It's been 30 years and the Ghostbusters are back! According to press reports, the idea of a new version was bandied about for years. The issue was: what would the story be about? Two possible storylines included Bill Murray having a lead role as a ghost and another with the Ghostbusters going to hell. It was finally decided to move forward with a script centering on a female cast reestablishing the paranormal investigative agency. Kristen Wiig plays Erin Gilbert, a University professor, who's under consideration for a tenured position until her ghost hunting past not only keeps her from tenure but leads her to being shown the door. She reunites with former partner Abbey Yates (Melissa McCarthy) who never gave up her sleuthing of the supernatural. Kate McKinnon is Jillian Holtzmann, who Yates brought on board after Gilbert's departure. The three scientists investigate some ghoulish activities at a historical location in New York City. About the same time, a subway clerk (Leslie Jones) has an encounter at the station with a phantom. She invites the three investigators to see for themselves. Her fascination with the occurrence leads her to join the Ghostbuster's team.

Ghostbusters is a mere shadow of the original productions and gets a Rent It rating. The characters and storyline are weak and inadequate. The three scientist overlap in personality traits and lack clarity as to who they really are and what really motivates them. Wiig's Erin Gilbert speaks of an early experience with a ghost which spiked her interest. But overall, the four leads, The Ghostbusters, are poorly developed and not at all interesting. Also in a twist of an old plotline, the group hires an attractive, dumb blonde as a receptionist, but in this case, it's a man (Chris Hemsworth) working for women.

Wiig, McCarthy, McKinnon and Jones give it their best shots but they don't have a ghost of a chance with this substandard script. A note to the ubiquitous Melissa McCarthy, will you take a break and give some other actresses a chance to work!

And the plot is a scrambled mess about a misfit, Rowan, (Neil Casey) who uses his supernatural powers to get back at the world.

Ghostbusters doesn't disappoint when it comes to visuals. The imagery fascinates and dominates but is not enough to resuscitate this otherwise failing project.

There are cameo appearances from the earlier 'buster moves: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and Ozzy Osbourne.

As to its cast diversity rating, Ghostbusters get a "B". Leslie Jones has a major role. Andy Garcia stars as the mayor of New York City. But overall there is a lack of Hispanics and Asians for a story set in highly diverse New York City.

Ghostbusters is rated PG-13 for supernatural action and some crude humor. It's 116 minutes in length. Save yourself a trip to the theater. Wait and Rent this film. The special effects will be worth it.

This Boss should be fired!

What goes up must come down. After a heartbreaking childhood where she is shuttled from foster home to foster home, Michelle Darnell (Melissa McCarthy) climbs to the top of the business world becoming the CEO of three Fortune 500 companies. She then crosses former colleague and lover turned bitter rival play (Peter Dinklage) who reports her for inside trading. She's convicted and does a few months in the federal pen.

The problem is that when she gets out, she realizes that she doesn't really have any friends and has to turn to her former assistant (Kristen Bell) for a place to stay. One day while attending a Girl Scout type-group event, Darnell gets an idea as to how she'll return to prominence.

This Boss should be fired for relying too heavily on jokes and not enough on story development.

Melissa McCarthy is an amazing comedic talent but it's simply not enough to put her on the screen in a few funny scenes. There had to be more thought to the story itself. A down and out mega mogul reaching rock bottom before trying to return to the top is not original and is not in itself amusing.

What makes this more disappointing is that in addition to McCarthy there are some funny people involved in this production, including Will Ferrell, comedian extraordinaire who is one of the writers and producers.

This film isn't even consistent. McCarthy's character clumsily stumbles around most of the movie, but then later she does flips and maneuvers like a master ninja warrior.

The Boss gets a C for cast diversity. Set in Chicago, its cast did not accurately represent the highly diverse population of the Windy City. I did like that small person, Peter Dinklage, was cast as McCarthy's lover turned nemesis. While the film was obviously a comedy, there were "no short jokes" and he was just another member of the troupe.

The Boss is rated R for sexual content, language, and drug use. It's an hour and 39 minutes.

This Boss gets our lowest rating: Dead on Arrival!