So, is this movie a remake, a sequel, a reimaging, a reboot, or a combination of all of them? It’s actually a throw-back to the 90’s movie of the same name that launched not one, but four sequels! And yes, Kid ‘n’ Play from the original film make their respective cameos in this film as…
Based on the book, A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, which was made into a Swedish movie back in 2015 (see review below), we get the Americanized version with everyone’s favorite actor, Tom Hanks, as a verbally abrasive old widower. But really, what was the point? To date, I have never seen an Americanized…
Movies being made into Broadway musicals that are then made into movies again? Good God! Well, it worked for Mel Brooks’ The Producers but it failed with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Yeah, sometimes it’s best to leave well enough alone. Based on Roald Dahl’s 1988 book & 1996 movie (see review below), this popular…
After the Munsters TV series ended in 1966, there have been many reboots & remakes, like The Munsters Revenge (1981), The Munsters Today (1988), and The Munsters Scary Little Christmas in 1996. Needless to say, they pretty much all sucked. Will history repeat itself? Everyone thought Rob Zombie’s first trailer for this remake wasn’t real. Laughable…
There have been tons of remakes, reboots, and reimaginings of Pinocchio this decade alone! And I’m counting Guillermo DelToro’s stop-motion version coming out in December. Too bad Italian author Carlo Collodi isn’t around to collect on the residuals! In yet another classic-Disney-animated-feature-turned-into-a-live-action-film from the House of Mouse (and there’s lots more to come, too!), we…
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