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Ghostbusters: Afterlife: Win the horror comedy on Blu-ray

admin — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 01:36:24 +0000

We ain’t afraid of no ghosts… and we also really enjoyed Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the sequel to the popular Eighties movies, which landed in cinemas last year (read our review here). Now Ecto 1 is revving up to be released on digital, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD this month and to celebrate we’re giving away FIVE copies of the movie on Blu-ray!

From director Jason Reitman (Tully) and producer Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters), comes the next chapter in the original Ghostbusters universe. In Ghostbusters: Afterlife, when a single mum and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind…

The film is written by Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan, and stars Carrie Coon (Fargo), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things), McKenna Grace (Annabelle Comes Home) and Paul Rudd (Ant Man).

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife will be available to Download & Keep on 10 January, and To Rent on Digital, on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on 31 January.

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife: Who ya gonna call? Again.

admin — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 17:36:30 +0000

The enduring legacy of Ghostbusters is evident from all the homages and Halloween costumes it’s inspired in the 30-plus years since it was released in 1984. To name a few, Stranger Things, Los Espookys and the Paul Feig directed reboot all embraced their love for the hugely influential horror comedy and its creators, Dan Akroyd and the late Harold Ramis (you’ll notice a bust sculpture of Dr. Egon Spengler in the Feig film).

The proton packs are in the hands of the kids in this film, with the great young cast led by extremely capable 15-year-old Mckenna Grace in the role of science geek Phoebe. After the death of her estranged grandfather, Phoebe, her older brother Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and their mother Callie (Carrie Coon) head to a small American town to stake their claim in his spooky farmhouse. They are greeted by debt, unresolved parental issues, icky spirits, summer school teacher and seismologist Mr. Grooberson (Paul Rudd’s comic delivery is spot on) and a kid called Podcast (Logan Kim) who runs a supernatural conspiracy theory podcast.

Director of this entertaining sequel, Jason Reitman, has strong personal connections to the franchise; he is of course the son of director Ivan Reitman, and appeared in Ghostbusters II. Using the powerful lingering vapours of the film’s history Reitman, along with co-writer Gil Kenan has devised a film that pays sweet tribute to Ramis and his creations in delightfully inventive ways. It’s a film that dwells in nostalgia and features all the staples of Eighties comedies (technology-obsessed sidekick) and horrors (distracted alcoholic parent), but updates them for the Stranger Things generation.

The majority of the film is a fast-paced hoot, with the kids embarking on a fun, though only occasionally actually scary adventure to save the day. Grace turns in a memorable performance as an awkward teen and has marvellous chemistry with all her co-stars, especially Rudd – they are both given the funniest lines. However, the final third of the film pays a bit too much fan service, rummaging through dusty old relics and images, and losing momentum. You may find yourself on the edge of your seat for all the wrong reasons at points, but mostly this is an enjoyably amusing family film, that is in fact all about positive and negative family relationships.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife is in cinemas on 18 November from Sony Pictures.

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Ghostbusters Virtual Secret Cinema Event

admin — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 23:48:37 +0000

If you’re as excited as us about the upcoming release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, you may just be pushed over to boiling point at the announcement that the folk over at Secret Cinema are organising an innovative virtual live experience based on the supernatural world of Ghostbusters in collaboration with Sony Pictures!

Named Ghostbusters: The Gates of Gozer, the virtual live experience will launch on 1 December 2021. Find out more with the trailer here…

Ghostbusters: The Gates of Gozer is set one year after Ghostbusters (1984). As the Ghostbusters’ bask in their victory at the Ivo Shandor building, fans will be able to enroll as a new enthusiastic generation of students at the Paranormal Institute, partaking in the missing chapter of the Ghostbusters legend. The Ghostbusters will be on hand to quickly train up and recruit more people following their finest hour, so they can pass on their experience and expertise in battling ghosts.

The experience will fuse together technical features and special effects with live actor interactions – fans will train with the best as they embark on a journey of paranormal knowledge and are put to the ultimate test in a world featuring mesmeric visual effects, including face filters and voice modulators alongside spine-tingling binaural sound.

People will enroll to explore the haunted realms of New York in teams of six and they will have the chance to meet new and familiar faces during the show while they get trained in key skills including parapsychology, and science and technology. Once in live paranormal scenarios, students must use quick wits, live improvisation, and a range of gadgets to hunt the trickiest or most malevolent of spooks as they work their way through the experience.

But be careful who, or what, you believe since nefarious characters have concocted plans that could result in the destruction of the Ghostbusters…. and indeed the end of the world.

Ghostbusters: The Gates of Gozer, the virtual live experience will launch on 1 December 2021. General ticket sales will be available from 12pm GMT on November 1, 2021.

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife new trailer sees some old faces…

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 22:50:00 +0000

Bustin makes us feel good! And so does seeing/hearing some familiar characters in the new trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the next installment in our favourite proton-pack-wearing franchise.

This isn’t a trick from Slimer, check out the new trailer here…

The film is written by Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan, and stars Carrie Coon (Fargo), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things), McKenna Grace (Annabelle Comes Home) and Paul Rudd (Ant Man).

Ghostbusters: Afterlife will be in cinemas on 11 November.

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife Mini-Pufts Character Reveal

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:15:34 +0000

We have been given a snippet of the new Ghostbusters: Afterlife film with a brand-new character reveal and you may just recognise these little guys…

The film is written by Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan, and stars Carrie Coon (Fargo), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things), McKenna Grace (Annabelle Comes Home) and Paul Rudd (Ant Man).

Now we just have to choose which one we like the best… we think it has to be the little Staypuft nestling under a blanket of chocolate and turning himself into a s’more…

Ghostbusters: Afterlife will be in cinemas in autumn 2021.

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