Posts Tagged ‘Ghost’

Perhaps hearing his own tortured cries echoing from the Hundred Acre Wood, perhaps responding to user philblakeman’s webchat question “is there any character you’d like to revisit?”, Nicolas Cage today spent a few moments reflecting back on 2006, thinking of that time his head was covered in bees during The Wicker Man remake. And you know what? Surprisingly, now that Nicolas Cage thinks about it, he actually wouldn’t mind putting the ol’ bear suit back on and punching a few more women in the face with a sequel to that movie. If the right Japanese director came around with the right idea for Nicolas Cage being a screaming ghost, that is.

Mused Cage:

I would like to hook up with one of the great Japanese filmmakers, like the master that made Ringu, and I would like to take The Wicker Man to Japan, except this time he’s a ghost.

Well, firstly, of course you would be a ghost, Nicolas Cage. Give us some credit here; we know what happens after Nicolas Cage’s spirit leaves his charred body. Secondly, nice spoiler, Nicolas Cage. Maybe not everyone knows that Nicolas Cage gets burned alive in a giant wicker sculpture, okay?

But back to the matter at hand, could Nicolas Cage be serious about being up for a spectral sequel to the critically-lambasted Wicker Man? My instinct says no, but my instinct also did not anticipate roles as a motorcyclist skeleton or John Travolta with Nicolas Cage’s face stitched on, so hey, maybe it could happen. I sure hope so. Maybe that will bring back our goddamn honey.

Before movie release, NY judge finds Marvel owns rights to fiery 1970s Ghost …
The lawsuit was moved to New York. The movie credited Marvel as the author of the Ghost Rider characters and story. A movie sequel, “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” is scheduled to be released in February. At a deposition in St. Louis last April, …
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Movie madness in Taiwan
Originally clocking in at four and a half hours, the film was cut in two before its domestic release this fall, when Part One: Warriors of the Rainbow quickly became the biggest-grossing domestic release of all time, pulling in $ 130 million New …
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Libraries should cut budget on movies and popular magazines: councillor
Mr. Palacio says he has no problem with purchasing DVDs for educational purposes, but he echoed earlier sentiments by budget chief Mike Del Grande that offering new releases such as Pirates of the Caribbean may go beyond the library's primary function. …
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Tom Cruise returns for the fourth installment of the action franchise 

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He’s been all over the world promoting his latest flick as of late, and during the Dubai premiere of “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Tom Cruise revealed some inside details about the film.

When asked by MTV News about his favorite scene from the action flick, the award-winning actor told, “It’s hard to say, because each one has been so different, and each had different kinds of challenges.”

Recalling one scene that involves his character Ethan Hunt repelling into the heart of the CIA headquarters, Cruise explained, “I remember when I was doing it, my head kept hitting the floor. … I was running out of energy, and we were running out of time.”

“To one of the stunt guys, I said, ‘Give me your pound coins out of your pocket,’ ” Cruise went on. “I put the pound coins in my shoes, the tips, so that’s what allowed me to be able to balance and keep off the floor for that whole shot. That kept my face from hitting the floor.”

Subscribe ow.ly | Facebook ow.ly | Twitter ow.ly Release Date: 21 December 2011 Genre: Action | Adventure | Thriller Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton Directors: Brad Bird Writer: Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec Studio: Paramount Pictures Plot: The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization’s name.
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“After the massive loss of life in World War I, many drew comfort from a belief in the supernatural,” claims the opening card on this trailer for The Awakening. After all, when a lot of people are dying, what’s more reassuring than the thought of legions of spectres roaming the streets in their endless pursuit for vengeance, right? Bold historic assertions aside, the rest of The Awakening seems to play out like a very self-serious parody of SyFy’s Ghost Hunters that’s been set in post-WWI-era England. The Wire‘s Dominic West runs a remote boarding school in the countryside and enlists Rebecca Hall to use some old fashioney tools and investigate if one of his students might be a ghost boy. Hall is initially skeptical of the haunting claim, but her doubts soon begin to crumble when strange things start happening. Like, this one time, this little wooden ball rolls down a staircase, and it’s like, man, WHO ROLLED THAT BALL? A ghost boy, probably. SCARY. And there’s this other time, she’s about to take a shower, but then she hears some whispering coming from behind a shower wall–and if that isn’t just a pervert, it’s DEFINITELY a ghost boy. UT OH.

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And then she finally catches the ghost boy, and, noticing his rubbery face, pulls off a mask to reveal: Jimmy McNulty! He wanted to scare off all the students so he could tear down the school and dig for oil underneath, and he would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for Rebecca Hall and that mutt.

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Once again scowling from beneath a jacket hood in his best James Blunt impression, here’s Tom Cruise for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol‘s first poster–the ideal wallhanging for those who like intense stare-downs from maniacs and two-digit numbers. Order yours today.

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If you took the time to watch Mark Steven Johnson’s 2007 attempt at a Ghost Rider film, in all likelihood, you have reached the conclusion that Mark Steven Johnson did not do a very good job at that. But have you ever taken the time to consider exactly what his adaptation was missing? I ask because you should do that now. And then, when you have reached the logical conclusion that what it was missing was the sort of hellish bodily discharges typically associated with the Grilled Stuft Burrito, you should watch this trailer and be pleased that now the Ghost Rider movie has that.

After Neveldine and Taylor’s last attempt at a comic book movie, Jonah Hex, didn’t turn out so well, it’s reassuring to see the directing duo back to the sort of go-for-broke nonsense that made Crank enjoyable. But can they ever hope to compete against what we true fans consider the definitive live-action Ghost Rider?