Oct 16th, 2008 · Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis star in a cops-and-corruption thriller with supernatural overtones; adapted from the hit video game, John Moore's movie could use more nuance, but looks like a crowd-pleaser.
Keywords: corruption · video · movies · Supernatural · thriller · nuanced · Max · pleaser · payne · Wahlberg · Mila Kunis · John Moore
Sep 19th, 2008 · Ed Harris' new film Appaloosa and the supernatural comedy Ghost Town are drawing gentle praise, reports Jordan Legan. It's less clear if Lakeview Terrace is worth the price of admission.
Keywords: Town · comedy · cowboys · admissions · Supernatural · Jordan Legan · comeback · Harris · emGhosts · Terrace · emAppaloosa · emLakeview
Aug 7th, 2008 · Camp Inquiry in upstate New York seems at first like an ordinary summer camp, with familiar activities like hiking and swimming. But its thrust is to teach children to think skeptically about everything from religion to the supernatural.
Keywords: children · New York · religion · inquiry · Supernatural · skeptics
Jul 17th, 2008 · A twisted take on the usual Hong Kong crime film, Mad Detective is a psychologically harrowing thriller with a supernatural side. It even possesses elements of another Asian cinematic staple: the ghost story.
Keywords: crime · Hong Kong · cinematic · Supernatural · thriller · gritty · Asian · Grisly · emMade
Jul 10th, 2008 · It takes a special kind of imagination to make something thrilling, emotionally complex and rapturously beautiful out of a vegetable monster's rampage. Good news: Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro has it.
Keywords: director · soul · beautiful · imagination · Supernatural · monsters · vegetable · Del · rampage · Guillermo · Toro · smackdown
Jun 26th, 2008 · Belief in the supernatural permeates the island of Chiloe, a remote spot where volcanoes rumble to life, earthquakes rock the foundations and tales of sea goddesses, warlocks and trolls abound.
Keywords: Sea · earthquake · remote · Volcano · foundation · Island · magic · beliefs · Supernatural · Myth · permeates · goddess
Jun 9th, 2008 · Neil Gaiman, author of the Bryant Park Project's Book Club selection, "Anansi Boys" takes listener questions about his novel. It's the story of Fat Charlie Nancy, a sad sack living in London, whose life changes after his estranged father dies and he discovers a whole supernatural side to his family that he never knew about.
Keywords: boys · London · Family · novel · discovering · neil · Supernatural · estranged · BPP · Bryant Park Project · Gaiman · Neil Gaiman
Oct 30th, 2007 · Witches, goblins and ghosts used to be standard Halloween costumes. But some schools and communities have banned such so-called pagan symbolism. So, on the eve of Halloween, we offer some alternatives ripped from the headlines.
Keywords: communities · schools · Supernatural · Halloween · Spook · costumes · pagan · goblins