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100 Word Review – Ghostbusters (1984)

February 13, 2016March 6, 2016Posted in 100 Words..., Comedy, Fantasy, Sci FiTagged Comedy, Dan Ackroyd, Fantasy, ghost, Ghostbusters, Harold Ramis, pseudo-science, Rick Moranis, Sci Fi, Sigourney Weaver1 Comment

Written by and starring Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis and Rick Moranis, this should be compulsory viewing for everyone over the age of 10. If you haven’t seen it (like Callum), then watch it!

Peter (Bill Murray), Ray (Ackroyd) and Egon (Ramis) stumble upon a method for trapping ghosts and set out to save New York from the spectral fiends who are bombarding the city.

A brilliantly 80s film, with as many daft one-liners as you can shake a stick at and wonderful soundtrack. It’s funny, perhaps scary for younger children, but also downright wonderful. Sigourney Weaver is simply sublime, as always.

100 Word Review – Truly Madly Deeply (1990)

July 8, 2015March 6, 2016Posted in 100 Words..., Comedy, Drama, F-Rated, Fantasy, RomanceTagged Alan Rickman, Anthony Minghella, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, ghost, Juliet Stevenson, Romance, Whoopi GoldbergLeave a comment

Despite the absence of Whoopi Goldberg, this film is a billion times better than Ghost.

Nina (Juliet Stevenson) and Jamie (Alan Rickman) are in love, completely and utterly. When Jamie dies, Nina expects to be haunted by him, but perhaps not literally.

Written and directed by Oscar winning Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, The Talented Mr Ripley), this is one of those films that will stick with you. Minghella wrote the film specifically for Stevenson and there is no doubt without her and Rickman’s tremendous performances there would not be a film.

It is full of heartbreak, humour and hope.