I’m the first to admit that rebooting Ghostbusters is a scary undertaking – pun intended. There aren’t many who remember the ‘80s who can hear the phrase “Who ya gonna call?” and don’t have a little voice in their head screaming out “Ghostbusters!” The cool ‘no ghosts’ logo, the jumpsuits, the proton packs (don’t cross the streams!), and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man – all definite highlights of the ‘80s. But I digress, this is supposed to be about the reboot.

After 30-odd years, Ghostbusters is returning to our screens. Director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, The Heat, Spy) brings a fresh take with an all-female ghostbusting team – which means no Bill Murray and the gang as our ghostbusting heroes (though don’t rule out appearances from the old team) – making a film that is definitely more reboot than remake. Wiig and McCarthy are scientists who together write a book (academia requirement of publish or perish?!) asserting that ghosts actually exist among us which, of course, doesn’t get much attention at first. But, of course, things change when in ‘old-school ghostbuster’ style they must work together with some ghostbusting friends to form a team and save the world!

This has been a divisive film. Some people would rather be covered with green goo than watch a new generation of female ghostbusters. Others like me are keen to share the dagginess, laughs and that catchy theme song with a new generation. And the Film Group is the best place to do just that – enjoy some of cinema’s funniest women, a hilarious performance by Chris Hemsworth (Thor!), be thankful we’re no longer in the ‘80s, make up your own mind about the reboot, and remind yourself that the only ones to call are indeed... “Ghostbusters!”

Maggie’s Plan is amusing, smart, and quirky. Maggie (Gerwig) is amusing, smart and quirky. This wonderful indie-comedy revolves around Maggie and her ‘plan’ after having fallen in love with hot anthropologist John (Hawke) at The New School where she works. Maggie decides that the best way to ensure John stays in her life – in her innocent but manipulative way – is to have a child with him. After he divorces his wife and marries her first, of course.

As it turns out, this isn’t the first time Maggie has tried a plan along these lines, and we get to see a previous humorous attempt to have a baby with hippy entrepreneur Guy (Travis Fimmel) through artificial means.

Maggie’s Plan entertains us with smartly written plot and the inevitable ‘ensuing wackiness’ that her plans entail. While there are goofy and predictable elements, what carries it through is Maggie’s ultimate desire to find true love, even if how she plans to go about this might not be the same way the rest of us would. But that’s part of Maggie’s – and the film’s – charm.

Julianne Moore is excellent as a high-powered, career-focussed academic in a rare comedic role for her, and indie queen Gerwig is delightful as always as she works through an ever growing list of challenges to her plan’s success.

While technically a ‘romantic comedy’, this film thankfully manages to avoid and subvert many of the genre’s standard clichés, but perhaps adds a few too many road-bumps along her path. However, these are all issues we can relate to, showing that Maggie’s greatest err might be that she’s only human.