In GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE, directed by Gil Kenan, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.
Written by Gil Kenan & Jason Reitman, the latest chapter is based on the 1984 film “Ghostbusters” an Ivan Reitman film written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.
The cast includes Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Celeste O’Connor, Logan Kim, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts.
GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE opens in movie theaters March 22.
The special screening is 7:30pm on Tuesday, March 19 at Ronnie’s 20 Cine in IMAX.
Please arrive early as seating is not guaranteed.
TEN winners will receive 4 passes to the screening.
This film is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association for the following reasons: supernatural action/violence, language and suggestive references.
Bill Murray and Paul Rudd on the set of Columbia Pictures GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE.
“Ghostbusters…whaddya want?!” The all-new GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE trailer is here.
In the movie, directed by Gil Kenan, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.
Written by Gil Kenan & Jason Reitman, the latest chapter is based on the 1984 film “Ghostbusters” an Ivan Reitman film written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.
The cast includes Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Celeste O’Connor, Logan Kim, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts.
GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE opens in movie theaters March 22.
Slimer in a trash pile in Columbia Pictures GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE. Courtesy of Sony PicturesJanine (Annie Potts), Peter (Bill Murray), Ray (Dan Aykroyd) and Winston (Ernie Hudson) in Columbia Pictures GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE.Winston (Ernie Hudson) and Peter (Bill Murray) in Columbia Pictures GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE.Lucky (Celeste O’Connor), Nadeem Razmaadi (Kumail Nanjiani), Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Lars Pinfield (James Acaster) in Columbia Pictures GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE.Phoebe Spengler (Mckenna Grace) in Columbia Pictures GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE.Gary Grooberson (Paul Rudd) and Callie Spengler (Carrie Coon) in Columbia Pictures GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE.Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Mckenna Grace and Finn Wolfhard on the set of Columbia Pictures GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE.
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson reunite in the first teaser for GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE.
In GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.
Based on the 1984 film “Ghostbusters” an Ivan Reitman film written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE is directed by Gil Kenan and written by Jason Reitman & Gil Kenan
Stars Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Celeste O’Connor, Logan Kim, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts. The film hits theaters March 29, 2024.
” We’ve been going about this all wrong. This Mr. Stay Puft’s okay! He’s a sailor, he’s in New York; we get this guy laid, we won’t have any trouble!”
GHOSTBUSTERS(1984) screens Sunday Night July 8th at the Sky View Drive-in in Lichtfield, Il. (1500 Historic Old Route 66) This is part of the Sky View’s ‘Throwback Sundays’. The second Sunday of the month, they screen a classic movie. Admission is only $7 (free for kids under 5). The movie starts at 8:30pm and will be followed by a screening of SUICIDE SQUAD. The Sky View’s site can be found HERE.
Candid Portrait of a Beloved Comedy Icon Featuring Previously Unheard Audiotapes Directed by R.J. Cutler (Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry)
By age thirty John Belushi was on the top-rated television show, had the top grossing comedy in movie history and the top grossing record album in the world. But as John’s fame grew, so did his demons. R.J. Cutler directs an examination of Belushi’s life drawn largely from a previously unheard audio archive made shortly after Belushi’s death by his high school sweetheart and later wife, Judy Belushi. Cutler tells the story of his too-brief life illustrated by his own diary entries and poems, and in words of Judy and his collaborators, friends, and family, including Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, Penny Marshall, Lorne Michaels, Carrie Fisher, Chevy Chase, Harold Ramis, Jane Curtin, and Ivan Reitman.
When there’s something strange in the neighborhood, Josh Gad calls the only folks who can possibly help…The Ghostbusters.
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman and William Atherton joined Gad in a Zoom reunion along with surprise guests. Check it out now!
@barefootwine kickstarted the fundraising efforts ahead of today’s Reunited Apart episode with a $100,000 donation to @eji_org, an organization committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the U.S., to challenging racial and economic justice, to protecting the most basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.
” We’ve been going about this all wrong. This Mr. Stay Puft’s okay! He’s a sailor, he’s in New York; we get this guy laid, we won’t have any trouble!”
Peter Bernstein conducts the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra as they perform Elmer Bernstein’s iconic score to GHOSTBUSTERS live along with the film May 17th and 18th at Powell Hall in St. Louis (718 N Grand Blvd). Both shows begin at 7pm.Ticket information can be found HERE
Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters! A team of scientists become “ghostbusters” and stumble upon a gateway to another dimension, leading to an attempt to save New York from complete destruction. Join as the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performs Elmer Bernstein’s iconic score live while Ivan Reitman’s comedic masterpiece plays on the big screen.
Follow the escapades of scientists who wage a high-tech battle with the supernatural.
Experience the 1984 comedic classic on the big screen at Powell Hall.
Arrive early to get a photo with the Ecto-1 Ghostbusters car.
Film with live score.
New York City has a problem: paranormal occurrences have been plaguing the city in increasing numbers, and the only people who know this are three extraordinarily bright, slightly offbeat NYU parapsychologists who have lost their research grant. Forced out of academia, they start their own business. In this 1985 Oscar® nominee for Best Special Effects, Drs. Venkman (Bill Murray), Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Spengler (Harold Ramis) set up shop in an old firehouse and become Ghostbusters, trapping pesky ghosts, haunts and poltergeists for money. But even the spirit exterminators are severely tested when beautiful Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and her weird neighbor (Rick Moranis) become possessed by demons living in their building. Soon every spook in the city is loose, and our heroes face their supreme challenge at a rooftop demonic shrine.
In anticipation of the worldwide release of GHOSTBUSTERS, starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones, in theaters July 15, 2016, audiences will get a chance to build their excitement for the new film by revisiting the classic 1984 movie, directed by Ivan Reitman, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, and starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson, as Fathom Events brings moviegoers a nationwide limited-time re-release of the classic, and, in New York City, BBQ Films presents a special, immersive Ghostbusters experience.
On June 8 – the anniversary of the original 1984 release of the classic film – with an encore date of June 12, Fathom Events will bring the original film to moviegoers across the country with a special re-release in more than 750 movie theaters nationwide, including a sneak peek at the new Ghostbusters. Tickets for these screenings will go on sale May 6, 2016 at FathomEvents.com and participating theater box offices.
Also starting June 8th in NYC, BBQ Films will present the world’s only official immersive screening of Ghostbusters. An event production company that creates transportive experiences and events around classic movies, BBQ Films will invite moviegoers to strap on a proton pack, grab a trap, and head for the Ecto-1 as they bring their immersive Ghostbusters experience to Villain in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
As they transform the venue into the Ghostbusters’ HQ – featuring a 360-degree interactive experience, with live Ghostbusters characters, themed rooms, screens showing the film, and, of course, ghosts – BBQ Films will bring moviegoers into the Ghostbusters’ incredible world and allow them to experience the 1984 movie as never before. Fans can purchase tickets by visiting www.bbqfilms.com/ghostbusters.
Following these special screenings, the classic film will go back in the vault until the release of the new film.
Commenting on the announcement, Dwight Caines, President, Theatrical Marketing for SPE said, “Before the new Ghostbusters film hits theaters on July 15, there’s no better way to get excited than by seeing the classic film. Fathom Events is bringing the original to audiences all across the country, and if you’re a moviegoer in New York, you’ll have the chance to experience the movie as never before as BBQ Films transports you to the world of the Ghostbusters. We’re thrilled that audiences will have the opportunity to revisit the beloved original movie on the big screen.”
Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited return, rebooted with a cast of hilarious new characters. Thirty years after the beloved original franchise took the world by storm, director Paul Feig brings his fresh take to the supernatural comedy, joined by some of the funniest actors working today – Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth. This summer, they’re here to save the world!
The film is produced by Ivan Reitman and Amy Pascal, and written by Katie Dippold & Paul Feig, based on the film “Ghostbusters,” written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis and directed by Ivan Reitman. The film will be released in theaters nationwide on July 15, 2016.
Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes… Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave! Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!
Catch the original GHOSTBUSTERSon the big screen this Halloween Season!
New York City has a problem: paranormal occurrences have been plaguing the city in increasing numbers, and the only people who know this are three extraordinarily bright, slightly offbeat NYU parapsychologists who have lost their research grant. Forced out of academia, they start their own business. In this 1985 Oscar® nominee for Best Special Effects, Drs. Venkman (Bill Murray), Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Spengler (Harold Ramis) set up shop in an old firehouse and become Ghostbusters, trapping pesky ghosts, haunts and poltergeists for money. But even the spirit exterminators are severely tested when beautiful Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and her weird neighbor (Rick Moranis) become possessed by demons living in their building. Soon every spook in the city is loose, and our heroes face their supreme challenge at a rooftop demonic shrine.
GHOSTBUSTERS will be playing for one night only this Thursday, October 29th at the B&B Wildwood 10! Retro Night showtimes are at 4pm and 7pm and tickets are only $5.
Directed by Brent Dodge, Eric Murray, written by Steve Burgess
With Chris Farley (archive footage), Dan Aykroyd, Christina Applegate, Bob Odenkirk, Adam Sandler, David Spade, Kevin P Farley, Tom Farley, Bo Derek, many others.
In the world of comedy certain talents stand out as heavyweights, both literally and figuratively. Large of both frame and talent very often these talented performers can seem more like a force of nature running amok in the mundane world, creating comedic chaos for our amusement.
The first that comes to my mind would have to be Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, his name forever tarnished with a scandalous incident that was proved in court never to have happened, Fatty Arbuckle deserves better. He was genuinely talented, a series of dvd releases proves it. He taught Buster Keaton everything he knew. He was also incredibly funny.
I would also add the name of Curly Howard of the Three Stooges, Jackie Gleason, Lou Costello, John Belushi of Saturday Night Live and John Candy of Second City TV. And now we are lucky to have Melissa McCarthy. All of them incredibly talented, funny and larger than life. Comedy heavyweights, if you will.
But one name has always stood out, even in this elite crowd. Chris Farley injected new blood into Saturday Night Live and made the show worth watching again. He was incredibly, sometimes painfully funny and he also brought a serious, dangerous edge to a lot of his performances. Chris Farley was a force to be reckoned with, he often seemed on the verge of a complete meltdown, as if he would burn up in the atmosphere he was living in, and possibly take us all with him. Chris Farley could actually seem scary, dangerous, off the chain, off the map and out of the box nuts. And that my friends was his particular genius.
Compare Chris Farley with another comedy heavyweight like John Candy. Candy always came across as what he was, a big, jolly, sensitive cuddly pooh bear of a comic who wouldn’t hurt a fly. Uncle Buck runs like a German sports car because of Candy’s talent and his inherent goodness. What child wouldn’t want to have Uncle Buck in the family?
I say all this as an introduction to I AM CHRIS FARLEY, a wonderful documentary about an extraordinary talent who brought laughter to so many people. And how nice it is to find out that Farley, as well, was sensitive, intelligent and, yes, would not hurt a fly.
The makers of I AM CHRIS FARLEY had what appears to be all access, full cooperation from Chris Farley’s family. We hear first from his brother Kevin P Farley, who also does standup, and riffs on his resemblance to the late comic. Virtually every family member is heard from and many actors and comics who worked with Chris Farley, and they all say the same things. Naturally funny, always the center of attention, and so much talent that some actors were probably jealous.
We see Chris Farley almost from day one. Family photos, home movies, even tape recorded performances give us a glimpse of a young talent just waiting for the right moment to take center stage.
Chris Farley paid his dues, as so many talented comics did, with Second City of Chicago. Del Close, in archive footage admits they had struck pure gold when Farley came on board. His time with Saturday Night Live yielded some of his best work. I will never forget the first time I saw Matt Foley, the motivational speaker, who has been drinking coffee down the basement all day and lives in a van down by the river, eating a steady diet of government cheese! I start laughing just to think of it. Christina Applegate was the host on that show and in that sketch and tells of her absolute horror as Farley started to destroy the props on the stage. Her alarm was captured on the live television cameras, is absolutely real and only adds to the surreal quality of that sketch.
And again, that was Farley’s genius, many times he appeared just a heartbeat away from going berserk and running amok in NBC’s studio, destroying property, assaulting audience members and possibly landing in an institution.
Add to that his famous try at being a Chippendale’s dancer, showing his pudge to millions of television viewers next to Patrick Swayze. Then there was his own show, especially his interview with Paul McCartney. “You remember the Beatles? You were in that right?” And then there was Bennett Brauer constantly using air quotes for every sentence. Farley was the go to guy to portray almost any celebrity, apparently without offending. Tom Arnold appreciated his impersonation so much he gave the eulogy at Chris Farley’s funeral.
Farley and Adam Sandler were, apparently such a handful on Saturday Night Live they were fired from the show. They constantly pulled pranks and behaved, pretty much, like college frat boys. After getting his walking papers from Saturday Night Live Farley made several films and then started having drug and alcohol problems. Eventually, like so many talented artists, those problems got the better of him.
How sweet to hear that he was loved and loved in return by the people who he worked with in live comedy, television and movies. David Spade was probably his best friend and recalls many fond memories. Somewhat astonishing but we also learn that Farley was a chick magnet without even trying. Women were drawn to him not just for the humor but his intelligence, his loyalty and his uncommon decency. Here was a super star who never acted the prima donna, even though he earned the privilege. Here was a major talent who never traveled with an entourage, always made time for his fans and was very accessible when out in public. He was always pleased to be recognized and thrilled if people told him they liked his work.
Most importantly, like any good documentary about a comedian I AM CHRIS FARLEY is very, very funny. The many clips from television and movies tell the truth about this man, impossible not to laugh all the way through. In fact, the best tribute I can think of comes from one of his appearances on David Letterman’s show. He had Letterman, and the studio audience, in hysterics.
But like many talented artists Chris Farley had his own demons that he tried his best to deal with. In the end they got the better of him, but we are all better for having seen him, in any medium, possibly one of the funniest human beings who ever lived.
I AM CHRIS FARLEY is a terrific tribute to a comic talent who deserves to be remembered for the joy and laughter he brought to all of us.
I AM CHRIS FARLEY opens in NY on July 31 at AMC Empire
VOD on August 11.
