By Frank Wilkins
Even without the knowledge of Peter Jackson's love affair with the iconic tale of King Kong immortalized in 1933 by adventurers-turned filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Co-director Ernest B. Schoedsack, one would immediately recognize that Jackson's remake of the monster classic is a labor of love. Ever since he was a young boy, he's considered King Kong his favorite movie and declares it the single reason he decided to get into filmmaking. Let's consider ourselves fortunate that Jackson watched that movie on television one night in New Zealand. Otherwise we might not have ever been treated to one of the biggest and grandest love stories to ever hit the big screen....read more


By Anita Wyst
There are certain thoughts that run through every avid moviegoer's mind when he or she hears about a remake of an older film. The first is a reminder that Hollywood is lazy and creatively infertile, unwilling or unable to come up with an original screenplay unless, perhaps, under the threat of physical harm. The second notion, and the easiest one to assume, is that the original movie is always much better. The new release of King Kong will put these justly skeptical minds at ease, because its creators just didn’t get that memo....read more