Richard Matheson

...2009 at 10:18 AM 'The Box': A stylish, intriguing mess from 'Donnie Darko' director 'The Box,' very loosely adapted from Richard Matheson's 1970 short story "Button, Button" by "Donnie Darko" director Richard Kelly, is a stylish,...

In this article: The Box, Richard Kelly, Donnie Darko, Frank Langella, Button, Button, James Marsden, and Cameron Diaz

...or fast-working himself into a creative impasse, maybe all three. Based on "Button, Button," a short story by the fantasy writer Richard Matheson, "The Box" is the first of the movies Mr. Kelly has directed that he didn't write from the ground...

In this article: Richard Kelly, The Box, James Marsden, Cameron Diaz, Frank Langella, and Button, Button

...on the zombies, too! There are moments in the second half of "The Box," writer-director Richard Kelly's adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1970 tale "Button, Button," during which the film threatens to cave in under the weight of all the...

In this article: The Box, Richard Kelly, Frank Langella, James Marsden, Cameron Diaz, and Donnie Darko

BY RENE RODRIGUEZ Filmmaker Richard Kelly's initial encounter with Richard Matheson's fiendish little short story Button, Button -- about a cash-strapped couple offered a million dollars to push a button on a box that will instantly cause...

In this article: Richard Kelly, The Box, Southland Tales, Button, Button, The Miami Herald, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Cameron Diaz, and The Twilight Zone

...Mare Winningham, said Stanley Wiater, co-author of The Twilight and Other Zones: The Dark Worlds of Richard Matheson (Citadel Press, $19.95). Matheson's pseudonym, Stanley Logan, was used in the credits. Wiater isn't surprised that another...

In this article: The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling, Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Richard Kelly, and Donnie Darko

...Box' Stars Cameron Diaz, James Marsden and Frank Langella. A Warner Bros. film written and directed by Richard Kelly, based on Richard Matheson's short story "Button, Button." Length: 115 minutes. PG-13 (for thematic elements, some violence...

In this article: The Box, Richard Kelly, Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, The Twilight Zone, and Button, Button

Filmmaker Richard Kelly's initial encounter with Richard Matheson's fiendish little short story "Button, Button" - about a cash-strapped couple offered a million dollars to push a button on a box that will instantly cause someone they don't...

In this article: Richard Kelly, The Box, Southland Tales, Button, Button, The Twilight Zone, Los Angeles, Virginia, and James Marsden

1. The original version of "The Box" was a short story by Richard Matheson that was published as "Button, Button" in the June 1970 issue of Playboy. </p><p>2. "Button, Button" was also adapted for an episode of "The Twilight Zone" revival...

In this article: The Twilight Zone, NASA, Playboy, James Marsden, Mare Winningham, and Richard Kelly

...upon the movie's Friday release via Warner Bros. The movie begins like an episode of "The Twilight Zone"; sure enough, the Richard Matheson short story on which the movie is based was made into an episode of that show in 1986. But for...

In this article: Richard Kelly, Donnie Darko, Frank Langella, NASA, Mars, Dog, and Warner Bros

...it's as empty as the heroines' heads in Diaz's "Charlie's Angels" flicks. Writer-director Kelly adapted this mess from Richard Matheson's short story "Button, Button," previously the basis for an episode of the 1980s TV revival of "The...

In this article: Richard Kelly, Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, The Box, The Twilight Zone, and NASA