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  • Awards Watch: Directors Roundtable

    12/15/09 Kathryn Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker"); James Cameron ("Avatar"); Lee Daniels ("Precious"); Peter Jackson ("The Lovely Bones"); Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air"); and Quentin Tarantino ("Inglourious Basterds") -- for a candid discussion of filmmaking at the highest level.  |  The Hollywood Reporter
  • 'Shutter Island', 'Kick-Ass' Top Butt-Numb-A-Thon 1138

    12/14/09 I spent the weekend in a movie-goer's paradise/coma/heaven/insane asylum, AICN's Harry Knowles' yearly birthday party and 24-hour movie marathon at Austin's Alamo Drafthouse, Butt-Numb-A-Thon (aka BNAT. This year was the eleventh BNAT and Knowles turned thirty-eight so the event was nicknamed BNAT 1138).  |  Cinematical.com
  • 39% The Lovely Bones

    12/14/09 It's stuffed full of Peter Jackson's typically dazzling imagery, but The Lovely Bones suffers from abrupt shifts between horrific violence and cloying sentimentality.  |  Rotten Tomatoes
  • Princess and the Frog Kisses Off Matt Damon

    12/13/09 The old-fashioned Princess and the Frog grossed an old-fashioned $25 million Friday-Sunday, per estimates, a take more line with Disney's last, decade-old princess movie than its last computer-literate Pixar production.  |  E! Online
  • Cast & Crew Discuss 'The Lovely Bones'

    12/12/09 Despite the fact that show business is mostly a lot of make-believe, acting and directing in films is still a tough job, because it's not merely about a person pretending, but making an audience believe in some fictional, fantastical reality.  |  Cinematical.com
  • Nelson Mandela to Battle the Lovely Bones at the Multiplex [Defamer Movie Guide]

    12/11/09 After a slow build-up, Oscar season is coming in like a lion.  |  Gawker
  • After 'The Lovely Bones,' Here Are Five Novels Peter Jackson Should Consider

    12/11/09 Peter Jackson knows his way around an adaptation. "  |  MTV Movies Blog
  • 'The Lovely Bones' Star Stanley Tucci Praises Christina Aguilera's Acting Debut In 'Burlesque'

    12/11/09 When Eminem decided that his status as a superstar musician gave him the credentials to become an actor, the result was "8 Mile," an Oscar-nominated instant classic; Mariah Carey's 2001 bomb "Glitter" might just be the worst movie ever made.  |  MTV Movies Blog
  • Jackson Couldn't Shoot The Lovely Bones' Rape And Murder

    12/10/09 Moviemaker Peter Jackson has defended his decision not to show the rape and murder of a teenage girl in his adaptation of Alice Sebold 's bestseller The Lovely Bones , revealing he felt "morally conflicted about the whole thing".  |  The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
  • 49% The Lovely Bones

    12/10/09 It's stuffed full of Peter Jackson's typically dazzling imagery, but The Lovely Bones suffers from abrupt shifts between horrific violence and cloying sentimentality.  |  Rotten Tomatoes