Movie review, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire: Despite the return of the original cast and the addition of Paul Rudd this just isn't very funny.

Even Venkman, Stantz and co can’t save this spectral misfire

“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” doesn’t have to play coy about the inclusion of original cast members 40 years later, yet having them around creates a very busy movie.

Sure it’s exciting to see the original cast, but this is not what they deserve.

Afterlife sequel's tiresome, bloated plot and expansive roster of characters will leave you out in the cold.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire tries to cram way too many characters, storylines and iconic images into its two-hour runtime.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire doesn't touch the original movies, but it's a likeable-enough brand extension.

The fifth in the franchise, starring Dan Aykroyd and Mckenna Grace, brings history and present day together in a serviceable film that sets new against old

Despite some decent gags there’s very little life left in the tired franchise – it feels like it’s run its course and it’s time to think of something new

Latest sequel not only puts franchise on thin ice — it suggests that this may be the moment to gracefully retire this IP for good.

You know you’re in trouble when a ‘Ghostbusters’ film solemnly opens with a Robert Frost poem. ‘Frozen Empire’ mostly forgets that these movies are supposed to be fun.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire reunites Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie Hudson with new Ghostbusters Mckenna Grace and Finn Wolfhard. In theaters March 22.

What the absolute hell is going on with this franchise?

Fourth film heads home to the Big Apple, baby

Shoddy, rushed sequel that rides ramshod over past glories without offering anything new and exciting to this stale franchise.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire bites off more than it can chew with too many characters crowding the story and overshadowing the best part of the new franchise.

This awful, wretched farrago showcases so much that is wrong with the Hollywood sausage-maker

In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started -- the iconic New York City firehouse -- to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who've developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.

This newest franchise entry, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, is built on nostalgia and a stacked cast, but not enough to make it worth watching.

“Stranger Things” is ′80s nostalgia for people who didn’t live through the ′80s. The original “Ghostbusters” series evokes firsthand memories for people who did. See how this doesn’t work? The combination is like discovering your parents like the cool thing you like — except this discovery ruins it for your parents, not you.

After the gloopy nostalgia of ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’, there was nowhere to go but back to work chasing demons. Thank heavens for that

"Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" is a creaky, cutesie and cluttered sequel to the dark and pseudo-serious reboot of this goofy, action comedy franchise of the 1980s, "Ghostbusters: Afterlife." Ungainly, so over-populated with survivors of those Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson pictures, and their far less interesting younger counterparts, the film is analogous…

An ancient ghost god threatens Manhattan in Gil Kenan’s uninspiring sequel, which fails to make the most of its young stars

Today on FilmWeek, Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Peter Rainer and Christy Lemire review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms.

Sharp one-liners, terrific VFX and callbacks to the 1984 original make bustin' feel good again.