Tag: Ghost
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‘Ahsoka’ Episode 1 Recap: A Continuation of ‘Star Wars Rebels’
Ahsoka Tano was first introduced to the sprawling Star Wars universe fifteen years ago when George Lucas debuted the animated feature Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which delved into the tenuous three-year period between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. She quickly became one of the most beloved new additions to the…
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Joe Cornish Talks Ghost-Filled Detective Series ‘Lockwood & Co,’ Working On ‘Attack The Block 2’ & His History With Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’ [The Playlist Podcast]
Have you ever thought what it would be like to see something like “Ghostbusters” but through the eyes of filmmaker Joe Cornish? If so, you’re in luck! “Lockwood & Co.” is a new Netflix series about people busting ghosts, but in an alternate grim version of London. Best of all, Joe Cornish is the showrunner…
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Whoopi Goldberg Defends ‘Blazing Saddles’ Against Claims of Racism
Whoopi Goldberg doesn’t have time for critics who think “Blazing Saddles” is racist.“The View” co-host defended Mel Brooks’ 1974 satirical Western film against modern social media claims that the film is problematic. “Blazing Saddles” stars Cleavon Little as a railroad worker who is hired to as the first Black sheriff of a frontier town about…
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The Ghost Of Tsushima Movie Has Found Its Screenwriter
The “Ghost of Tsushima” movie, based on the popular 2020 Sony Interactive video game, has found its writer. The movie will be directed by “John Wick” franchise helmer Chad Stahelski, which means the game’s samurai-inspired action sequences should pack plenty of punch. Deadline reports that Takashi Doscher will pen the screenplay for the upcoming Sony Pictures production.…
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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin review – hit series returns with ho-hum horror
The overly derivative new chapter to the low-budget, high-profit horror franchise struggles to justify its existenceThere’s an odd comfort to the release of a new Paranormal Activity film just in time for Halloween, a prime spot it owned for five years after the Saw franchise released its grip and (temporarily) bled out. The repetitive yet…
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The 7 Best Movies New to Netflix in October 2021
There’s a lot of decent stuff hitting Netflix in October: “Leon: The Professional,” “As Good as It Gets,” “A Knight’s Tale,” “Ghost.” But “decent” doesn’t cut it with IndieWire. There are also some outstanding titles coming to the service this month, and those are the ones we’re highlighting below.That is, if you’re not spending all…
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Whoopi Goldberg Is Writing a Movie About an Older Black Female Superhero
It was exactly 30 years ago when Whoopi Goldberg won her Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing the wise psychic Oda Mae Brown in the supernatural love story “Ghost.” Thanks to her gig co-hosting and moderating the Emmy-winning daytime talk show “The View,” Goldberg is in the rare stratosphere of Egot recipients, combining…
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Contest: Win ‘Clueless’ and ‘Ghost’ on Blu-ray
This month, Paramount released new Blu-ray editions of two of their most famous titles: Ghost, the movie where Patrick Swayze‘s ghost annoys Whoopi Goldberg, and Clueless, where Alicia Silverstone falls in love with her step-brother, the immortal Paul Rudd. To celebrate these new releases, we’re giving away free copies of the Ghost Blu-ray and the…
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Varèse Sarabande’s Top 10 Sellers List Led by ‘Ghost,’ ‘T2,’ ‘Star Wars’ Albums
John Carpenter’s “Halloween” music? A “Star Wars” compendium? It’s no shock to see these show up on a list of soundtrack label Varèse Sarabande’s historical 10 biggest selling albums. More surprising? Non-genre soundtracks like “Rudy” and “The Man from Snowy River,” which film music fans snatched up in numbers matching some of the more obvious…