Seemingly insignificant tasks can have a way of becoming useful, perhaps even the main thing. Take the reboot of Ghostbusters (2016). Not many would call Abby Yates mission to prove ghosts exist a real occupation. It may be funded research, but the odds of coming up with the goods appears remote. Aren’t ghosts the figment of…

Ghost Busters was a long time ago. Former cast members of the 1984 original have cameos in the 2016 reboot. Bill Murray, Annie Potts, Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie Hudson all appear. So they put in a new cast this year. It works. Does anyone believe in ghosts anymore? Haunted houses, specters, and visions floating through…

Quentin Tarantino films are experiences. His films are violent, but they are still experiences. Writer and director Tarantino exploded onto the movie scene with the Cannes Festival winning Pulp Fiction. Described as notorious and cutting edge, Pulp Fiction was also described as the freshest film released in 1994. Two years earlier, Reservoir Dogs was released…

Other worldly Warcraft (2016) is that kind of movie. It’s hard to keep up with all the names of characters. Who’s who, in other words. It’s a long time ago when I knew, almost inside out, who actually populated Star Wars though my mother didn’t have a clue. Now, I’m older and any teenage fan…

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