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The Once and Future King (Kong)…

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Darren

Wow, looks like those monster movie revivals show no signs of abating. King Kong is apparently next in line, getting the prequel treatment. There’s apparently an adaptation of a book Kong: King of Skull Island. It seems a rather quick revival for Kong, who seems to go through thirty-to-forty-year cycles of popularity.

Quit Monkeying Around...

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Filed under: Movies | Tagged: cgi, films, in development, king kong, king of skull island, kong: king of skull island, Movies, peter jackson, prequel giant monkey, remake, skull island, spin-off | Leave a comment »

Non-Review Review: Quarantine

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Darren

We all caught Quarantine last night (which is a remake of the Spanish horror [rec]), and we were – for the most part – impressed as a family of horror buffs. Somewhat less irritating than most films shot on handheld cameras (it’s trick that is growing increasingly passé in horror, to be fair) it delivers more than its fair share of jump-in-your-seat shock moments. Still I’m not entirely won over. It’s a movie that does what it says on the tin, but nothing more, and falls apart in the third act.

I'd love to see the B-Roll...

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Filed under: Non-Review Reviews | Tagged: horror, Movies, non-review review, quarantine, remake, review, zombies, [rec] | 3 Comments »

V for… Version II?

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Darren

Wow, things are really heating up, remake-wise. In the past week we’ve had confirmation that Robert Rodriguez will be doing The Jetsons and that Liam Neeson will be Hannibal in the A-Team remake. Couple that with the upcoming remake of V that will soon be hitting our screens (giving Elizabeth Mitchell a welcome home after the Lost finale), and it got us thinking: are there any television shows that actually warrant a remake?

I hate it when the neighbours come looking for sugar...

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Filed under: Television | Tagged: a-team, elizabeth mitchell, land of the lost, liam neeson, miami vice, Movies, reboot, remake, starsky and hutch, television shows, the jetsons, the wire, v | 2 Comments »

Remake me Beautiful

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Darren

Whatever happened to originality? This is the first weekend since Wolverine kicked off the blockbuster movie season a month ago that there isn’t a sequel, prequel or reboot opening at the multiplexes in America. Despite the fact that Pixar’s Up and Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell are reviewing very strongly, most box office folk seem to think that this will be a relatively quiet weekend at the old box office, which is a shame really when we’ve got two of the best reviewed movies of the year going head-to-head. Still, what happened to Hollywood’s originality?