Movies
A fable about New Zealand’s indigenous Maori people before the arrival of European settlers, “The Dead Lands” values entertainment over archaeology.
April 16, 2015
Zombies are George Romero’s specialty, and he’s about to unleash them for the first time in 20 years.
June 23, 2005
Filmmaker George A. Romero died on July 16, 2017 at 77.
It was the night of April 4, 1968, and George A.
July 16, 2017
“The Book of Life” juxtaposes overwrought visual imagery with an undernourished, familiar story — regrettable flaws in one of the few animated films to focus on Latino characters and the rich heritage of Mexican folk culture.
Oct. 16, 2014
California
Rescue workers scouring the ocean for a parachutist who disappeared off Pismo Beach during the filming of a movie said Wednesday that he is presumed dead and that they are now looking for the body.
Oct. 31, 2002
Back in 1968, fledgling Pittsburgh filmmaker George A.
June 24, 2005
Entertainment & Arts
Cost-effective thrillers and zombie flicks are studio darlings again, with young filmmakers adding fresh blood.
Jan. 30, 2005
Television
Kevin Dobson of “Knots Landing” is starring as an investigative reporter in “Dead Air,” a TV movie that will air on CBS next season.
July 2, 1989
In Jane Horwitz’s June 17 Family Filmgoer review of “The General’s Daughter,” we are told of the “victim’s nude, dead body, graphic gang rape, profanity, sexual language, gunplay, knife fights, death by outboard motor, land mine, videos of sadomasochistic sexual situations. . . .”
June 26, 1999