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Archive for December, 2009
Attack of the English Language Remake
Dec 30th
Herschell Gordon Lewis once said “I see filmmaking as a business and pity anyone who regards it as an art form.” Well Mr. Lewis is right, sadly. Movies are a business, they get made to make money – whether that means by making a truly remarkable film to earn that cash or by exploiting pop culture or the work of someone else. One thing that seems to be more recurrent is the deadly English language remake of foreign films. Whenever a film from overseas attains success or simply just has a captivating and original story, there’s always a Hollywood bank More >
Roman de gare (2007)
Dec 30th
Director: Claude Lelouch | Rated: R | Review date: 30-Dec-2009
A magic-trick-wielding sadistic killer on the loose, a missing husband and father, and a best-selling author being questioned by the police about the disappearance of her alleged ghostwriter; if this doesn’t sound like the groundwork for an excellent novel than I don’t know what does. Claude Lelouch directs this mysterious crime thriller about an author, played by Fanny Ardant, and three different tales intertwined to inspire her next great novel. Dominique Pinon stars as…well saying who he stars as might give too much away. Pinon gives an excellent performance and is More >
Boondock Saints, The (1999)
Dec 29th
Director: Troy Duffy | Rated: R (violence) | Review date: 29-Dec-2009
It’s been a decade since the release of the cult-shooter favorite which has finally graced us with a sequel. When coming of college age, watching The Boondock Saints is almost a right of passage. When one finishes the movie, undoubtedly the phrase “they’ve gotta make a sequel” has always come about. But let’s take a look back shall we? Was the movie really that good, so good that it kept fans on the edge of their seats, spinning rumor mills about their dreams of a sequel becoming reality?
Watching it roughly five More >
Bangkok Dangerous (1999)
Dec 28th
Director(s): The Pang Brothers | Rated: R (violence) | Review date: 29-Dec-2009
Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang, otherwise known as the Pang Brothers, did something very interesting. They remade one of their own films for the English speaking audience. By this remake I am of course referring to Bangkok Dangerous (2008), starring Nicolas Cage. Fans were in outcry, offended that Hollywood bigwigs seem to feel the need to tamper with perfectly good cinema for an audience that’s too lazy to read. As strange as it was for the Pang brothers to redo one of their own films, I have to admire More >
Top 10 Favorite Films of 2009 Video
Dec 27th
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