Nicolas Cage is one of the biggest names in the world of Hollywood thanks to his well-varied genres of movies, but he is also known for his eccentric roles, bordering on the realm of absurdity. This is especially true for his role as Ghost Rider.
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage took on the role of Johnny Blaze, embodying the Ghost Rider character, in the superhero film released by Sony Pictures in 2007. Despite receiving negative reviews from critics, the movie proved to be a box office hit. Its success paved the way for a sequel, titled Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, which was released in 2012. However, it appears he won’t return as Ghost Rider again following his remarks about National Treasure 3.
Nicolas Cage’s Remarks About National Treasure 3 Make It Apparent He Won’t Return As Ghost Rider National Treasure
Nicolas Cage, who portrayed treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates in the National Treasure franchise,...
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage took on the role of Johnny Blaze, embodying the Ghost Rider character, in the superhero film released by Sony Pictures in 2007. Despite receiving negative reviews from critics, the movie proved to be a box office hit. Its success paved the way for a sequel, titled Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, which was released in 2012. However, it appears he won’t return as Ghost Rider again following his remarks about National Treasure 3.
Nicolas Cage’s Remarks About National Treasure 3 Make It Apparent He Won’t Return As Ghost Rider National Treasure
Nicolas Cage, who portrayed treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates in the National Treasure franchise,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Subhojeet Mookherjee
- FandomWire
MidWest WeirdFest has announced its full program for 2024. The 8th annual film festival – a cinematic celebration of of all things fantastic, frightening, paranormal, and just plain weird – takes place March 1st – 3rd 2024 at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The fest’s fantastic line-up of horror, sci-fi, underground, paranormal, and documentary cinema, kicks off at 6pm, Friday March 1, with the theatrical world premiere of the brand new, and soon to be cult hit, Blind Cop 2.- which is just one of the amazing feature films to be showcased at the festival next month, along with over fifty short films.
The feature films screening at the festival include:
Blind Cop 2: (dir: Alec Bonk ) Theatrical World Premiere
A sequel to a film that doesn’t exist, this is a riotous homage and parody of 80s action cinema. Blind Cop, the former beacon of justice, is consumed by grief after...
The feature films screening at the festival include:
Blind Cop 2: (dir: Alec Bonk ) Theatrical World Premiere
A sequel to a film that doesn’t exist, this is a riotous homage and parody of 80s action cinema. Blind Cop, the former beacon of justice, is consumed by grief after...
- 2/21/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
A Night of Horror International Film Festival, announces its first programming wave for 2024 today. Long known as Australia’s premier genre film event, the festival now takes place in the United States. This year, the festival’s 16th edition – and first in the US – screens from March 1-3, at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Says festival director Dean Bertram:
To move a fest I co-founded in Sydney, Australia, back in 2006, to America feels surreal. A Night of Horror has long taken pride in being recognized for its excellence in showcasing the best and bloodiest new horror films from around the globe. And this year’s program is already shaping up to be one of my favorite line-ups yet. In the first wave alone are some of the most original, terrifying, and at times hilarious genre offerings that you’ll see this year: A bloody buffet of zombies,...
Says festival director Dean Bertram:
To move a fest I co-founded in Sydney, Australia, back in 2006, to America feels surreal. A Night of Horror has long taken pride in being recognized for its excellence in showcasing the best and bloodiest new horror films from around the globe. And this year’s program is already shaping up to be one of my favorite line-ups yet. In the first wave alone are some of the most original, terrifying, and at times hilarious genre offerings that you’ll see this year: A bloody buffet of zombies,...
- 2/12/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
As horror becomes more and more popular, venturing well into mainstream spaces, it’s easy to forget the genre’s underground network of films. They are far less polished, they feature no household name actors and, for the most part, they are deemed too unsavory for the general public. If that description hasn’t scared you off yet, then behold Bloody Bridget, Richard Elfman’s newest film.
Bloody Bridget concerns an ambitious but down-on-her-luck performance artist (Anastasia Elfman) who gets back at her abusers and then some. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity entails Bridget becoming a heart-eating and mythologically-brewed vampire after she meets Baron Samedi (Jean Charles), an lwa of Haitian Vodou from another realm. It’s not long before Bridget gets to take her new powers out for a test drive.
Along with the audience, Bridget finds immediate pleasure in hurting the usual suspects in her life. The chronically unfaithful boyfriend...
Bloody Bridget concerns an ambitious but down-on-her-luck performance artist (Anastasia Elfman) who gets back at her abusers and then some. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity entails Bridget becoming a heart-eating and mythologically-brewed vampire after she meets Baron Samedi (Jean Charles), an lwa of Haitian Vodou from another realm. It’s not long before Bridget gets to take her new powers out for a test drive.
Along with the audience, Bridget finds immediate pleasure in hurting the usual suspects in her life. The chronically unfaithful boyfriend...
- 5/23/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Richard Elfman redefined underground cinema with his barely-categorizable 1980 film Forbidden Zone, a vehicle for his musical unit The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. He re-energized absurdist cinema with the musically-propelled sci-fi comedy Aliens, Clowns &- Geeks (2021). Directed and written by Elfman, the upcoming Bloody Bridget is another music-driven piece with a score by Ego Plum and Richard’s brother Danny Elfman.
For Bloody Bridget, Elfman is infusing new blood, and plenty of heart, into the vampire genre he thought he’d staked with the 1998 cult horror movie Revenant (aka Modern Vampires). Richard’s wife Anastasia Elfman plays Bridget, a dance horror choreographer who is sexually harassed and tossed into a legal wringer. Voodoo father Baron Samedi (Jean Charles) mistakes her for his wife, the Irish saint Maman Brigitte, and turns her into a “Valentine vampire.” Blood is just an appetizer for the main course. She “must feast on the hearts of evil-doers,...
For Bloody Bridget, Elfman is infusing new blood, and plenty of heart, into the vampire genre he thought he’d staked with the 1998 cult horror movie Revenant (aka Modern Vampires). Richard’s wife Anastasia Elfman plays Bridget, a dance horror choreographer who is sexually harassed and tossed into a legal wringer. Voodoo father Baron Samedi (Jean Charles) mistakes her for his wife, the Irish saint Maman Brigitte, and turns her into a “Valentine vampire.” Blood is just an appetizer for the main course. She “must feast on the hearts of evil-doers,...
- 5/16/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
There must be few things more daunting to a filmmaker than taking on the mantle of directing a new James Bond movie. Bond movies are cinema’s equivalent of a Philippe Petit-level highwire balancing act. Over 25 films, fans have carved out an understanding of what they expect from 007. There must be action, adventure, romance, and a dash of comedy. Yet for all the expectations surrounding the world’s most famous secret agent, the recipe isn’t set in stone; in fact, it’s forever evolving.
Where once Bond might have been defined by the wry humor and slapstick gags of Roger Moore, the more modern 007 of Daniel Craig played it straight. Bond has been known to take forays into the world of science fiction, either in an attempt to match box office rivals like Star Wars or in an attempt to address the concerns of an ever evolving technological world.
Where once Bond might have been defined by the wry humor and slapstick gags of Roger Moore, the more modern 007 of Daniel Craig played it straight. Bond has been known to take forays into the world of science fiction, either in an attempt to match box office rivals like Star Wars or in an attempt to address the concerns of an ever evolving technological world.
- 11/26/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Actor Austin Stoker, best known for playing Lt. Ethan Bishop in director John Carpenter‘s 1976 classic Assault on Precinct 13, was born on October 7, 1930 in Trinidad… and sadly, it has been confirmed that he passed away on October 7th of this year. His 92nd birthday. Stoker’s wife Robin told The Hollywood Reporter that he died of renal failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She said, “His transition was beautiful.”
Born Alphonso Marshall, Stoker was in a dance troupe with fellow Trinidadian actor Geoffrey Holder (you may remember him as Baron Samedi in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die), and the pair moved to New York together to pursue careers in the entertainment industry. The Hollywood Reporter says, “In 1954, he played the steel drums on Broadway in Truman Capote and Harold Arlen’s House of Flowers, starring Pearl Bailey, Alvin Ailey and Diahann Carroll, then toured in...
Born Alphonso Marshall, Stoker was in a dance troupe with fellow Trinidadian actor Geoffrey Holder (you may remember him as Baron Samedi in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die), and the pair moved to New York together to pursue careers in the entertainment industry. The Hollywood Reporter says, “In 1954, he played the steel drums on Broadway in Truman Capote and Harold Arlen’s House of Flowers, starring Pearl Bailey, Alvin Ailey and Diahann Carroll, then toured in...
- 10/11/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Sabrina Spellman lives on—sort of—in the new Archie Comics and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa series The Occult World of Sabrina which will pick up where Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina left off in its series finale cliffhanger. Sabrina may have welcomed death, but someone close to her is plotting to bring her back.
The source comic book series that inspired the Kiernan Shipka-led drama will also move forward in time in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #9 with Aguirre-Sacasa at the helm, set to debut on Oct. 13.
Both tales involve a Witch War, so does that mean the respective storylines could converge at some point? Aguirre-Sacasa discusses the theory exclusively with Deadline and what fans can expect when they dive into each new tale.
Deadline: After the cancellation of the Netflix series, fans were left hanging after a major cliffhanger. Did you plan it that way?
Roberto Aguirre-sacasa:...
The source comic book series that inspired the Kiernan Shipka-led drama will also move forward in time in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #9 with Aguirre-Sacasa at the helm, set to debut on Oct. 13.
Both tales involve a Witch War, so does that mean the respective storylines could converge at some point? Aguirre-Sacasa discusses the theory exclusively with Deadline and what fans can expect when they dive into each new tale.
Deadline: After the cancellation of the Netflix series, fans were left hanging after a major cliffhanger. Did you plan it that way?
Roberto Aguirre-sacasa:...
- 7/21/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Blaxploitation Horror was a hot item in the ‘70s; in the aftermath of the initial wave of the Civil Rights Movement and a desperate lack of exploitation films portraying the Black experience, horror turned its lens towards an untapped audience. Black people wanted (and deserved) to see themselves up on the Saturday night screens and drive-ins across North America. Hollywood and independent studios began to look for ways to bring a new perspective to the screen, all while ensuring that the staples of the time - sex and violence - were firmly in place. Sugar Hill (1974) offers up none of the former and a muted stab at the latter, yet is still a very effective blend of ‘40s zombiedom with modern sensibilities.
Released by American International Pictures in a several month spring rollout, Sugar Hill did well with audiences, but as expected was a miss from mainstream critics, who dismissed...
Released by American International Pictures in a several month spring rollout, Sugar Hill did well with audiences, but as expected was a miss from mainstream critics, who dismissed...
- 6/6/2020
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Who wouldn't want to play an arcade game of Marvel's Cloak & Dagger? Freeform and Marvel need to get on this project Asap!
Tandy and Tyrone ventured into the digital world on Cloak and Dagger Season 2 Episode 8 to face their demons in a new form.
The pair punched and kicked their way through the levels, but the reality of the dark side became too much for one of them. No quarters required for an extra life; all they really needed was change.
"Two Player" showcased another reason why Marvel's Cloak & Dagger is one of the best cinematic shows on TV right now. As mentioned above, Tandy and Tyrone's journey transferred from the real world to the 8-bit screen in arcade form.
The decision to turn part of the hour into a video game suited the TV show's adventurous side with its past use of special effects and design styles.
Tandy and Tyrone ventured into the digital world on Cloak and Dagger Season 2 Episode 8 to face their demons in a new form.
The pair punched and kicked their way through the levels, but the reality of the dark side became too much for one of them. No quarters required for an extra life; all they really needed was change.
"Two Player" showcased another reason why Marvel's Cloak & Dagger is one of the best cinematic shows on TV right now. As mentioned above, Tandy and Tyrone's journey transferred from the real world to the 8-bit screen in arcade form.
The decision to turn part of the hour into a video game suited the TV show's adventurous side with its past use of special effects and design styles.
- 5/17/2019
- by Justin Carreiro
- TVfanatic
It may seem odd to try to be making predictions for a show based on a novel published nearly twenty years ago but American Gods Season 2 has taken some considerably creative detours in its preparation for Mr. Wednesday's war.
That being the case (and with the real-life drama behind the scenes at Starz), it's really anyone's guess how they'll wrap up the season.
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And that makes things Very interesting, indeed.
Despite taking some dramatic license with the source text, American Gods Season 1 was generally a solid introduction to the American manifestations of the Old World Gods -- Odin, Anansi, Anubis, Vulcan -- as well as the New World Gods -- Globalization, Technology, and Media.
Related: American Gods Season 2 -- It's All About Faith
Season 2 has seen Media reborn as new Media, Technical Boy "retired," and an entire...
That being the case (and with the real-life drama behind the scenes at Starz), it's really anyone's guess how they'll wrap up the season.
Related: Get Starz via Prime Video Channels for Captivating Original Series & Hit Movies!
And that makes things Very interesting, indeed.
Despite taking some dramatic license with the source text, American Gods Season 1 was generally a solid introduction to the American manifestations of the Old World Gods -- Odin, Anansi, Anubis, Vulcan -- as well as the New World Gods -- Globalization, Technology, and Media.
Related: American Gods Season 2 -- It's All About Faith
Season 2 has seen Media reborn as new Media, Technical Boy "retired," and an entire...
- 4/28/2019
- by Diana Keng
- TVfanatic
Reconciling the many facets of a deity is explored American Gods Season 2 Episode 7 and although Mad Sweeney is central, he isn't the only one who plays multiple roles.
We've always known that Wednesday's got a multitude of names and he takes great pride in trotting out the titles in moment of pomp and circumstance.
As he tells Shadow on American Gods Season 1 Episode 8,"I am called Glad-o-War, Grim, Raider, and Third. I am One-eyed. I am also called Highest, and True-Guesser. I am Grimnir, and the Hooded One. I am All-Father, Gondlir, Wand-bearer. I have as many names as there are winds."
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But because he's known him so long, Mad Sweeney is somewhat taken off-guard when his returning memories include that of an older, disguised aspect of Wednesday being a root cause of his troubles.
We, on the other hand,...
We've always known that Wednesday's got a multitude of names and he takes great pride in trotting out the titles in moment of pomp and circumstance.
As he tells Shadow on American Gods Season 1 Episode 8,"I am called Glad-o-War, Grim, Raider, and Third. I am One-eyed. I am also called Highest, and True-Guesser. I am Grimnir, and the Hooded One. I am All-Father, Gondlir, Wand-bearer. I have as many names as there are winds."
Related: Get Starz via Prime Video Channels for Captivating Original Series & Hit Movies!
But because he's known him so long, Mad Sweeney is somewhat taken off-guard when his returning memories include that of an older, disguised aspect of Wednesday being a root cause of his troubles.
We, on the other hand,...
- 4/22/2019
- by Diana Keng
- TVfanatic
American Gods leans into weirdness and political statement in equal measure, in an episode that travels from Illinois to Louisiana and back.
This American Gods review contains spoilers.
American Gods Season 2 Episode 5
“The Ways of the Dead” is a tale of two dead girls, all centered around a man who gets them into trouble. One of these dead girls is an anonymous white woman found dead at the turn of the 20thCentury, who gets a man into trouble and then gets a man killed. The other woman cheated on her husband, was killed, and came back driven by a mission to save and protect a man from danger.
One of these women is, of course, Laura Moon, who features prominently in the episode as her trip to New Orleans with Mad Sweeney starts getting out of hand. The other isn't named, and her story doesn't particularly matter in the grand scheme of things,...
This American Gods review contains spoilers.
American Gods Season 2 Episode 5
“The Ways of the Dead” is a tale of two dead girls, all centered around a man who gets them into trouble. One of these dead girls is an anonymous white woman found dead at the turn of the 20thCentury, who gets a man into trouble and then gets a man killed. The other woman cheated on her husband, was killed, and came back driven by a mission to save and protect a man from danger.
One of these women is, of course, Laura Moon, who features prominently in the episode as her trip to New Orleans with Mad Sweeney starts getting out of hand. The other isn't named, and her story doesn't particularly matter in the grand scheme of things,...
- 4/7/2019
- Den of Geek
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