Filmmaker Richard Donner, who helped create the modern superhero blockbuster with 1978's "Superman" and mastered the buddy comedy with the "Lethal Weapon" franchise, has died. He was 91. Donner died ...

Last year, I won the lottery. After 36 years of writing about Tamsen Donner and the Donner Party, I sold two books on her: a memoir, “Searching for Tamsen Donner,” and a novel, “Impatient With Desire.

Richard Donner, who has died aged 91, was a journeyman director, a specialist in hokum and a Hollywood stalwart. Such was his effective- ness that he made two of the most popular films of the 1970s, ...

2007-01-21 04:00:00 PDT Truckee-- In California history class, I daydreamed through the missions, and the Big Four were a bore -- but I perked right up when we got to the Donner Party. "It's the ...

Who were the Donners? The Donner Party was heading from Illinois to California in 1846. Sadly, the group arrived in the Sierra Nevada Mountains too late to pass through and was stranded in the heavy ...

The Bronx-born Mr. Donner was in his late 40s when he made his first megahit, about the Man of Steel, but others soon followed, including “The Goonies” and “Scrooged.” By Anita Gates Richard Donner, ...

No wonder Donner has no idea about Zack Snyder. When asked about today’s onslaught of comic book movies, Donner said it’s staggering to see the film genre he helped introduce to the masses become the ...

Twitter filled with praise Monday for Richard Donner, the legendary director that crafted classics such as “Lethal Weapon,” “The Omen” and “Superman,” helping many children believe they could fly.

Rahul Malhotra is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once. He has been writing for Collider for over two years, and has covered everything ...

Richard Donner directed 22 movies in his career, collaborating with stars from Bruce Willis to Steven Spielberg and the late Christopher Reeve. After his death was announced on July 5, many have paid ...

His big-screen body of work also includes 'Inside Moves,' starring John Savage as a suicide survivor; the broad Richard Pryor-Jackie Gleason comedy 'The Toy'; and 'The Goonies.' By Mike Barnes Senior ...