cinematic cannibalism, rather than invention.

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Gandalf Hopes For Role In "Hobbit"

AP | Posted 04.05.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ian McKellen, The Hobbit, Peter Jackson, Entertainment News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf the Wizard in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, is hoping to reprise the role in anoth...

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New Line Faces Shutdown

Wall Street Journal | MERISSA MARR, PETER SANDERS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: The Golden Compass, Warner Brothers, Time Warner, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Michael Lynne, New Line, Jeff Bewkes, Robert Shaye, Peter Jackson, Business News

New Line Cinema, the studio behind the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, has spent the best part of a decade fiercely protecting its turf within Time Warne...

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Peter Jackson Settles With New Line, Will Produce "The Hobbit"

AP | Jake Coyle | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Hobbit, New Line Cinema, Peter Jackson, Entertainment News

Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have reached agreement to make J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," a planned prequel to the blockbuster trilogy "The Lor...

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Mark Wahlberg To Replace Ryan Gosling In Film "The Lovely Bones"

Variety | Michael Fleming and Tatiana Siegel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ryan Gosling, Mark Wahlberg, Peter Jackson, Lovely Bones, Entertainment News

One day before shooting began, Mark Wahlberg stepped in to replace Ryan Gosling in "The Lovely Bones," the Peter Jackson-directed adaptation of the Al...

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