Movies
“Fear of a Black Hat” is designed to be a rap version of the classic mock rock documentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” and the idea is so funny that for a long time the film coasts on our good will.
June 3, 1994
A capacity crowd braved freezing temperatures here Saturday night to bask in the sun-scorched glories of the kind of film making that Hollywood doesn’t do anymore.
Feb. 6, 1989
Entertainment & Arts
Review: St. Lawrence String Quartet conjures Golijovian magic
April 22, 2013
There may come a day when the works of playwright Christopher Durang will be forgotten, like the early comic-book cowboy plays of Sam Shepard, which haven’t been done in a quarter century.
July 26, 1997
Travel & Experiences
Nocturnal Wonderland is going Dutch.
Sept. 1, 2005
L.A. Now
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Feb. 24, 2013
“Superman IV,” which Cannon Films begins shooting in London in September with Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman and Margot Kidder as their old selves, pits the Man of Steel against a foe who’s all-aglow: Nuclear Man!
June 8, 1986
Critic’s Notebook: Best picture nominees use buildings and spaces as symbols
Feb. 25, 2011
Since Superman stands for Truth, Justice and the American Way, we felt obligated to peruse paperwork surrounding a current lawsuit--in which Christopher Reeve is accused of ripping off the story line for “Superman IV.”
April 26, 1987
California
The Orange County District Attorney’s office filed criminal conspiracy charges Thursday against seven men allegedly involved with the illegal manufacture and distribution of anabolic steroids, a body-building drug thought to have dangerous side effects.
May 30, 1986