‘GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE’ Goes Full Amblin But Remains Haunted by Mediocrity

November 16, 2021 by Matt Oakes Posted in Out in Theaters Tagged Bill Murray, Carrie Coon, Dan Aykroyd, Finn Wolfhard, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Jason Reitman, Logan Kim, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd Leave a comment

For some inexplicable reason, Ghostbusters just won’t stay dead. The original was a major hit at the summer ’84 box office and earned both critical and fan affection but in the nearly-four decades years since its release, there has been a not-as-well-received sequel, one season of a kids animated series, a failed video game, and two attempts at a reboot/sequel. None of them really connected with the rapidly aging fan base and all have been seen as a disappointing addendum to the popular supernatural comedy that your dad loved so much. Read More

Out in Theaters: ‘GHOSTBUSTERS’

July 13, 2016 by Matt Oakes Posted in Out in Theaters Tagged Charles Dance, Chris Hemsworth, Ed Begley Jr., Ghostbusters, Kate McKinnon, Katie Dippold, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Out in Theaters, Paul Feig, Reviews 2 Comments

It’s been a long road to the theater for Paul Feig and the girls of Ghostbusters. Beset by accusations of vagina-washing from a very vocal (and rather pathetic) corner of the internet, a less-than-reassuring first trailer and a borderline insufferable Fall Out Boy/Missy Elliot rendition of the iconic “Who You Gonna Call?” theme song, the remake of Harold Ramis’ much-adored 1984 supernatural-comedy had many hurdles to summit. But rather than scale the obstacles in its path, Ghostbusters dispenses a powerful proton pack of carefully constructed charisma, nostalgia-fueled callbacks and no-holds-barred performances, blasting the besmirching naysayers to smithereens like cardboard cutouts of Slimer in a Chinatown back alley. Read More

Summer 2016 Preview – 28 Movies Better than Half-Hearted Suntanning

April 4, 2016 by Matt Oakes Posted in Lists Tagged Captain America: Civil War, Demolition, Don’t Breathe, Finding Dory, Free State of Jones, Ghostbusters, Green Room, Hologram for a King, Independence Day: Resurgence, Keanu, Kubo And the Two Strings, Lights Out, Pop Star: Never Stop Never Stopping, Sausage Party, Star Trek Beyond, Suicide Squad, The BFG, The Founder, The Infiltrator, The Jungle Book, The Legend of Tarzan, The Nice Guys, War Dogs, Warcraft, X-Men: Apocalypse 2 Comments

Sure it’s not quite summer yet but a few 70 degree days have gone to our heads and we’ve decided to do some spring cleaning. Thus the Summer 2016 Movie Preview! The aim of this comprehensive guide is to get you geared up for the coming sunny months, where you fair reader will holed up inside to watch moving pictures on monumentally-sized screens. As can be expected, there is no shortage of spectacle this summer. You can almost rear the bleating of dump trucks reversing bloated piles of studio tentpoles to dump at our feet as we speak. Will there be a diamond in the rough this summer the likes of Mad Max: Fury Road? We don’t think so but hey, we can dream. With almost 4000 words to delve through below, we won’t stall any longer getting into the 28 films we think might just be worth foregoing a few hours of sun to see. Read More