Tag: Remake

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) – Review

On paper, John McTiernan’s remake of the slick, 1968 crime caper, The Thomas Crown Affair should have provided anything new – I mean, just look

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Maniac (2012) – Review

During an interview held sometime after the release of the 1998, meta sci-fi flick, The Faculty, director Robert Rodriguez stated that he’d love to cast

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Road House (2024) – Review

When it comes to “reimagining” (read: remaking) classic films from the 80s, filmmakers wisely stuck close to genres that could translate well to more modern

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Death Wish (2018) – Review

Action movies are literally stuffed with main characters taking the law into their own hands and yet most of the time, when a cop has

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My Bloody Valentine (2009) – Review

During that era of horror remakes that flooded the genre throughout the 2000s, one thing became abundantly clear, no matter how good each attempt actually

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Night Of The Living Dead (1990) – Review

Between the flashy, kick-ass remakes of the 80s and the reboot monsoon that washed throughout the horror genre during 2000s, there lies Night Of The

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Piranha (1995) – Review

When I say the words “Pirahna remake”, most people at the bus stop look at me with a mixture of alarm and concern; however, if

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True Grit (2010) – Review

The Coen Brothers are probably two most reliable filmmakers working today, but their output during the ’00 was uncharacteristically shakey. Starting the decade off with

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Children Of The Corn (2009) – Review

I’m assuming you’re familiar with the old question that if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does

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Poltergeist (2015) – Review

If you’re gonna do a remake, you’d better have a point – I mean beyond trying to make money off a recognisable franchise name. While

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Rollerball (2002) – Review

I don’t think I’m saying anything too groundbreaking here (hey, when do I ever?), but one of the primary issues with the majority of modern

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Death Race (2008) – Review

It’s a common fact that when anyone feels the need to defend the patchy career of Paul W.S. Anderson, they’ll slap a mention of Event

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Hellraiser (2022) – Review

While it’s something of an overused statement to declare remakes or reboots as usually acts of art-adjacent corporate greed, even the most cynical horror fan

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War Of The Worlds (2005) – Review

There’s nothing more annoying than a movie that looks to be destined for greatness only for it to fall down at the last hurdle thanks

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Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) – Review

If I were to ask you to name a movie that’s not only a remake of a black and white classic, but is also a

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Assault On Precinct 13 (2005) – Review

When casting an eye across the slew of remakes spawned from the movies of the gaggle of iconic directors who honed their genre craft in

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3:10 To Yuma (2007) – Review

Western remakes aren’t exactly new – hell, Howard Hawks himself went out and remade Rio Bravo twice in the form of El Dorado and Rio

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The Mummy (1999) – Review

Back in 1999, I remember emerging from the cinema feeling a little nonplussed about The Mumny, Stephen Sommers’ mega budgeted remake of the classic Universal

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The Fly (1986) – Review

It’s fitting that David Cronenberg’s fantastically goopy remake of 50’s creature feature contains a central, gradual metamorphosis of a misunderstood genius – after all, The

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Shaft (2000) – Review

Back in 1971, Shaft was one of leading lights of Blaxploitation cinema, but you kinda feel that the continuing adventures of the black private dick

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