4034 Arhaus Drive, Hermitage, PA 16148 Presented by Joanne Bates Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices The Preferred Realty This gracious home has many high-end finishes from the moment you step foot inside. There is a gourmet kitchen complete with two islands, a Wolf commercial stove, a warming drawer, double ovens, a built-in microwave drawer, a pantry with a glass door and a…
PHOTO COURTESY NETFLIX “Kate,” a serviceable action flick from visual effects specialist Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, is a good movie that easily could’ve been very good. Nicolas-Troyan created digital effects for the horror spectacle “The Ring,” as well as entries in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise; his only feature directorial credit is “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” (a job he was given…
In the early evening of Sept. 8, 1994, a USAir Boeing 737 was within a few miles of landing at Pittsburgh International Airport when it suddenly crashed in a wooded area of Hopewell Township, Beaver County. All 132 on board were killed instantly in a crash that triggered the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altered industry practices….
PHOTO © MARVEL STUDIOS Having few worlds left to conquer in the traditional comic-book style, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is starting to experiment with other genres. The mega-franchise — now basically a studio unto itself, albeit one under the watchful, murine eye of Disney — is eager to absorb, remix and generally play. “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten…
PHOTO BY PARRISH LEWIS / UNIVERSAL PICTURES It seems as though “Candyman,” a distant sequel to the excellent 1992 film of the same name, has been waiting in the wings forever. The announcement of the film, to be directed by rising star Nia DaCosta and produced (and co-written) by reigning horror master Jordan Peele, caused a stir in 2019; the…
PHOTO: NETFLIX The latest Pittsburgh-shot film to receive a wide release, “Sweet Girl,” will be remembered for one key stunt. As depicted in the film’s trailer — and, wisely, twice in full during the movie itself — aggrieved widower Ray Cooper (Jason Momoa), fleeing the FBI, leaps off the roof of PNC Park and into the Allegheny River. This scene…
PHOTO: CLAY ENOS/NETFLIX “Sweet Girl,” starring Jason Momoa as a man aggrieved and out for revenge, is the latest filmed-in-Pittsburgh to debut on Netflix. It’s also set here, as evidenced by ample shots of Downtown and surrounding environs and — in a break from many locally shot productions — an at least cursory understanding of the region’s geography and habits….
PHOTO BY SEAN COLLIER Pittsburgh has always been a city that loves wrestling. Fans with long memories can tell you about the glory days of “Studio Wrestling,” hosted by “Chilly Billy” Cardille, and sold-out crowds packing the Civic Arena to see Bruno Sammartino. In the late-’90s heyday of the then-WWF, fans gathered in the same building to see one of…
PHOTO COURTESY APPLE TV+ If you measured the quality of a film in the number of sobs it provoked, “CODA” would emerge at the top of the heap. While I found myself uncontrollably weeping during the last reel of “CODA,” I’m not sure if that makes it an excellent film or rather a narrative laser-focused on wrestling emotion from even…
PHOTO BY CHUCK BEARD “Striking Distance” (1993) If you’ve ever been urged to “take Bigelow” en route to an East End destination, you were hearing a quote from “Striking Distance,” the police thriller starring Bruce Willis as a Pittsburgh cop. Filmed locally and full of Steel City nods and references — thanks in large part to writer/director Rowdy Herrington, a…
PHOTO BY ALAN MARKFIELD / 20TH CENTURY FOX The central conflict of “Free Guy,” a film that plays out in and around a virtual world, involves stolen code. The good guys think the bad guy has hijacked their creation and used it recklessly and set out to prove that a vast digital world is their intellectual property. It’s perversely ironic,…
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A visit to Three Rivers Stadium years ago prompted this videographer to document the sites of long-gone venues all across the country. Categories: The 412
PHOTO BY JESSICA MIGLIO / DC COMICS Margot Robbie has now played the likable villain Harley Quinn across three movies that feel impossibly different from one another. Quinn stole the show in 2016’s “Suicide Squad,” emerging as the bright point of a muddled yet intermittently enjoyable sidequest in DC’s uneven cinematic universe. In early 2020, her starring feature — initially…
PHOTO COURTESY SONY PICTURES CLASSICS I left “Nine Days” feeling forlorn — nearly heartbroken, in fact — and I’m pretty sure that was the point. While there’s an air of embrace-the-little-things joie de vivre in this supernatural drama, it’s fundamentally a somber film about loss and opportunities denied. Much of the dejection I took away may not have been due…
PHOTO BY JESSICA FORDE / FOCUS FEATURES You’re going to hear the name Amanda Knox in relation to “Stillwater.” Try to forget it. I know: Me leading with this information isn’t helping. But I’m trying to have you avoid the fate I suffered. I believed “Stillwater” was a loose, fictionalized adaptation of Knox’s ordeal; if you somehow missed it, Knox…
PHOTO BY FRANK MASI / © 2020 DISNEY You certainly can’t blame them for trying. “Jungle Cruise” is far from the first Disney ride to be converted into a feature film, after all. The most fruitful example of the park-to-screen funnel, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series, is a global juggernaut worth billions. Other efforts to turn intellectual property from…
A rescue mission that began in the early hours of July 24, 2002 culminated four days later when nine coal miners were freed from an underground portal of a flooded mine in Somerset County. By the time they emerged, one by one, their successful rescue had become worldwide news. ⇓ On July 30, 2005, after winning a lottery for the…
PHOTO COURTESY UNIVERSAL I really need to stop giving M. Night Shyamalan chances. Every time the clueless filmmaker trots out a new concept, it’s promoted with a slick trailer and a tantalizing premise. Such was the case with “Old,” the writer/director’s new thriller. Despite the fact that he hasn’t made a good movie in nearly two decades, I was once…
PHOTO BY PARISA TAGHIZADEH / NETFLIX Film genres never die. But they can be placed, indefinitely, on the endangered species list. The western, for example, has been critically endangered for about half a century; in a good year, there may be one or two proper oaters along with another that subverts or recontextualizes the genre. I would not, however, label…
You may have noticed more than the usual amount of film trucks around town recently, and two projects are set to debut next month. Pittsburgh is the backdrop for Sandra Oh’s newest dramedy, dubbed “The Chair.” The Golden Globe-winning star of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Killing Eve” was here in February shooting the six-episode series, set to premiere on Netflix Aug….
Pittsburgh Gets Back Its “H” On July 22, 1911, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names decided to officially restore the letter “h” after 20 years of spelling the city’s name “Pittsburg.” The board has previously decided the “h” was superfluous. Among the things that happened while the city was spelled Pittsburg: Pirates win 1909 World Series First Pro Hockey Game…
PHOTO BY CHUCK BEARD “Adventureland” (2009) Kennywood served as the titular park in the 2009 comedy “Adventureland.” Jesse Eisenberg plays a directionless college grad who winds up taking a summer job at the park, where he’ll tangle with unruly customers and fall for a coworker played by Kristen Stewart. The fictionalized park is run by longtime “Saturday Night Live” favorites…
PHOTO COURTESY WARNER BROS. PICTURES How can you evaluate “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” a film aimed not so much at quality as a carefully pinpointed intersection of nostalgia and all-ages zaniness? You could compare it to the 1996 original, I suppose, but that’d be a low bar to clear. While it is fondly remembered by children who were precisely…
