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The next big thrill
Eli Roth is disturbed. Not as a person, of course, though his tight, skull-bearing T-shirt--proclaiming that to fear death is to fear life--could make some people nervous. Rather, the writer/director of "Cabin Fever" is uneasy about a website he...Tags: Derek Richardson, Education, Entertainment, Health and Safety at School, Horror (genre)
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Three Zombies Join 'Dead' Remake
Zap2It.comVing Rhames, Mena Suvari and Nick Cannon are set to take the leads in the upcoming remake of "Day of the Dead." According to media reports, Steve Miner ("Dawson's Creek") will direct the remake/sequel, working from a script by Jeffrey Reddick. In George...Tags: Death, Grateful Dead (music group), Ving Rhames, Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Mena Suvari
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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: Gaming, Entertainment, Death, Milla Jovovich, Television Industry
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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: Entertainment, Death, Grateful Dead (music group), Horror (genre), Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities)
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Greeks and geeks
Times Staff WriterAs one movie festival this weekend celebrates everything Greek, another pays tribute to all that is geek. The first Los Angeles Greek Film Festival opens tonight at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills with the U.S. premiere of Udayan Prasad's "Opa!"...Tags: Documentary (genre), John Carpenter, Keith David, Stephen King, Star Trek (movie, 2009)
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Sundance announces premieres and special screenings
The Sundance Film Festival may occasionally take itself too seriously, but judging from the lineup of premieres and special screenings announced Thursday, the festival has no trouble poking fun at Hollywood.
Several high-profile films set either in the...Tags: Documentary (genre), Smart People (movie), Woody Harrelson, Entertainment, Savage Grace (movie)
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Movie review: 'Undead'
Tribune staff reporter1 star (out of four) Two words: zombie fish. Just when you thought the ambling undead genre had run out of brains to chew on, Aussie filmmakers Michael and Peter Spierig add a new comic element (aquatic zombies!) and prove themselves true aficionados of...Tags: Australia (movie), Entertainment, Death, Peter Jackson, Night of the Living Dead (movie, 1968)
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'Grindhouse' sparks a creepy stroll down memory lane
Special to The Times"Grindhouse." The very name conjures up all kinds of memories of the gloriously lurid exploitation films of the '60s and '70s and fond nostalgia for the fading South Broadway movie palaces that booked them as double features. Although it was not really a...Tags: Documentary (genre), Unrest, Conflicts and War, John Carpenter, Entertainment, Terrorism
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Movie review: 'Land of the Dead'
Tribune movie critic4 stars (out of four) Warning: Though this is a laudatory review, it describes a movie that may give audience members unwelcome nightmares. "George A. Romero's Land of the Dead" gives us another great shock to the system. The fourth blood-spattered...Tags: Land of the Dead (movie), 28 Days Later (movie), Entertainment, Simon Pegg, Dennis Hopper
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'Slither'
Zap2It.comCasual horror fans may experience several instances of discomfort watching James Gunn's "Slither," queasy moments involving orifice-penetrating leaches, orifice-violating tentacles and orifice-esque alien pods. For genre aficionados, seeing "Slither" will...Tags: John Carpenter, Entertainment, Gregg Henry, Peter Jackson, Michael Rooker
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Romero Is 'Dead' Again
Zap2It.comYou can't keep a "Dead" man down. Only a year after "Land of the Dead" stirred up strong reviews, but sub-par box office, George A. Romero is moving back into the zombie business with "George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead." Romero will writer, direct...Tags: Land of the Dead (movie), Entertainment, Death, Grateful Dead (music group), Night of the Living Dead (movie, 1968)
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'Night of the Living Dead 3D'
Special to The Times"Night of the Living Dead 3D" is sure to make audiences scream — in frustration. Even for ultra-low-budget, grade-Z horror movies, this is a truly incompetent film. No wonder it carries a disclaimer that George Romero, king of the zombies, had...Tags: Death, Horror (genre), Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities)
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