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Universal horror: ‘Essential’ Blu-ray spotlights classic actors
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.comThe month of October has been a big one for fans of Universal's landmark horror films — the classic movies ...... -
Ray Bradbury dies at 91; author lifted fantasy to literary heights
Ray Bradbury, the writer whose expansive flights of fantasy and vividly rendered space-scapes have provided the world with one of the most enduring speculative blueprints for the future, has died. He was 91. Bradbury died Tuesday night in Los Angeles,...
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'The Wolf Gift' review: Anne Rice teases, but payoff is slight
Tribune NewspapersHow's your back feeling? Sore? If you want a deep-tissue massage, forget the spa. What you need is a good bite from a werewolf. As one discovers, in Anne Rice's novel "The Wolf Gift," the shift from human to wolf and back again is like a really sexy...Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, Benicio Del Toro, Anne Rice, Theft, Personal Service
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Around Town: Marvel legend Stan Lee hosts 'Avengers' screening
24 FramesMarvel Comics' guru Stan Lee will be honored with the Ronald Reagan Foundation "Great Communicator" Award and will host a screening of "The Avengers," which is opening theatrically this weekend, at the Catalina Film Festival. The festival, which runs... -
Universal Pictures salute showcases century of crowd-pleasing fare
24 Frames“Universal Pictures: Celebrating 100 Years,” a fascinating UCLA Film & Television Archive series starting Friday at the Hammer Museum's Billy Wilder Theater in Westwood, is being put on to celebrate what UCLA describes as “the oldest... -
Elyse Knox dies at 94; B-movie actress in the 1940s
As a B-movie actress in the 1940s, Elyse Knox was perhaps best known for the only horror film she ever made, "The Mummy's Tomb," with Lon Chaney Jr. as the monster who kidnaps her.
She later recalled working through the night on the abduction and...Tags: Fine Artists, Arts, Entertainment, Mark Harmon, Artists
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TCM unveils list of 10 most influential silent films
24 FramesTurner Classic Movies has unveiled a list of the 10 most influential silent films.... -
The Arts on TV: Renee Fleming in 'Capriccio'; 'Spider-Man'
Culture Monster“Great Performances at the Met” 12:30 p.m., Sunday KVCR: Capriccio: Renée Fleming performs Strauss' “Capriccio.” With Joseph Kaiser and Sarah Connolly.... -
Timeline: Men and their grooming habits
Los Angeles Times30,000 BC: Stone Age man begins using sharpened flint and seashells to scrape the hair from his body, inventing the morning shave. 1150 BC: Biblical hero Samson, whose feats of strength allegedly included slaying an entire army with the jawbone of an...Tags: Rudolph Valentino, Entertainment, Vice (movie), Clark Gable, William Howard Taft
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Lon Chaney's 'The Phantom of the Opera' plays on after 85 years
The Hero ComplexEighty-five years ago, moviegoers saw Lon Chaney unmasked as “The Phantom of the Opera” at the classic film's premiere, and while the movie was silent, the audience certainly wasn’t. There were plenty of screams and gasps on Sept. 6,... -
Bruce Campbell on the horror franchise that launched his career: 'All roads lead to "Evil Dead" '
The Hero ComplexBruce Campbell is currently starring in USA's top-rated spy romp "Burn Notice" as the wisecracking Sam Axe, but for some fans, he'll always be Ash, the beloved hero of Sam Raimi's cult favorite "Evil Dead" trilogy: 1981's "The Evil Dead,"...... -
From the Vaults: 'The Wolf Man' (1941)
The Daily MirrorWell, I am fudging on the year again this week, mostly because I had 1941's "The Wolf Man" in my queue and felt like watching it. And here at From the Vaults, that means I felt like writing about it! Let's go! Starring lovable lummox Lon Chaney Jr.,...
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