Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire: the new supernatural comedy film directed by Gil Kenan, who co-wrote it with Jason Reitman. It is the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and the fifth film in the Ghostbusters franchise. The film stars Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Celeste O’Connor, Logan Kim, alongside Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and William Atherton reprising their characters from the earlier films, while Kumail Nanjiani and Patton Oswalt also join the cast. In the film, years after averting a dimensional crossrip in Summerville, Oklahoma, the veteran Ghostbusters must join forces with their new recruits to save the world in New York City from a powerful death-chilling adversary. It is the first film in the Ghostbusters franchise made without the involvement of Ivan Reitman, who directed the first two films and produced subsequent films until his death in February 2022. Frozen Empire will be dedicated to his memory and celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Ghostbusters film. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire was released in theatres on March 22. I went to see it this Friday and liked it. The film is full of old and new ghosts and very nostalgic. It was fun to watch the new and old Ghostbusters working together. And what makes it even better is that I will see Mckenna Grace in real life on April 7 during Facts in Ghent.
X-Men ’97: the new animated superhero series created by Beau DeMayo, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team X-Men. It is a revival of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–97), continuing from where that series ends. X-Men ’97 is produced by Marvel Studios Animation, with DeMayo serving as head writer. Picking up after the events of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997), the X-Men face dangerous new challenges following the loss of their leader, Professor Charles Xavier. Several cast members return from the original series, including Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Catherine Disher, Chris Potter, Alison Sealy-Smith, Adrian Hough, Christopher Britton, and Alyson Court. It is the first X-Men project from Marvel Studios since the studio regained the film and television rights to the characters. X-Men ’97 premiered its first two episodes on March 20 with the remainder of the ten-episode first season releasing weekly. A second season is in development, while a third season is planned.
3 Body Problem: the new science fiction series created by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss and Alexander Woo, the creators of Game of Thrones. It’s based on the Chinese novel The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin and is the second live-action adaptation after the 2023 Chinese television series. It stars an ensemble cast including Saamer Usmani, Jess Hong, Jovan Adepo, Sea Shimooka, Rosalind Chao, Benedict Wong, John Bradley, Eiza González, and Alex Sharp. It’ s a very mysterious series following a group of scientists that face humanity’s greatest threat. We follow Ye Wenjie, an astrophysicist who saw her father brutally murdered during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Later, she was conscripted by the military because of her scientific background and sent to a secret radar base in a remote region. Her fateful decision at the base echoes across space and time to a group of scientists in the present day, forcing them to face humanity’s greatest threat. The series was released on Netflix on March 21.
Palm Royale: a new period comedy miniseries created by Abe Sylvia and based on the novel Mr. & Mrs. American Pie by Juliet McDaniel. It stars Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Allison Janney, Leslie Bibb, Ricky Martin, Josh Lucas, Carol Burnett, and Amber Chardae Robinson. In the series we follow a woman who works towards attaining a place in Palm Beach high society. In the process she learns what she will and won’t do to achieve this. The series premiered on Apple TV+ on March 20 with the first three episodes and the rest of the episodes are releasing weekly.
Road House: a new action film directed by Doug Liman, from a screenplay by Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry. It serves as a remake of the 1989 film of the same name. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Conor McGregor, and Billy Magnussen. Joel Silver produces the film, as he did with the original. It follows Elwood Dalton, an ex-UFC middleweight fighter who ends up working at a roadhouse in the Florida Keys where things are not as they seem. Road House was released on Prime Video on March 21.
Immaculate: a new psychological horror film directed by Michael Mohan and written by Andrew Lobel. It stars Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli, Dora Romano, Giorgio Colangeli and Simona Tabasco. We follow a devoutly religious woman named Cecilia who is offered a role at an illustrious convent in the Italian countryside. Her seemingly picture-perfect new home is soon revealed to hold horrifying secrets. The film was released in theatres on March 22.
Bonus film: Shirley: a new biographical drama film written and directed by John Ridley. It depicts the 1972 presidential run of Shirley Chisholm, who was already the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. It stars Regina King in the titular role, alongside Lance Reddick, Lucas Hedges, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Christina Jackson, Michael Cherrie, André Holland, Terrence Howard. Shirley was released on Netflix on March 22.
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