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December 12, 2005
Issue 451
Vol. 11, No. 50

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INTERVIEW

 Director Andrew Adamson transports stars Anna Popplewell, William Moseley, Georgie Henley, James McAvoy, Tilda Swinton and Skandar Keyne to C.S. Lewis' beloved land of Narnia in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.


LAB NOTES

 Scientist Wil McCarthy delivers the hairy news about what can happen when a great ape gets too big for his bones in "Cubed, Squared Kong."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Guillermo del Toro chooses between Halo and Hellboy, Bryan Singer believes in Star Trek, Peter Jackson stands up for the size of King Kong, James Cameron moves ahead with Battle Angel casting, Sarah Michelle Gellar screams again in The Grudge 2, and more.
ON SCREEN
 Tilda Swinton bewitches in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Matt Foyer goes mad on the Call of Cthulhu DVD, and Corey Marshall spreads the slime on the Frankenstein vs. The Creature From Blood Cove DVD.
OFF THE SHELF
 Allen Steele escapes from a crumbling Earth in Coyote Frontier, while Mike Resnick enlists in the space navy to embark on a Starship: Mutiny.
GAMES
 An avid gamer turned blockbuster director puts the movies' most famous monkey through its first-person paces in Peter Jackson's King Kong.
ANIME
 After the Norse gods are reincarnated as children in Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok, the schoolyard battles are anything but kid stuff.
SOUND SPACE
 Composer Pino Donaggio—who took a bite out of Piranha and bloodied up Carrie—shows off his musical chops on the Howling CD.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 The Carl Brandon Society Blog celebrates people of color in SF, fantasy and horror with info about interviews, new publications and more.
LETTERS
 Readers assign Aeon Flux a passing grade, continue to mourn the loss of Threshold, attack the enormity of improper English, and more.

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