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Rosamund Pike in Amazon's 'The Wheel of Time

‘Cowboy Bebop’ and ‘The Wheel of Time’ dully add to streaming’s quest for attention

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Streaming services continue to roll out expensive series based on presold concepts, but those big swings can produce big misses, with two prime examples this weekend: “Cowboy Bebop,” Netflix’s live-action spin on a popular anime show; and “The Wheel of Time,” Amazon’s poor-man’s version of “The Lord of the Rings”

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"Rust" script supervisor Mamie Mitchell speaks during a news conference on November 17

‘Rust’ script supervisor who called 911 after deadly shooting is suing Alec Baldwin and others involved in the film’s production

By Stephanie Becker and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The script supervisor on the set of “Rust,” Mamie Mitchell, has filed a lawsuit against actor and producer Alec Baldwin and other production figures over the on-set shooting that killed the film’s cinematographer. The lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles, accuses Baldwin of choosing “to play Russian

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Finn Wolfhard

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ calls back to the original while adding a teenage twist

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN In a directorial father-son baton pass from Ivan Reitman to Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air”), “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is undeniably nostalgic and fairly sweet, while who-ya-gonna-calling directly back to the 1984 original. And yet with its focus on teenage heirs to that legacy, the movie simultaneously feels as much like

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