"Up," Clooney, "Precious," "Lovely Bones," "Nine" all leading contenders. Plus: Is indie dead? (Part 174)
By Andrew O'Hehir Sep 23, 2009
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Often gorgeous, this Tim Burton-infused "stitchpunk" animation is a mixed-up quilt of hackneyed yarns
By Andrew O'Hehir
September 9, 2009
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Peter Jackson protégé Neill Blomkamp talks about "District 9," the sci-fi breakthrough of the summer
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 12, 2009
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A Hollywood lawsuit may spark a high-stakes corporate war over the biggest franchise in entertainment history
By Andrew O'Hehir
July 28, 2009
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Will the dark political allegory (and ass-kickin' robots) of "District 9" redeem a crap-movie summer?
By Andrew O'Hehir
July 10, 2009
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A director who hates Tolkien, enslaved in New Zealand by a latter-day George Lucas. Whose brilliant idea was this?
April 25, 2008
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He's big, he's back, and he's ready to sweep you up in his warm, hairy palm and take you on a rollicking romantic adventure!
By Stephanie Zacharek
December 14, 2005
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Blogger Angry Black Bitch has something to say about the big black ape and his frenzy over white womanhood.
By Rebecca Traister
December 5, 2005
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How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis' all-night argument about God paved the way
for both "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Chronicles of Narnia."
By Steven Hart
December 3, 2003
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Crime-fighting Ents, the Iggy Pop-Gollum connection, Aragorn's love for a transvestite, and other delights lurk within this ragged, messy extended-edition DVD.
By Laura Miller
November 18, 2003
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In an exclusive interview, Viggo Mortensen, who plays Aragorn in "The Lord of the Rings," talks about his photography, his indie publishing house, and why Bush will go down in history as the Sauron of American presidents.
By Scott Thill
October 24, 2003
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Yes, there are some "middle-chapter" problems, but Peter Jackson's Tolkien adaptation hasn't lost its devastating humanity, its heart-stopping cinematography or its epic sweep.
By Charles Taylor
December 18, 2002
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Why the Eye of Sauron was the bane of Peter Jackson's life, and other knowledge I gleaned from the extended DVD of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."
By Laura Miller
December 3, 2002
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Peter Jackson's "Fellowship of the Ring" pleases both Tolkien nuts and "Lord of the Rings" virgins. How did he pull off such an unlikely feat?
By Scott Rosenberg
February 6, 2002
Early odds on the Oscar derby
Just say "9"
Is apartheid acceptable -- for giant bugs?
Will Tolkien's heirs kill off "The Hobbit"?
Peter Jackson's alien-apartheid apocalypse
Guillermo del Toro to make "Hobbit" films: Bleah!
"King Kong"
A bitch weighs in on "King Kong"
The real fellowship of the ring
Trapped between "Two Towers"
The man who would be king
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
A "Fellowship" for fanatics
One film to rule them all
Glenn Greenwald
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