The hauntings occur in the apartment occupied by Alan White (Kai Lennox, Beginners), a widower whose wife recently died in a car crash, leaving him with their curious young boy (newcomer Damian Roman) and resentful teenage girl (22-year-old Gia Mantegna, daughter of Joe). Tired of the unexplained occurrences, Mr. White has hired a two-man/one-woman team […]
Ghosts
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Bedlam: Season One
The renovation is the project of Warren Bettany (Hugo Speer, “The Full Monty”), whose lovely daughter, Kate (Charlotte Salt, TV’s “The Tudors”), serves as landlady. It’s a family affair, because the building has been in the family for 300 years. When Kate is almost drowned by an evil spirit, her ghost-busting cousin, Jed (Theo James, […]
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Bedlam: Season One
The renovation is the project of Warren Bettany (Hugo Speer, “The Full Monty”), whose lovely daughter, Kate (Charlotte Salt, TV’s “The Tudors”), serves as landlady. It’s a family affair, because the building has been in the family for 300 years. When Kate is almost drowned by an evil spirit, her ghost-busting cousin, Jed (Theo James, […]
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Gazette’s Halloween Parade launches window painting contest
“If you can’t make it to the parade, this contest is a way to still be part of the fun and show off your artistic creativity,” said Brody Longest, Gazette marketing coordinator. Longest said the theme for the contest is ghosts, and the rules are as follows:• The design should relate to the theme and […]
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The Others
Nicole Kidman, an actress I usually find unappealing, greatly impresses as a single mother living with her two photosensitive children in an old, dark house at the close of World War II. Soon after the arrival of a new house staff, her kids begin to speak of ghostly “others” in the abode (where shadows are […]
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Within / The Dead and the Damned
In “Within,” the premise is that grade-school girl Rachel (Mia Ford, a veteran of TV’s “Barney”) sees dead people — or, rather, the evil spirits that lurk in the heart of man. Moving to a new city with her dad (Sam Jaegar, “Lucky Number Slevin”) following the senseless murder of her mother (Elaine Hendrix, TV’s […]
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To the point
Being two smart guys who studied at Rutgers, James Dean Wells and Quinn English are perfectly aware of how they come across as rock duo The Gay Blades, often labeled and described as sarcastic and sardonic. But that doesn’t make it right. “It’s a matter of framing. When you name your band The Gay Blades […]