Ghost Busters News

More than 30 years since her big screen break, Sigourney Weaver talks to David Gritten about life at 60 and her upcoming role in James Cameron's highly anticipated sci-fi 3D blockbuster, Avatar .

" Thank You For Smoking is a 1994 novel by Christopher Buckley, son of National Review founder, novelist, and Firing Line host William F. Buckley, Jr.

George Clooney stars in Jason Reitman's latest film, "Up in the Air." Writer/director Jason Reitman sat alone in a nondescript conference room at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine waiting for his next interview.

Director Jason Reitman is just 32. But he doesn't mind if you call him a throwback.

Yakima's ghost busters aren't sucking up ectoplasmic residue in metal canisters that look suspiciously like backpack vacuum cleaners the way Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd and other paranormal scientists did in the 1984 movie.

Like father, like son: Aykroyds bring the funny - and the ghost stories Peter Hugh Aykroyd, left, and his son and actor Dan Aykroyd pose for a photograph in Toronto on Thurdsay, Oct.

Peter Aykroyd, author of A History of Ghosts, enjoyed his son Danny's film Ghost Busters, which was, for a spell, the highest-grossing comedy of all time.

Peter Aykroyd, author of A History of Ghosts, enjoyed his son Danny's film Ghost Busters, which was, for a spell, the highest-grossing comedy of all time.

In 1963, 13-year-old John Rothman watched and listened intently as his father and several other prominent Baltimoreans sat around the family dining room table planning a crucial element in the city's cultural life.

Are you ready for another "Ghostbusters"? Let us know below. The Comedy Examiner's got some awesome new for fans of the "Ghostbusters" franchise: original director Ivan Reitman is back in...the director's chair? As a producer? It's unclear for the moment, but he'll be involved one way or another.

Judge Dan Mancini would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for those blasted kids and that dog! The Charge Jinkies! If you were born in the 1980s or '90s, prepare to have your mind blown.

Lori and I came across a curious flyer for the Vital-Orbit Personal Human Force Field in SOMA, one of the many wonders that can be found at The Jejune Institute.

What ifGhostbusters, the movie, was shot in 1954 instead of 1984? Who should be part of the cast? Would they have the same equipment? Who would they battle? Considering Dan Aykroyd's concept owes a lot to Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello, and Lewis and Martin comedies of the 40s and 50s, it is not that big of a stretch to speculate.

Before a small group of comedy-infused journos, veteran funnyman, director/writer Harold Ramis spent over an hour not just talking about his latest comedy, Year One but outlining his career and the history of modern funnymen as well.

When the first trailer for Year One dropped, I remember thinking, "Well, this could either be stupid-hilarious or it could be stupid-stupid." Even up to the point of going into the theater, my faith in Jack Black and Michael Cera abounded, and I couldn't believe the early bad press it was getting.

THE FIRST MAN YOU I 'M GONE I STARTED TRACKING THE BAGHDAD BACK HE CALLED MY FELL TRACK OF DANGER EXCELLENCE SO MORE HYSTERICAL THEN HISTORICAL HERALD RAMOS DIRECTS JACK BLACK AND MICHAEL SYRUP ON A SPOOKY ROAD TRIP INTO THE PAST IN YEAR ONE THAT 'S MY BROTHER CAME AND CALLED ABLE YOU ARE CALLED SO I I WE DO KNOW I KNOW I DESERVE A WHOLE FUN ...

WHEN Ghostbusters was released in 1984, I was two. It's almost inconceivable that this film is 25 years old as it remains just as fresh and funny now as when it was released.

Films like Ghostbusters are inseparable from the '80s -- self-mocking and smart, yet lowbrow and mainstream, they rescued us from the unfunny film comedies of previous times.