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Tag: Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel release date December 2023 Sony Pictures
Movies & TV

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Sequel Is Coming to Theaters in 2023

Many people either love Ghostbusters: Afterlife for the Stranger Ghosts that it is, or they recoil at how it reflects many of the ...
By John FrisciaJune 28, 2022
Hollywood learned wrong lessons from Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Space Jam: A New Legacy, etc.
Movies & TV

Hollywood Learned the Wrong Lessons from The Force Awakens

This article about the effects of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Hollywood contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home. This Christmas marks ...
By Darren MooneyDecember 19, 2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Demonstrates the Paradox of Nostalgic Sequels (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Trek: Picard, Cobra Kai, other nostalgia legacyquel movies TV)
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife Demonstrates the Paradox of Nostalgic Sequels

This article contains spoilers for Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Modern multimedia franchises have come to be dominated by long-delayed “legacyquels.” These are often exercises in ...
By Darren MooneyNovember 22, 2021
Ghostbusters Was Irreverent, So Why Is Afterlife So Reverential?
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Ghostbusters Was Irreverent, so Why Is Afterlife So Reverential?

The original Ghostbusters is a monument to irreverence, defined by its glib irony and knowingness. Ghostbusters was a wry parody of Reagan era ...
By Darren MooneyNovember 15, 2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife review Darren Mooney
Movies & TV

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Review: A Nostalgia-Worshipping Failure

Darren Mooney reviews Ghostbusters: Afterlife, directed by Jason Reitman, which arrives in theaters on November 19.
By Darren MooneyNovember 12, 2021
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Movies & TV

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Trailer 2 Reveals Goonies-Style Coming-of-Age Story and Surprise Cameo

Ghostbusters is finally coming back… again. After multiple delays due to COVID-19, and the previous failed attempt to reboot the series with a ...
By Matthew RazakJuly 27, 2021
Bill Murray returns Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Movies & TV

Bill Murray Confirmed for Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Turns out that bustin’ still makes Bill Murray feel good. The longtime holdout for the Ghostbusters series has been officially confirmed to be ...
By Matthew RazakJanuary 24, 2020
Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer has Dan Aykroyd crazy
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No Ghostbusters Movie Is Complete Without Dan Aykroyd’s Crazy

Recently, fans were treated to the first trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the decades-long-awaited sequel to 1989’s Ghostbusters II. Directed by Jason Reitman, son ...
By Sean KellyDecember 28, 2019
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The Big Picture

Wonder Woman 1984 and Ghostbusters: Afterlife Pack Nostalgia… but What Else? – The Big Picture

Wonder Woman 1984 and Ghostbusters: Afterlife both have brand new trailers, both trading on heavy nostalgia for the 1980s and the year 1984 ...
By Bob ChipmanDecember 10, 2019
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Movies & TV

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Taps into the Series’s Roots in First Trailer

Only three years after the divisive Ghostbusters reboot, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, a sequel to the original two films, has gotten its first trailer. Starring ...
By Michael CripeDecember 9, 2019
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