Ghostbusters is going through a transition. And that’s not entirely a bad thing. When Jason Reitman first decided to revive his father‘s legacy with the Ghostbusters franchise, the initial outing was enjoyable but drenched in nostalgia. Returning characters, long glances at PKE Meters and Proton Packs and even reusing the original’s final act all added up to a…
Sometimes, in order to find yourself, you need to get lost along the way. Set in Prince Edward Island, Who’s Yer Father? follows Larry Constable (Chris Locke), a down-on-his-luck private eye who’s investigating some suspicious black market lobster sales. During his research, he encounters Rhonda (Susan Kent), a convenience store owner who finds a way to make…
Even after almost 40 years, ?Bustin still makes you feel good. Directed by Jason Reitman, Ghostbusters: Afterlife revives the world of ghosts, goblins and proton packs once again. After her estranged father passes away, Callie (Carrie Coon) and her two children, Phoebe (McKenna Grace) and Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) move to a small town to examine what?s left…
After 2016’s reboot of the franchise landed with a thud, many felt like the GHOSTBUSTERS franchise may never be able to launch a worthy sequel. However, with the release of Jason Reitman’s GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, the ‘Busters are back in [another] rebooted sequel that honours the past while looking to the future. This week, writer Victor…
Remember that time that Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny lead the most ridiculous rag-tag team of basketball players in a game for the fate of the world? It’s hard to believe it’s been twenty-five years since Jordan and the Looney Tunes joined forces to defeat the? Nerdlucks-turned-Monstars in a game of basketball for the fate…
When times are tough, what stories do you turn to? Our new series, Comfort Films, is designed to look at the stories that are important to us and why they help bring us up with everything feels down. This week, author Troy Kinney and Screamfish?s Jason Norton return to chat about family humour in Meet…
When times are tough, what stories do you turn to? Our new series, Comfort Films, is designed to look at the films that are important to us and why they help bring us up with everything feels down. In our first episode of this series, Ben Dower stops by to chat about one of his…
?What would you do if you were stuck in a place and every day was exactly the same?? Here in California we?ve been instructed to stay at home except for essential reasons. Kids are out of school. Some have online classes, some don?t. Churches are happening by online video. It doesn?t take long for Tuesday…
This is one of the great examples of having a film that entertains well and at the same time goads our minds into active thought. It is very much like a cross-cultural extended parable.
When the principal (Bill Murray) of North Jackson High retires to take care of his ailing wife, his two vice principals attempt to fill the power vacuum. But for the students of NJHS, this could be an absolute disaster because these two men are train wrecks. On one side, the rule-oriented Neil Gamby (Danny McBride)…
