Tip of the Hat-The Ghostbusters Reboot

This week, a major announcement was revealed for one of the most cherished film franchises: Ghostbusters. For sometime now, it has been considered that Ghostbusters would be getting a reboot, and the film would feature an all female cast of ghostbusters. Well it turns out that the rumors are true as the cast for the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot has  been announced. Directed by Paul Feig the reboot stars Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon. The four actresses will star in this upcoming reboot which will be hitting theaters in the summer of 2016.

Tip of the Hat-Are Superhero Movies Destine to Fail?

The Superhero genre is booming! You will find no better proof of this then Marvel Studios as it is one of the hottest studios in the market today. The superhero based film studio has had a variety of hits and Marvel seems to be only picking up momentum with anticipated films like Avengers: Age of Ultron; not to mention the studio's upcoming Phase 3. Thanks to Marvel, other studios are expanding on this concept; from Sony's Spider-Man to WB's DC Cinematic Universe. It has come to the point where we now have multiple superhero movies coming out a year. A cased point is next year as 2016 will have over 7 superhero movies hitting theaters.

With this major insurgency of superhero movies, some may question the integrity of Hollywood. Over the years, many have accused the film industry for not coming out with more original movies; and these naysayer are not wrong with their accusations. Since the birth of blockbusters, Hollywood has had a tendency of using these big budgeted films as a main source of business; which some may argue takes away from the artistic values of cinema. It would appear that superhero movies are but the latest cash cows for Hollywood. So maybe the question we as moviegoers have to ask is do superhero movies take away from the creativity found in movies and is this genre just a trend?