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MTV Movies Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last night, we ran some some exclusive new stills from "The Lovely Bones," writer/director Peter Jackson's adaptation of the 2002 novel by Alice Sebold. We've got a lot more pictures today... but they're in motion! In this clip, you get to see Stanley Tucci's creepy, serial killing neighbor appraising a possible next victim. Hopefully that [...]
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Nerd World (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
The Lovely Bones: I've seen it, and I'm still processing. This is such an emotional and complex storyline – adapted from the sweeping novel by Alice Sebold – that in some ways the project is an overwhelming experience. But judged purely as a visual journey, it ranks right up there as one of the year's greatest [...]
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MTV Movies Blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Expect great things from "The Lovely Bones," adapted from Alice Sebold's 2002 novel by Peter Jackson (who also directs) and his partners in crime Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Saorise Ronan (pictured below) stars as a young girl who is murdered by her neighbor, a serial killer, in 1973. Much of the tale is set [...]
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MSNBC.com: Newsweek Entertainment (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
If anybody could bring to the screen, Peter Jackson would seem a perfect fit. The director of the worldly (teenage girls, murder) and the otherworldly certainly has a vision broad enough to encompass both heaven and earth, which is where Alice Sebold's hugely popular novel takes place. Earth—specifically, a suburban American town in 1973—is where 14-year-old Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan)...
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
LONDON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Peter Jackson takes a break from blockbusters with "The Lovely Bones," an adaptation of Alice Sebold's bestselling novel about girl who is brutally raped and murdered and who looks down on her family from heaven.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
LONDON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Peter Jackson takes a break from blockbusters with "The Lovely Bones," an adaptation of Alice Sebold's bestselling novel about girl who is brutally raped and murdered and who looks down on her family from heaven.
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/Film (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Paramount Pictures has begun to screen Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Lovely Bones, and reviews have begun to appear online. Lets take a look at some quotes from the early reviews: Todd McCarthy at Variety: "Peter Jackson's infatuation with fancy visual effects mortally wounds The Lovely Bones." .... "Jackson undermines solid work from a good cast with show-offy celestial evocations...
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Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
"Peter Jackson's infatuation with fancy visual effects mortally wounds The Lovely Bones," writes Daily Variety senior critic Todd McCarthy in what may be the first cut in an onslaught of critical knives. Do howlings winds and heaving seas approach? Lovely Bones director Peter Jackson "Alice Sebold's cheerily melancholy bestseller, centered upon a 14-year-old girl who narrates the story...
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Cinematical (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The first reviews for Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones are beginning to pour in, and, naturally (for a popular, fan-friendly director like Jackson), there are the raves (Harry Knowles from AICN) and the pans ( Todd McCarthy from Variety ). Just posted this evening over at Variety , McCarthy's review is perhaps the hardest one to swallow. Essentially his biggest problem with the movie were the effects,...
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Studiopjj (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Peter Jackson's latest film, The Lovely Bones , is based on Alice Sebold's best-selling novel, a brilliant story told from the perspective of a murdered teenage girl who reaches out to her family from the afterlife + he says Tintin film is finished. I am a huge fan of Peter Jackson, and I can hardly wait to see this movie! Useful links: www.lovelybones.com www.tintin.com
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IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
PRINCE Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, attended the Royal Film Performance of Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones at a rain-swept, windy Leicester Square on Tuesday night (November 24, 2009). The royal film performance marked the world premiere of Jackson’s movie, which is based on the novel by Alice Sebold, and which focuses on the aftermath of the rape and murder of...
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Living in Cinema (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
A new poster plus a couple of not-so-hot reviews of Peter Jackson's adaptation of Alice Sebold's THE LOVELY BONES.