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Cultural events that shaped '68
LITERATURE "Myra Breckinridge" by Gore Vidal. The clever novel (disguised as a diary) initially derided as pornography ends up making eloquent sport of sex and gender. Also vital to 1968 and beyond: "Soul on Ice" by Eldridge Cleaver. An angry, powerful...Tags: Frederick Ashton, Stanley Kubrick, Dance, Gore Vidal, John Hancock
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For Shyamalan, Career Suicide
ORLANDO SENTINELIf water naturally gravitates toward the lowest point it can find, then perhaps, with "The Happening," M. Night Shyamalan has reached his true depth as a filmmaker. The would-be cinematic messiah, Mr. Message-in-a-Spooky-Movie, has at long last made...Tags: Mark Wahlberg, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Central Park, Terrorism, John Leguizamo
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'The Happening': Shyamalan hits bottom with zombie flick
Orlando SentinelIf water naturally gravitates toward the lowest point, then perhaps M. Night Shyamalan has reached his true depth as a filmmaker with The Happening. The would-be cinematic messiah, Mr. Message-in-a-Spooky-Movie, has at long last made the journey from his...Tags: Mark Wahlberg, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Central Park, Terrorism, John Leguizamo
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'George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead'
Special to NewsdayGeorge Romero has been ticked off since the '60s, when the release of "Night of the Living Dead" and its martyred black hero somehow eerily coincided with the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. And he's ticked off now: His latest indie zombie (or...Tags: John Anderson, Martin Luther King Jr., Abusive Behavior, Wes Craven, Manhattan
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COMING SOON ... to area theaters
Chicago TribuneThe following are tentative opening dates, subject to change. THU., FEB. 14 'Definitely, Maybe' 'Jumper' 'The Spiderwick Chronicles' 'Step Up 2 the Streets' FRI., FEB. 15 'Le Doulos' 'George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead' 'War/Dance' FRI., FEB. 22... -
Movie Review: 'George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead'
Schlock can be one of life's great guilty pleasures. But few things are as intolerable as schlock that takes itself seriously. "Diary of the Dead," the latest zombie epic from George Romero, falls into that trap. Somewhere along the line Romero took...Tags: Movies
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'George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead' (zombies, zombies, zombies!) -- 3 stars
Tribune movie criticCall it OCVD--obsessive-compulsive video disorder, the insatiable itch to visually document terrible, unfathomable events as they unfold. This syndrome kept "Cloverfield" on the run, but in many ways it's more provocatively handled in "George A. Romero'...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Movies
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Quotidian terrors
Special to The TimesApril 5, 2008 Had he not cemented his cinematic rep with Richard Matheson's horror story "Duel," Steven Spielberg might still be struggling in television. Had George A. Romero not openly pilfered from Matheson's novel "I Am Legend," the flinty fount...Tags: Nebraska, Book, Ray Bradbury, Prosecution, O. Henry
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Things at Sundance get weird at midnight
While many film festivals have midnight sections that screen outré and impolite genre films, there is something about Sundance's "Park City at Midnight" that defies expectations. Frequently brimming with frenzied horror, outrageous mayhem and dark comedy,...Tags: Assault, Adrian Grenier, Film Festivals, Cinema Industry, Quentin Tarantino
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Resident Evil: Extinction
Metromix StaffThe world has become a vast wasteland following the events of the first two “Resident Evil” films, with the few remaining humans (including “Heroes” star Ali Larter and singer Ashanti) banding together in groups of evade the hoards...Tags: Television Industry, Milla Jovovich, Movies
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