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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
"Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" has the Spengler family, from the previous film, and the veteran Ghostbusters returning to New York City to collaborate to save the world from an ancient villain threatening to freeze the entire world. Director Gil Kenan put together a mediocre product which is the fifth [..]
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
"Ghostbusters: Afterlife" (2021) is a supernatural comedy film about a Chicago mother and her two teenagers who relocate to a run-down farm in Oklahoma which is plagued by paranormal activity. They call Ghostbusters for help, with the comedy proceeding from there. Director Jason Reitman kept [..]
Ghostbusters (1984)
"Ghostbusters" is a supernatural comedy film about three eccentric parapsychologists who are fired from teaching jobs at a university, and decide to start their own ghost-catching business. They are hired to neutralize an ancient Sumerian god out to destroy the world, with the comedy & drama proceeding from [..]
Cloverfield (2008)
"Cloverfield" is a science fiction film film telling the story of six friends attempting to escape New York City after it has been attacked by a monster of some sort. The movie starts off with some camera footage of the creature's invasion. Director Matt [..]
Criminal (2016)
"Criminal" is an action film telling the story of a prison convict who is implanted with a dead CIA agent's memories in order to finish an assignment. Things go terrible wrong when the convict escapes custody after awaking from surgery. I wish I could say [..]
Race (2016)
"Race" is a biopic about professional athlete Jesse Owens (1913-1980), who won a record four Gold Medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Director Stephen Hopkins ("Lost in Space" 1998) and screenwriters Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse handled the entire film very professionally. It has top-rate production [..]
Money (2016)
"Money" is a crime drama film about a man who casually invades a couple's home while they are entertaining guests. He promptly takes them captive, and demands big cash he believes they have around the house. Director Martin Rosete, in his feature film debut, did [..]
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
"Hail, Caesar!" is a comedy film which is a salute to Hollywood of the 1940's and 1950's. Directors-screenwriters Joel Coen and Ethan Coen have a spotty film which has some parts better than others. The good parts include an Esther Williams type of water [..]
The Boss (2016)
Melissa McCarthy and her husband, director Ben Falcone, have come up with another low-brow comedy called "The Boss." As in "Tammy" (2014), the Falcones offer viewers formulaic and predictable comedy mixed with dirty language and foul behavior. The story here has McCarthy playing a [..]
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
"Deepwater Horizon" is an exciting disaster film based on the true story of the 2010 oil rig explosion and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This thriller was tightly directed by Peter Berg ("Battleship" 2012) - few dull moments in the 107 minute running time. [..]