The combination of a killer shark, a waddling alien and a story of humanity in the midst of the Holocaust has driven film buffs to crown Steven Spielberg as cinema’s greatest director…Two other big names of modern film — Peter Jackson, who directed The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction) — are in seventh and eighth places. They beat Orson Welles, the director of Citizen Kane, who came ninth, and Woody Allen, who was tenth. [More]
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Green Books Staffer Anwyn writes: Summer brings a new installment in our Science of Middle-earth series by Olog-hai [More] as well as a picnic basket of new Moon Letters in our fan writing section [More]. If you’re a fan of Q&A, look for two important updates to our last Q&A edition, and you’ll also want to check the main Q&A page for a special message to Q&A readers [More]. Happy summer days to all!
Garfeimao writes: The fine folks from the parody musical called “Fellowship” just sent me this press release. They will be performing in San Diego during comic con, and the tickets go on sale on June 1. If you will be in San Diego for comic con, do yourself a favor and go see this performance. You’ll laugh so hard, and for so long, you just might bust a gut, so be prepared. Read more to find out the details. [More]
Dominic Monaghan will be on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ late tonight on ABC. This is a repeat performance from the April 29th show. He was there to promote the last few episodes of ‘Lost’.
Special effects company Weta Workshop has been granted $300,000 of government money to turn the technology that brought The Lord of the Rings character Gollum to life into a home-grown animation industry. The “motion capture” technology used in the films can deliver high-quality animation for TV at a cheaper price than previously possible. The Foundation for Research, Science and Technology gave Weta the grant through its technology for business scheme. [More]
‘The Stash’ is back! Mina writes: The June 2005 issue of magazine Premiere (France) that features photos of Viggo Mortensen (AKA ‘The Stash’) taken by David Cronenberg (one was taken by Emir Kusturica) during the Cannes Film Festival. [More]