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THE WEEKEND IS coming up, and that means new movies for you to see.
But which is a must-watch, and are there any you should avoid?
We take a look.
What we know
Right, it has actually been out since Monday, but you might not have seen it yet. A sort-of remake of the original, but starring an all-female cast, and with Paul Feig at the helm. Enjoy.
What the critics say
What’s it rated?
What we know
Ken Wardrop, the Irish director of His & Hers, is back with a documentary about mums and their sons – but set in the US. It’s not just a look at parental relationships, but also modern-day masculinity.
What the critics say
What’s it rated?
What we know
Two women meet in 1971 and fall passionately in love. But when Delphine has to return to help on her family farm, can their love survive in a climate where their love must remain unspoken?
What the critics say
What’s it rated?
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It’ll be a quiet weekend at the cinema!
…..isn’t Star Trek out on the 22nd….
A poor feminist Remake.
A lesbian Brokeback Mountain.
A Mammy’s Boy Movie.
No thanks.
I’m staying home and watching Rambo meets Terminator IV.
Odhran.A spot on synopsis.(hat tip)
If lesbian brokeback mountain starred Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson it would be the biggest blockbuster ever.
Brokeback Mountain is the worst western Ever
OK, technically … the two protagonists did ‘whip their pistols out’ at one point but nobody ended up dead.
If the body count is below 55 then it’s a bad western.
And there’s Father Jack
ACTUALLY WATCHING THE FILLUM!!!!!
Can’t wait for the Thelma amd Louise remake starring an all male cast about two Men fleeing there emotionally abusive and possessive wives! Tommy and Louis!
the journal has been showing ghostbuster banner adverts all week, and then cherry pick the good reviews. what a surprise, musnt pee off the advertisers
The Guardian rates the movie.
Hahaha.
Like saying the Catholic Herald rates going to mass.
its the feminist Passion of the Christ
It’s absolutely pathetic.. Cherry picking good reviews in the midst of of pathetic ones..
Yeah, those two reviews hardly reflect the 6/10 score. I’ll probably go see it anyway but won’t have high expectations. A lesson I learned after independence day resurgence
To be fair, the scores are being affected by the haters who were giving it a low rating without even seeing it. It doesn’t have the same charm as the original, but is quite enjoyable. Fans of the original should love seeing all the many references to it peppered through the film. For me it seemed they held back a little, probably due to the advanced hate. Story is completely different, Mckinnon’s will probably be a love/hate character and Thor has some of the funniest bits but also a bit annoying. 6 or 7 out of 10 is a fair score.
I saw it last night, it is absolute shįte.
an American reviewer went to an early screening in a local cinema, only cinema for a big area in California and said only 30ish people at a 7.45 screening. couples coming out grumbling . I bet it flops, also this movie cant be shown in China so their international sales will be lower
Didnt know it was the weekend YET
Jesus but Sony are really going out of their way to make Ghostbusters a summer hit… and let’s face it The Guardian were hardly going to upset the sisterhood by panning it. From what I’ve seen it’s getting very high reviews from the usual suspects in the press but is being panned across the board by the ordinary film goer. Could this be a modern day movie “payola” I wonder.
I’ve heard it’s other movie companies paying chans and redditors for bad reviews.
Well we can all agree the movie is an abortion !
If men had queued to get into Fifty Shades of Grey there would have been outrage, and Liberals Luvvies on Twitter would have gone mad. But they celebrated the fact that women were falling over themselves to pay for an average movie.
Seen ghost busters in 3D….brilliant….the cameos are fab too
Shush! Angry boys are being angry about girls in their franchise!!
I’m just back. I fecking loved it! I honestly thought it was brilliant.
Maybe the movie is just awful and nothing to with….gender? Shock horror.
Three feminists loved feminist movie SHOCKKAAAA !!
I’d imagine kids and people that have a lower IQ might enjoy it
This has to be the worst summer blockbuster season on record!
one ethical argument not to see Ghostbusters is to not encourage companies like Sony to legally threaten actors to appear in movies like they did to Bill Murray to appear in this dumb movie
I’d tackle Ghostbusters. Clearly the best of 3 bad movies. Don’t know why they changed the characters to female. Girl power and all that. But ruining a childhood classic.
If Ghostbusters from 1984 is a childhood classic for you, you really should be old enough not to care!
Daisy “get-off-my-lawn-you-crazy-kids” Chainsaw here to tell us all to grow up.
Shhhhs Anti….you can’t mention female without it being made out you’re being insulting to that gender.
If you think the first Ghostbusters is a classic then you should know they already ruined the franchise with Ghostbusters 2. The new one can’t be as bad as that.
Who ya gonna call? Bill Murray.
Bourne, Suicide Squad and Anthropoid yet to come so we’ll cross our fingers… And for those saying that the backlash against Ghost Busters is misogynistic wait till the reviews for this years Ben Hur or next years remake of Jumanji come in… Speaking of next year the sequel to Prometheus is out.. It’s got Aliens but no Ripley… Now that’s a fuсking tragedy and an “insult” to one of the greatest female sci fi characters of all time….. No Ripley.. No Aliens…
I’ll wait for Bourne
Went to see Tarzan last weekend and quite enjoyed it, doesn’t follow the books but I didn’t care about that. Nice soundtrack and some beautiful African scenes, story consistency holds up fairly well with the pace and acting was pretty good too apart from S L Jackson just being himself as usual. Happy to watch it again or when ever it’s aired on tv.
There is no Dana.. Only Zuul!!!
The Lighthouse Cinema is showing E.T. this weekend and on Wednesday. I know where I’ll be.
4/10 from IMDB and most people will go to Ghostbusters …… where is the logic :(
Meh, Fifty Shades of Grey was an absolute turd and was one of the highest grossing films of the year. People love to watch a car crash.
Hi namesake. That low rating is haters giving it one star, many before it was even released. Same happened to The Dark Knight Rises which was getting 10′s before release. Is Ghostbusters a 4, absolutely not. Far worse crimes have been committed on the film going public. 6 or 7 out of 10 is what it deserves.
Jurassic Park 5… with extra dinosaurs.
I give gjostbusters 125%
Star Trek beyond, next week
Jason Bourne the week after.
Usually the lowest common denominator wins the popularity prize.
so many GB adverts on this site , must get better ad blocker
This summer has been particularly bad for movies, not one real stand out movie that would make you want to go and escape to the cinema for a couple of hours.
If you want a good documentary series check out HBO’s The Jinx – the incredible true story of a man who was jailed then subsequently released and acquitted of dozens of murders.
Then when they film the documentary and interview him – it turns out he knows stuff that only the murderer could have known. But there is nothing the authorities can do because he can’t be charged again. Is he innocent or is he guilty?
Glad I’ve already seen it because there wouldn’t be much point watching it after reading your spoiler laden comment.
Treble Nine.
Treble nine. Summertime?
After much badgering I got roped into watching Ghostbusters 2016 streamed last night. If you want to see it save your money and find a torrent.
*spoilers*
It opens with a joke about a fanny fart so it sets out the calibre of the humour right off the bat. There’s no real chemistry between the team Wiig and McCarthy play almost the exact same character and while I thought Jones was going to be the worst part of the team playing a black stereo type, that actually fell to Mckinnon, who looked like the most interesting one in the trailer. Her character is actually annoying rather than being eccentric she comes across as being “random lolz” doing things like singing her lines for some reason.
The villain is pretty vanilla his motivation breaks down to I don’t fit in and people picked in me growing up so I’m going to make them suffer (someone should have told Paul Feig not to write himself into his movies). Speaking of which he’s clearly flying his colours in this as every male character is one of 3 things, an idiot, a coward or an a-hole, leading us on to Hemsworth. There’s only so much I could take before I felt like yelling at the screen “I get it he’s eye candy and a moron who can’t even answer a phone!”
Anyway the movie starts OK illiciting a few chuckles but starts to loose steam after the first hour it’s basically following the bones of the original and filling in the bits in between with “witty dialogue”. It trundles along to the mediocre climax featuring a good action sequence by Mckinnon and a hot neon mess of ghosts that look like balloon animals being herded by uncle Sam on stilts before the bad guy is defeated by being shot in the dick. (stay classy Feig).
Come to think of it – 4 unfunny friends fight giant neon monsters, – if you’ve seen pixels already, you don’t need to watch Ghostbusters 2016.
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