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- Bones and Names [Knochen und Namen] *** (2023, Fabian Stumm in his feature directorial debut, starring himself along with Knut Berger, Marie-Lou Sellem, Susie Meyer) – Classic Movie Review 13,267
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Posts Tagged "remake"
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Fantastic Four ** (2015, Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell) – Movie Review
It is ten years since the first Fantastic Four (2005) and eight since Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), but nothing much has changed since then in director Josh Trank’s reboot of the Marvel superhero […]
The Bad Sister *** (1931, Sidney Fox, Conrad Nagel, Humphrey Bogart, Zasu Pitts, Bette Davis, Charles Winninger. Slim Summerville) – Classic Movie Review 2693
Director Hobart Henley’s 1931 drama is fondly recalled as the moment Bette Davis makes her movie début, aged 23, as the good, shy younger sister Laura Madison in this second remake of Booth Tarkington’s 1913 […]
Mad Max: Fury Road **** (2015, Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult) – Movie Review
The explosive Fury Road is spectacularly fast and furious, with a quirky set of ideas and some of the screen’s most astonishing visuals. Imperator Furiosa: ‘You never gonna have a better chance.’ Max Rockatansky: ‘At […]
Satan Met a Lady *** (1936, Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth, Marie Wilson, Arthur Treacher, Winifred Shaw, Porter Hall) – Classic Movie Review 2466
When Warner Bros tried to re-release its pre-Code 1931 film of The Maltese Falcon early in 1936, the Production Code Office was censoring movies and it refused approval due to the film’s supposedly ‘lewd’ content. So, with censorship […]
The Killers **** (1964, Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Clu Gulager, Ronald Reagan, Claude Akins, Norman Fell) – Classic Movie Review 2394
Director Don Siegel’s complex and satisfying 1964 American neo noir crime film The Killers is the second Hollywood adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s 1927 short story, following the hit 1946 version The Killers. Siegel’s film was thought so tough, […]
The Town That Dreaded Sundown *** (2014, Addison Timlin, Veronica Cartwright, Anthony Anderson, Joshua Leonard, Gary Cole) – Movie Review
Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s masked killer movie is an effective, creepy, clever and stylish reworking and updating of an old horror favourite. It’s just a little bit different with its references to the 1976 original movie, setting it out […]
The Mark of Zorro **** (1974, Frank Langella, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 2315
Director Don McDougall 1974 adventure is a strongly and ideally cast TV movie remake, with proper displays of athleticism and acting prowess from Frank Langella (as the swishing fop Don Diego de la Vega and […]