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Spin on a familiar story makes Twisters a stellar summer movie

A young and wild group of storm chasers lead by the enigmatic Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is on the hunt for a tornado in the famous tornado alley of Oklahoma. They aren’t just in it for the thrill, but to find a way of deconstructing the storms and in turn saving untold numbers of lives. On one of these ventures, they underestimate the power of the cyclone and Kate loses three of her best friends. Leap forward 5 years and she’s living comfortably at a desk job in NYC when the other survivor of her past life, Javi (Anthony Ramos) tries to pull her back in with the promise of taking up her mantel of saving lives once again.

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife leans on nostalgia and falls short

We see a shadowy older Egon chased by ghosts to a dilapidated farmhouse where he tries to capture the powerful spirit but fails and shuffles off this mortal coil in the process. His estranged daughter Callie (Carrie Coon) and her two kids Phoebe (McKenna Grace) and Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) are willed the dilapidated farm and all the debt that comes with it. Meanwhile, ghosts are once again reappearing in the world of the living and after discovering an old ambulance with crazy alterations (including a gunner seat and functioning proton pack), Pheobe, her new pal “Podcast”, and Trevor head out to get control of the situation. Throw in geology teacher Chad (Paul Rudd) to feed info to Phoebe info about the disturbances and you’re off on an adventure.