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This reboot of a comedy classic succeeds by staying true to the original: it takes four great comedic actors and lets them run riot. The setup is familiar: when Abby, (McCarthy), Holtzmann (McKinnon), and Erin (Kristen Wiig) lose their university jobs because of their theories that ghosts are real, they team up with history buff Patty (Jones) and start fighting ghouls on their own. It doesn’t try to copy the original film, but instead uses the same premise for a more 2016 style of comedy. McKinnon steals the show as the off-kilter Holtzmann, and overall it’s a fun, breezy, cool action comedy. Having penned some of the most influential spy novels ever written (including Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy ), this new book from le Carré details his own history of work for Britsh intelligence services, including MI6. Rather than a full-blown autobiography, le Carré (real name: David Cornwell) picks out some of the more audacious and affecting events in his life, spending time with the likes of Yasser Arafat and meeting those affected by devastating wars. The writing is as sharp as his novels, but the fact that it’s all real can add an inherent melancholy tinge beyond the life and humor provided by le Carré. The PlayStation 4 has the ability to be played remotely, streaming its video output to a PlayStation Vita, as well as PC or Mac (with the official app). And now, unofficially, your iPhone and iPad too, with games streaming at up to 720p resolution. You can use an Apple-certified iOS games controller (though these lack L3 and R3 buttons – the app has a workaround for this, but it was buggy for us) to control games too, or use on-screen controls – but we definitely recommend a controller. There’s a little bit of lag when playing, but it only stands out in intense shooters or similar highspeed games. For anything else, this is just great. In iOS 10, Apple has added the ability for the iPhone 6s’ and 7’s cameras to shoot raw photos, and this app is one of the first to enable it. It takes pictures in DNG format, so they can be edited without losing any of the image quality, as tends to happen with JPEG images. The app is free, but to unlock some advanced editing features, you need an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription.