Director Sam Raimi has been making headlines lately, not just for his upcoming film, Oz: The Great & Powerful, but for the rumors of his involvement in a remake of 1982’s iconic horror f... Read more
As I’ve said many times on this site, I’m not totally opposed to remakes. For example, I think the Evil Dead remake, which is clearly taking a totally different approach to the... Read more
It’s been almost two years since Warner Bros. announced that Clint Eastwood would direct a remake of A Star is Born starring pop star/sometimes actress Beyoncé, but Beyoncé’s pre... Read more
If you hear someone talking about the film Carrie, almost instantly you vision the scene where Carrie is standing on stage at the Prom and gets doused in pig blood. The scene has become icon... Read more
I recently saw Spike Lee‘s Red Hook Summer and was really disappointed. With the exception of Inside Man, it’s been a decade since Lee has made a great narrative film. So it wa... Read more
Things always seem to come full circle. Clint Eastwood‘s first major western film, A Fistful of Dollars, was an uncredited remake of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa samurai film Yoji... Read more
On November 21st, OpenRoad will be releasing the former MGM title Red Dawn, a remake of the 1980’s cult classic. After going bankrupt, MGM was forced to shelve the title and eventuall... Read more
A week ago I sat down to re-watch the 1990 adaptation of Philip K. Dick short story, We Can Remember it for You Wholesale, titled Total Recall a film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring... Read more
Based on the original Stephen King novel, a remake of Carrie, which originally starred Sissy Spacek in her Oscar-nominated performance in 1976, is currently in production in Toronto, starrin... Read more
One of the more enjoyable and creative romantic comedies I’ve seen in a while is Jeong Yong-Ki’s Couples, a fun South Korean flick that also happens to be a remake of Kenji Uchida’s 2005 pop... Read more
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