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. […]
Continue readingThe 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 […]
Continue readingThere’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 […]
Continue readingIt 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 […]
Continue readingThis 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 […]
Continue readingJohn 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 […]
Continue readingVersatile Irish character actor Derrick O’Connor died from pneumonia on June 29 in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 77.O’Connor was born in Dublin and raised in London. He had lived in the U.S. since 1990 and was most recently living in the Santa Ynez Valley, north of Santa Barbara with his wife, Mimi.The actor starred […]
Continue readingHannah John-Kamen played Ben Mendelsohn’s number two baddie earlier this year in Ready Player One, but she’s graduating from henchwoman to supervillain in Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp. The British actress plays Ghost, a character who…well, who we don’t really know much about at this point. Marvel is trying very hard to keep this […]
Continue readingFlying in a bit more than a month before it lands at theaters, Disney and Marvel today released the latest TV spot for Ant-Man and The Wasp, the sequel to its 2015 superhero tentpole. Paul Rudd returns as Scott Lang/Ant-Man along with director Peyton Reed, joined by Evangeline Lily as Hope van Dyne/The Wasp. In […]
Continue readingThe first season of HBO’s labyrinthine sci-fi series Westworld ended with some surprising turns and big revelations. But if you’re invested in the fates of the show’s supporting characters, the season one finale probably felt like a cruel joke. What’s up with the mysterious disappearance of Elsie Hughes? Did Stubbs survive his encounter with Ghost […]
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