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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.
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Celebrity Baby Scoop (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
In one of the most anticipated movies of the year, Rachel Weisz plays a mother who falls apart after the murder of her daughter for the film adaptation of Alice Sebold’s bestselling novel, The Lovely Bones , directed by Peter Jackson. The 39-year old actress, who is currently engaged to film director Darren Aronofsky , recently sat down with Redbook ’s Lori Berger to dish about the challenges...
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A Book Blogger's Diary (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
"My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973." So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her -- her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks,...
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The Mark on the Wall (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Enrollment has now begun for the Spring semester. I will be teaching a short fiction workshop ( Writing 11 ) on Thursday evenings 7-10 at Irvine Valley College. Our textbooks: Oakley Hall's How Fiction Works The Best American Short Stories 2009, edited by Alice Sebold
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Film News: Drama, spiritual fantasy and suspense could win voters -- A beloved novel meets an Academy Award-winning adapter of beloved novels in this anticipated film by Peter Jackson of Alice Sebold's bestseller.