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  • Why Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Has a 2-Year Time Jump

    Why Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Has a 2-Year Time Jump

    When Ghostbusters: Afterlife ends, it really ends. Ghostbusters new and old defeat Gozer, we see the Ecto-1 driving to New York City, and that’s pretty much it. What exactly was next for the Spengler family we’d been following for an entire film? How did they feel having encountered the ghost version of Egon? We never…


  • Oh, No, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, You Didn’t

    Oh, No, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, You Didn’t

    Ghostbusters: Afterlife finally premiered last Friday, raking in more than $US44 (A$61) million over its first weekend — far more than critics and its studio, Sony, had predicted. That doesn’t mean the movie’s better than critics are saying, of course, but that’s not why I’ve brought you here today. We need to talk about a…


  • The Final Ghostbusters: Afterlife Trailer Ain’t Afraid of No Spoilers

    The Final Ghostbusters: Afterlife Trailer Ain’t Afraid of No Spoilers

    Gizmodo seen Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and our own movie maven Germain Lussier called it “great until it’s derailed by gratuitous fan service” in his spoiler-free review. But if you’d like to know exactly what he was talking about, Sony Pictures has very helpfully released a final trailer for the film which makes it abundantly clear what…