Dentist Bertram Pincus (Gervais), an unmarried, friendless, and overall grumpy guy, is granted the ability to hang out with ghosts after momentarily dying during a colonoscopy. A gift or a curse, he's not sure, but either way he finds it incredibly annoying. Enter Frank Herlihy (Kinnear), a man cheating on his girlfriend with his yoga instructor, who is hit by a bus. Frank desperately pleads with his new supernatural middleman to find his girlfriend Gwen (Leoni) and let her know that he's sorry. Of course, as despicable as Bertram may be, he and Gwen fall in love, to the endless frustration of helpless Frank. A light comedy, carried and saved by its performances, especially the brilliant and effortless Gervais.
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 9/11/2009; 933+ words...including "War of the Worlds" and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." He also wrote and directed "GhostTown" for DreamWorks Studios last year. "Michael Crichton was one of our greatest storytellers who expanded all of our...
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 8/21/2009; 931+ words...Brolin, ("Catch Me If You Can," "Hotel"), as Hank, a sheriff in an old Western town with a history of vandalism where recent sightings of the Ghost Rider have occurred; Cary Elwes, ("The Princess Bride," "Twister") a notorious...
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 7/3/2009; 1020+ words...restored, is the world's most-photographed town square, and the site of over a thousand movie...courthouse in "Amistad." The CBS hit drama Ghost Whisperer has called the historical town square at Universal Studios home since 2005...
Newspaper article from: Journal of Popular Film and Television; 6/22/2009; Leeder, Murray ; 9524+ words...Carpenter, communication, ghosts, hauntology, radio ********** What is a ghost? Tackling this deceptively...The Fog. In his typology of ghost films, Tom Ruffles locates The Fog under the category "Ghosts of Those Who Cannot Rest...presence with the figure of the ghost as that which is ...
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 4/10/2009; 752+ words...animals. When you are ready to take a break in the action, don't miss Knott's Spring Crafts Fair located throughout GhostTown. Artisans from throughout Southern California will be on hand selling a unique mix of crafts, jewelry, clothing and...