Fantastic Fest 2015: Remake, Remix, Rip-Off

Rewriting the cinematic history of a nation

"...recently on the bizarre corners of global cinema. But Remake, Remix, Rip-Off does more for the Turkish post-war movie..."

Sept. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Amid Controversy, Road House Remake Tapped to Open SXSW Film

Doug Liman to skip premiere in protest of Amazon MGM

"...Southwest: The film festival has just announced that the remake of Road House, with Jake Gyllenhaal as the world’s..."

Jan. 25, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

Feb. 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Remake/Remodel

No Idea 2011 pushes the envelope (into the paper shredder)

Jan. 27, 2011 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Red Dawn

This remake's inspiration comes more from Call of Duty and other first-person-shooter games, rather than the 1984 original.

"...Movie remakes are rarely a good idea (at least from an..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last House on the Left

Two parents take revenge on the scum who raped and savaged their daughter in the remake of Wes Craven's grisly horror landmark.

"...Goldwyn, Sara Paxton and Martha MacIsaac. Now that Hollywood's remake machine has gotten around to neutering Wes Craven's seminal..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Amityville Horror

A dream home on Long Island is not all it's cracked up to be: The family inside sees dead people.

"...has just been bought by Sony, is this routine remake of a 1979 horror classic. Although the original Amityville..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid

A year of notes on The Manchurian Candidate remake's script

"...last studio release, 2002's The Truth About Charlie, a remake of Charade, died at the box office...."

July 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid

A year of notes on 'The Manchurian Candidate' remake's script

"...last studio release, 2002's The Truth About Charlie, a remake of Charade, died at the box office...."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Dawn of the Dead

It's hard to keep a good zombie down

"...Michael Kelly and Lindy Booth. Initial reports of a remake of George A. Romero’s 1979 zombie epic Dawn of..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Thirteen Ghosts

"...remains uninspired, uninteresting, and unfun. After last year's jokey remake of Castle's great The House on Haunted Hill failed..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cape Fear

"...These things are also true of this Cape Fear remake. I'm sorry. My words are all coming in fragments...."

Nov. 22, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lion King

Can you feel the shrug tonight?

"...in Disney's plundering of its own vaults, the computer-animated remake of The Lion King. The original is a classic,..."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Five Obstructions

This sublime documentary, which recounts a bizarre battle of creative wits between Danish film director Jørgen Leth and the notorious Lars von Trier, also features a segment animated by Waking Life's technical wizard Bob Sabiston.

"...it’s repeated five times. Leth accepts a challenge to remake his 12-minute, black-and-white experimental film five more times, with..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Very Special Frasier at We Luv Video

130 animators come together for a tribute to the sitcom

"...Dana Dale volunteered to be part of Our Frasier Remake – a gigantic, collaborative project recreating an episode of..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Break

Remake of 1991's action bromance

"...Although using the same title, this remake of the 1991 cult classic directed by Kathryn Bigelow..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Straw Dogs

Rod Lurie remakes Sam Peckinpah's 1971 bloodbath-classic about a home invasion and tapping into man's inner rage monster.

"...Lurie's remake (both films are liberally adapted from a novel by..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Mechanic

A mediocre remake of a Charles Bronson assassin film that's downright repellent at times.

"...Those Crank movies!), I walked out of this half-baked remake of Michael Winner's 1972 "killer of killers" film remembering..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Fog

This hazy remake pales in comparison to John Carpenter's original fogbanks from 1980.

"...Carpenter shocker, and that it’s such a monumentally bad remake of such an exceptionally chilling genre favorite. Like Carpenter’s..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Thomas Crown Affair

"...Charles Keating, Mark Margolis and Faye Dunaway. Why? Why remake Norman Jewison's staunchly cool 1968 heist film in such..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Love Affair

"...Brosnan and Chloe Webb. It is fitting that this remake of the 1939 weep-o-rama (also entitled Love Affair) stars..."

Oct. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Fantastic Fest Review: Final Cut

French remake of beloved Japanese movie-making comedy adds a little

"...What's the purpose of a remake? Most especially, what's the purpose of remaking a film..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Laal Singh Chaddha

Indian remake of Forrest Gump even more cloying than the original

"...Laal Singh Chaddha is an official Bollywood remake of Gump, directed by Advait Chandan (Secret Superstar) and..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

She Wants Revenge: The Horror of The Queen of Black Magic

How director Kimo Stamboel summons up an Indonesian classic

"...was seemingly destiny that Kimo Stamboel was going to remake classic Indonesian horror film The Queen of Black Magic...."

Feb. 11, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Death Wish

Bruce Willis picks up where Charles Bronson left off.

"...did anyone think it was a good idea to remake Michael Winner’s film vigilantism classic Death Wish? The 1974..."

March 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: A Bad Case of the Sequels

Retreads, remakes, and do-overs rule the home releases

"...most recent wide-release, non-platformed horror film that wasn't a remake, a sequel, or a Blumhouse production?" Sometimes, it feels..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Footloose

Finally, a remake that’s not a just a mindless retread.

"...Finally, along comes a remake – a darn faithful one, too – that’s not..."

Oct. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hills Have Eyes II

This sequel to last year’s remake is as witless and simpleminded as the irradiated humanoids that serve as the franchise’s bad guys.

"...Alexander and Reshad Strik. This sequel to last year’s remake of the 1977 horror classic The Hills Have Eyes..."

March 30, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hitcher

This remake of Robert Harmon's original 1986 horror semiclassic serves as a primer in how not to generate suspense.

"...the horror films of my youth with this pointless remake of Robert Harmon's 1986 genre semiclassic. First came Bay's..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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