Whit's the Script?

When Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz and Egon Spengler lose their jobs as scientists, they start an establishment called Ghostbusters to fight the evil ghosts lurking in New York City.

Released: 1984

Director: Ivan Reitman

Starring: Dan Aykroyd • Billy Murray • Harold Ramis • Rick Moranis • Sigourney Weaver • Ernie Hudson • Jennifer Runyon • William Atherton • Annie Potts 

Budget: $30m - $229.2m

Awards: 2x Academy Nominations • BAFTA Best original song

ImDb = 7.8/10 • RT = 95/100%

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An aspiring hockey player joins the PGA tour to make some money to save his grandma's house. But he doesn't really have the temper to go up against the favourite of the game and win the championship.

Released: 1996

Director: Dennis Dugan

Starring: Adam Sandler • Julie Bowen • Richard Kiel • Bab Barker • Carl Weathers • Christopher McDonald • Allen Covert • Dennis Dugan • Frances Bay • Ben Stiller

Budget: $12m / $41m

Awards: MTV Music Award for Best Fight 

ImDb = 7/10 • RT = 65/100%

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John Wick, a retired hitman, is forced to return to his old ways after a group of Russian gangsters steal his car and kill a puppy gifted to him by his late wife.

Released: 2014

Director: Chad Stahelski 

Starring: Keanu Reeves • Ian McShane • Lance Reddick • Bridget Moynahan • John Leguizamo • Alfie Allen • Adrianne Palicki • Michael Nyqvist • Willem Defoe 

Budget: $20-€30m / $86m

Awards: Best Action Movie from the IGN Summer Movie Awards and Best Fight at the Taurus World Stunt Awards. It also received nominations and wins at other ceremonies, such as the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, Golden Trailer Awards, and

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Ace, a resourceful mafia associate, is asked to run casinos in Las Vegas and rises to power. However, his altercations with Nicky, his friend, and Ginger, his love interest, creates complications.

Release Date: 1995

Director: Martin Scorsese 

Starring: Robert De Niro • Joe Pesci • Sharon Stone • Frank Vincent • John Manca• James Woods • Philip Suriano • Joe Bob Briggs • Kevin Pollok • Don Rickles 

Budget: $52M - $116.1M

ImDb = 8.2/10 • RT = 79/100%

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James Pope grows obsessed with 'Brigsby Bear Adventures', a children's show. After learning that it has ended, he decides to make a movie to finish its storyline with help from his friends and family.

Release date: 28 July 2017 (USA)

Director: Dave McCary

Run Time: 1h 37m

Starring: Kyle Mooney • Mark Hamill • Greg Kinnear • Andy Samberg • Claire Danes • Beck Bennett • Micheala Watkins • Matt Walsh • Alexa Demie • Ryan Simpkins • Jorge Lendeborg • Chance Crimin 

Screenplay: Kyle Mooney, Kevin Costello

Budget: Sony invested $5M - $700k

Running time: 1h 40m

Producers: Andy Samberg,

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When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.

Release date: 7/11/14 (UK)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Starring: Mathew McConaughy • Jessica Chastain • Anne Hathaway • MacKenzie Foy • Timothee Chalame • Matt Damon • Sir Michael Caine • John Lithgow • David Gyasi • Ellen Burstyn • Wes Bentley • Casey Affleck 

Budget: $165M - $730M

Music composed by: Hans Zimmer

Awards: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, Empire Award for Best Film,

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Valentine and Earl, two handymen staying in Perfection, Nevada, decide to leave the town but stumble upon the dead body of a friend. They find that strange underground creatures are killing people.

Release date: 1 January 1 AD (UK)

Director: Ron Underwood

Starr by: Kevin Bacon • Fred Ward • Finn Carter • Michael Gross • Ariana Richards • Reba McIntyre • Robert Jayne • Charlotte Stewart • Tony Genaro • Victor Wong • Bibi Besch • Michael Dan Wagner

Sequel: Tremors 2: Aftershocks

Running time: 1h 36m

Budget: $11M - $16.7M

ImDb = 7.2/10 • RT = 88%/100%

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This week the boys have a belter of a movie to review suggested by long time listener and good friend James Blackshaw.

The crew of Serenity, a rebel ship, find themselves being hunted by a ruthless agent working for a tyrannical galactic government when they offer refuge to two siblings on the run.

Released: 2005

Director: Joss Whedon

Starring: Nathan Fillion • Summer Glau • Alan Tudyk • Sean Maher • Morena Baccarin • Gina Torres • Jewel Staite • Adam Baldwin • Ron Glass • Chiwetel Ejiofor• David Krumholtz • Sarah Paulson 

Money: $39M - $40.445M

ImDb = 7.8/10 • RT = 82%/100%

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Chris and Craig run the rule over Comedy Classic ‘Anger Management’ from 2003.

A man who works for a New York pet clothing store is angry with his boss and his girlfriend's best friend. A misunderstanding on a flight results in him being ordered to undergo anger management.

Released: 2003

Director: Peter Segal

Starring: Adam Sandler • Jack Nicholson • Marissa Tomei • Luis Guzman • January Jones • Krista Allen  • Heather Graham • John Turturro • Woidy Harlsson • John C Reilly 

Money: $75m - $195.7m

ImDb = 6.3/10 • RT = 42%/100%

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This week the boys run the review over a somewhat hidden gem, the 2006 time travel classic DeJa Vu, starring Denzel Washington, Jim Caviezel, Paula Patton and Val Kilmer.  We hope you enjoy 🍿

Doug joins hands with the FBI in order to investigate a ferry explosion. Using a technique that enables him to look into the past, he also tries his best to save a woman he knows.

Released: 22nd Nov 2006

Director: Tony Scott

Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer 

Starring: Denzel Washington - Val Kilmer - Jim Caviezel - Paula Patton - Adam Goldberg - Bruce Greenwood

Money: $75m - $180.6m

 ImDb = 7.1/10 • RT = 55%/100%

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