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David Weiner

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Covers:  Entertainment, with an emphasis on genre film and television.
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"We Never Had an Ending:" How Disney's 'Black Hole' Tried to Match 'Star Wars'

"We Never Had an Ending:" How Disney's 'Black Hole' Tried to Match 'Star Wars'

Forty years later, director Gary Nelson, along with actors Joseph Bottoms and the late Robert Forster, look b…

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"This Is Probably Going to Kill Us:" How First 'Star Trek' Movie Avoided Disaster

"This Is Probably Going to Kill Us:" How First 'Star Trek' Movie Avoided Disaster

With these shifting genre appetites growing stronger, and with Paramount struggling with the reality of selli…

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Ridley Scott on the Hard Road to 'Alien'

Ridley Scott on the Hard Road to 'Alien'

"The theater was positively boiling with expectation. I have never seen such audience participation," remembe…

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'Miracle Mile' at 30: The Nixed Happy Ending and Alternate Castings Revealed

'Miracle Mile' at 30: The Nixed Happy Ending and Alternate Castings Revealed

In Miracle Mile, Anthony Edwards plays Harry, a young musician who finds love with Julie, a server who works …

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How Original 'Pet Sematary' Director Won Over Stephen King

How Original 'Pet Sematary' Director Won Over Stephen King

Teased by his publisher as "the most frightening book Stephen King has ever written" in 1983, the prolific no…

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The Pain Behind 'Baron Munchausen'

The Pain Behind 'Baron Munchausen'

The production woes of Terry Gilliam's film have become the stuff of legend - and on its 30th anniversary, th…

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'Bill & Ted' at 30: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter on How 'Excellent Adventure' Nearly Fell Apart

'Bill & Ted' at 30: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter on How 'Excellent Adventure' Nearly Fell Apart

The film survived the bankruptcy of its production company, a major role remaining uncast with just weeks lef…

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Why 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' Still Haunts Its Director

Why 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' Still Haunts Its Director

Based on Jack Finney's 1954 serialized novel in Colliers magazine, was first brought to the big screen in 195…

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How the Battle for 'Lord of the Rings' Nearly Broke a Director

How the Battle for 'Lord of the Rings' Nearly Broke a Director

During the '60s, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings booksgrew exponentially in popularity and were initia…

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How 'Child's Play' Survived Bad Test Screenings to Become a Horror Classic

How 'Child's Play' Survived Bad Test Screenings to Become a Horror Classic

'Child's Play' hit theaters on Nov. 9, 1988, winning the weekend at the box office and jolting the horror gen…

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'Nightmare Before Christmas' Director on the Tim Burton Joke He Had to Cut

'Nightmare Before Christmas' Director on the Tim Burton Joke He Had to Cut

Twenty-five years ago, it was hardly a sure thing that Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas would go o…

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L.A. Weekly's Top 12 Picks for Fall Flicks

L.A. Weekly's Top 12 Picks for Fall Flicks

This year, horror, fantasy, neo-noir and kiddie-comedy options provide broad counterprogramming to the more s…

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Mission: Impossible - Fallout Is the Best One Yet

Mission: Impossible - Fallout Is the Best One Yet

It's usually a foregone conclusion that when a Hollywood blockbuster movie franchise gets to a sixth entry in…

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Taking the Sting Out of Infinity War

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Taking the Sting Out of Infinity War

As a playful antidote to the emotionally devastating finale of Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel Studios' next-u…

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Jurassic World: Falling Into Dark Territory

Jurassic World: Falling Into Dark Territory

There's a moment in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom when Chris Pratt tells Bryce Dallas Howard, "If I don't ma…

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Summer Movie Guide: L.A. Weekly's Top 12 Picks for Must-See Flicks

Summer Movie Guide: L.A. Weekly's Top 12 Picks for Must-See Flicks

This summer, audiences can expect a healthy dose of sequels and spinoffs, superheroes and spies, and some qua…

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Time's Up: Margot Robbie Is a Femme Fatale With a Potent Plan in Terminal

Time's Up: Margot Robbie Is a Femme Fatale With a Potent Plan in Terminal

Make no mistake: Margot Robbie runs the show onscreen and behind the scenes of the new thriller Terminal, in …

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Star Wars Day: 10 Ways for Fans to Celebrate in L.A.

Star Wars Day: 10 Ways for Fans to Celebrate in L.A.

May 4th (May the Fourth Be With You - get it?) has become the established excuse for all walks of Star Wars f…

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'Reality Bites' Rewind: Hawke & Stiller Goof On Set

'Reality Bites' Rewind: Hawke & Stiller Goof On Set

"Hello, you've reached the winter of our discontent..." Can you believe two decades have passed since the rel…

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Robocop Rewind: Peter Weller's Personal Robo-Tour

Robocop Rewind: Peter Weller's Personal Robo-Tour

With the new RoboCop reboot in theaters, we've got vintage ET footage of Peter Weller, the star of the 1987 P…

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Exclusive: What Hooked Redford for 'All Is Lost'

Exclusive: What Hooked Redford for 'All Is Lost'

Robert Redford delivers one of the most stunning and acclaimed performances of his career as a lone man strug…

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Not 'The Family' You'd Want as Neighbors

Not 'The Family' You'd Want as Neighbors

Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer play on their previous mob movie roles in the entertaining, fish-out-of-…

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Variety: Music City Has Room for Movie Lovers

Variety: Music City Has Room for Movie Lovers

A preview of the Nashville Film Festival with quotes from festival organizers. Lineup includes docs, indies, …

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Huey Lewis Reverse Riffs on 'American Psycho'

Huey Lewis Reverse Riffs on 'American Psycho'

This, my friends, is brilliant. Anyone who has seen 2000's American Psycho starring Christian Bale knows all …

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