Most people don’t consider 1984’s “Ghostbusters” to be a horror movie, let alone a terrifying one. Yet those of us who grew up with the film have two spectral beasties burned permanently into our brains out of sheer terror: the Library Ghost and the Terror Dogs.While the Library Ghost is harmless as long as you […]
Continue reading“Ghostbusters” is a classic. This 1984 film is one of my all-time favorites and I quote it to an annoying degree. My only solace is that you likely do the same. With the recent film “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” bringing back the classic characters (even Harold Ramis’ Egon Spengler as a ghost), many fans are taking a […]
Continue readingGet ready for more Venom.Sony Pictures has greenlit a third installment of the Tom Hardy-led “Venom” franchise, following the back-to-back box office successes of 2021’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” (502 million globally) and 2018’s “Venom” (856 million globally).The studio also announced plans for another “Ghostbusters” installment, which will serve as a follow-up to 2021’s […]
Continue readingDisney has set the release date for “Haunted Mansion,” its new film starring Tiffany Haddish based on the popular Disneyland and Disney World attraaction, to hit theaters in little over a year.“Haunted Mansion” will now open in theaters on March 10, 2023. Justin Simien is directing the movie that also stars Owen Wilson, Rosario Dawson, […]
Continue reading(The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.)In this edition, take a deep dive into the new trailer for […]
Continue readingThe director and producer, who has died aged 75, brought his golden touch to family mega-hits from Ghostbusters to Kindergarten CopIvan Reitman was a director and producer with a golden touch for Hollywood comedy and feelgood entertainment – the heir, perhaps, of Ernst Lubitsch or Gregory La Cava from the golden age, but with a […]
Continue readingProducer-director Ivan Reitman, whose wildly successful comedies of the ‘70s and ‘80s included the blockbuster spookfest “Ghostbusters,” died in his sleep on Feb. 12 in Montecito, Calif., his family confirmed to the Associated Press. He was 75. The cause of death was not released.“Our family is grieving the unexpected loss of a husband, father, and […]
Continue readingIvan Reitman, the legendary comedy director behind “Ghostbusters,” “Stripes,” “Meatballs,” and “Twins,” has died at the age of 75, his family told the Associated Press.Reitman was born in Czechoslovakia on October 27, 1946. His family moved to Canada when he was four years old. He took an interest in film when he attended McMaster University […]
Continue readingThe comedy community and “Ghostbusters” fans everywhere are remembering Ivan Reitman, who died Saturday at 75. Actors and filmmakers, including several people who worked closely with Reitman, paid tribute to the Canadian director and producer who directed the megahit “Ghostbusters” and helped ignite the movie careers of comedians including Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd.Reitman also […]
Continue readingIvan Reitman, the legendary director of “Ghostbusters” and “Stripes” and producer of “National Lampoon’s Animal House” and “Space Jam,” has died unexpectedly at 75 in his home in Montecito, California, according to The Associated Press.A statement from Ivan Reitman’s children, filmmaker Jason Reitman and daughters Catherine Reitman and Caroline Reitman confirmed the filmmaker’s passing:”Our family […]
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