18 November
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GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE Director: Jason ReitmanStarring: Paul Rudd, McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon, Logan Kim, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson The ghosts of the past come back to haunt in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. It’s been 37 years since the Ghostbusters saved New York City back in 1984. Since then, the group has disbanded and Egon Spengler left his family and moved to an old farm house in the middle of nowhere in Oklahoma. His daughter, Callie, and grandkids Phoebe and Trevor are left to take care of his rundown house after he passes away. They learn he was quite the eccentric one who everyone referredRead More →

14 July
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GHOSTBUSTERS Director: Paul Feig Starring: Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Ed Begley Jr., Zach Woods, Charles Dance There’s a line in the classic Ray Parker, Jr. theme song that states, “I ain’t afraid of no ghosts.” I’m here to say that you shouldn’t be afraid of this movie. This new take on Ghostbusters will have you laughing from start to finish. Kristen Wiig plays Erin Gilbert, a nervous university professor who has put her days of tracking the paranormal behind her. She was firmly under the impression that her book, “Ghosts from the Past” was long forgotten until the headRead More →

07 March
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DEAR READERS The In Memoriam segment of the Oscars is always a tough part to watch as we say goodbye to those that have touched us in some way. This year’s piece was especially sad as one of my idols, Roger Ebert, was included. I wrote about him last year soon after he passed away. They also paid tribute to the hilarious Harold “Don’t cross the streams” Ramis and the extremely gifted Philip Seymour Hoffman. I wanted to spend a little time looking back at these two gentlemen and their fine work. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN (1967-2014) If I remember correctly, my first encounter with PhilipRead More →