Slightly pudgy and not traditionally handsome, British comedian Ricky Gervais takes the lead in a romantic comedy fantasy about a man who wakes up one day and realizes he can see dead people.
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Animated Weinstein film Igor was master of the sci-fi box office this past weekend. The film brought in $8 million in its first weekend, easily outdistancing No. 2 genre flick, Ghost Town, a fellow newcomer which brought in $5.2 million over the same period. Last week’s No. 1, The Dark Knight, fell to the third [...]
What happens when the typical mad scientist’s loyal henchmen decided to go into business for himself?
From Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago and acclaimed director Fernando Meirelles (“The Constant Gardener” and “City of God”) comes “Blindness.” It is described as “the compelling story of humanity in the grip of an epidemic of mysterious blindness. It is an unflinching exploration of human nature, both bad and good – people’s selfishness, opportunism, and indifference, but also their capacity for empathy, love, and sheer perseverance.”
OPENS: September 19, 2008 RATING: PG-13 (Language) GENRE: Fantasy, Romantic Comedy Starring: Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Téa Leoni Director: David Koepp Writer: David Koepp & John Kamps Plot: He sees dead people… and they annoy him. Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais), is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, [...]
In its ninth week in release, Batman flick. The Dark Knight continued its reign at the box office this past weekend ad was top film over a dwindling group of genre films at the box office. No new science fiction, fantasy, horror or spy-fi films have opened over the past two weekends as mainstream comedies dominated [...]
The newest high-profile science fiction TV series debuted this past week. Created by J.J. Abrams (LOST), it follows the live of a government agent who stumbles upon one the biggest secrets in the world – and she finds out there is no going back. Following is a review of the pilot episode of this new series, [...]
OPENS: September 19, 2008 RATING: PG (Some scary situations, Minor adult themes) GENRE: Fantasy, Animation Starring: (voices of) John Cusak, John Cleese, Steve Buscemi, Sean Hayes, Eddie Izzard, Jennifer Coolidge, Jay Leno, Molly Shannon Director: Anthony Leondis Writer: Chris McKenna Plot: In a land of mad scientists and diabolical inventions, what do you do when you’re born with a [...]
NBC’s showing of theatrical movie, National Treasure led the meek offering of genre-related programming this past week on broadcast television. The Nick Cage-starring fantasy spy-fi adventure flick beat out repeat episodes of Ghost Whisperer and Chuck to take the genre crown in the few day before the Big 5 networks started rolling out their fall TV [...]