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Nothing says Thanksgiving like 'Dawn of the Dead'
My favorite Thanksgiving movie? "Dawn of the Dead," the 1978 George A. Romero follow-up to his zombie paean of a decade earlier, "Night of the Living Dead." Here's why. So many films from so many countries have captured the essence of festive or...
Tags: Black Friday (shopping), Holidays, Fanny and Alexander (movie), Thanksgiving, John Hughes
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Pop culture's undying affection for zombies
Daniel Ewald says he's ready when and if zombies ever take over.
His Hampden home is fitted with solar panels to provide power in case he needs to be locked away. His partner is a former Eagle Scout with survival skills galore. And the two have honed...Tags: George Romero, Baltimore County, Symptoms, New Products, AMC (tv network)
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Warren Old Town hosts Zombie Crawl to help homeless
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe Warren Old Town is getting in the Halloween spirit and helping Wichita's homeless at the same time. - Click here for photos of Zombie Crawl The theater will show the 1978 cult classic 'Dawn of the Dead' Monday and Tuesday nights. Tickets are $5...Tags: Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Halloween
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Shopping malls' greatest movie moments
Los Angeles TimesShopping centers have always been about more than shopping. Before the rise of Internet-based social interaction, malls were a workplace, gathering place and pop culture petri dish for the better part of two generations. That made them the perfect...Tags: George Romero, The Blues Brothers (movie), Alicia Silverstone, Kevin Smith, Zack and Miri Make a Porno (movie)
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Simon Pegg riffs on 'Dawn of the Dead,' zombie consumers and popular culture
Jacket CopySimon Pegg can make fart jokes -- and talk about capitalist societies in decline. And zombies! All of which he does in these outtakes from our interview.... -
Comments & Curiosities: The era of 'Zom Coms'
Do you believe in zombies? I don't. Ghosts, yes. Zombies, no. A person can only deal with so many paranormal issues at one time. But believe in them or not, zombies are coming to Costa Mesa, sort of. Not real zombies — movie zombies, and their...Tags: Festive Events, George Romero, Comedy (genre), Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson
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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: Halloween, George Romero, Los Angeles, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Quentin Tarantino
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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: George Romero, Dennis Hopper, Simon Pegg, Movies, Night of the Living Dead (movie, 1968)
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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: Gilmore Girls (tv program), George Romero, James Gunn, Comedy (genre), Sam Raimi
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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: Day of the Dead (movie, 1985), Grateful Dead (music group), Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Death, Land of the Dead (movie)
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'28 Days Later'
Times Staff WriterThe wonderfully, horribly scary movie "28 Days Later" induces the sort of physical reactions that these days are more often incited by the nightly news than the latest monster flick. You know the feeling — the moist-slicked palms, the fast-...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, George Romero, Christopher Eccleston, Music Industry, Brendan Gleeson
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Free Enterprise
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday June 4, 1999 Director Robert Meyer Burnett and his co-writer Mark A. Altman breathe new life into the Hollywood-set romantic comedy genre with their funny, sharp and engaging "Free Enterprise," their debut feature; Regent Entertainment has...Tags: George Romero, Star Trek (movie, 2009), Heather Locklear, Film Festivals, Eric McCormack
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