It's a spooktacular reboot with nothing we haven't seen before -- but the jokes are good and the comediennes form a welcome ensemble. You'd think that this one would have been committee'd and PC'ed to within an inch of its proton packs, but the personalities make it entertaining. Ghostbusters Blu-ray Columbia Pictures/SonyColumbia Pictures / Sony 2016 / Color / 2:39 widescreen 1:37 flat full frame / 116 min. theatrical, 134 min. extended / Answer the Call / Street Date October 11, 2016 / 34.99 Starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Elizabeth Perkins, Ed Begley Jr,. Charles Dance, Zach Woods, Karan Soni, Katie Dippold, Nate Corddry, Bill Murray, Ozzy Osbourne, Andy Garcia, Annie Potts, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver. Cinematography Robert D. Yeoman Film Editors Melissa Bretherton, Brent White Original Music Theodore Shapiro Written by Katie Dippold, Paul Feig based on the 1984 film written by Ivan Reitman, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis Produced by Amy Pascal, Ivan Reitman...
- 10/11/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The term "director's cut" has been abused to the point of meaninglessness in the age of special edition DVDs, and it is easy for the consumer to eventually tune out any mention of a "new" version of a film, sure they're only going to see a few small differences after sitting through something they have, for the most part, already seen and fully digested. That is not the case with the R-rated cut of "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" that is in theaters at the moment. This may well set the new standard for just how different an alternative cut of a film can be, and it's a fascinating exercise in how just a few choices can make the difference between two different ratings and, in a world where studios are spending tens of millions of dollars to market a film, the economic success or failure of a movie. By far,...
- 3/4/2014
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
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