I'm repeating myself to regular Big Picture readers, but if
you're new, here's how we address remakes: There are basically three categories
- Yes, No, and Why the Hell Not?
The remakes in the Yes category are either bad movies to
begin with, or elements about them are bad, or they've dropped out of the
contemporary lexicon and managed to work their way back into relevance. The No
category is self-evident; some movies you just don't touch, and the list of
reasons why can be very short or... Read Full Story
There's an update on
Edgar Wright's upcoming superhero movie,
Ant-Man, and it involves waiting a little
longer.
The Hollywood Reporter's
Risky Business Blog says that Wright told a
crowd at the Montreal Just for Laughs comedy festival that rather than compete
with
Marvel's big summer releases in 2010 -
Iron Man 2 and
Thor - that Ant-Man may be Marvel's
first winter release. Even though Marvel is a swing for the fences kind of
company that covets summer releases, Ant-Man is, as... Read Full Story
A delightful swordplay adventure from China. Film Details: The Tearful Sword [7-Disc Set] DVD | Dir.: Ge Li | Cast: Ada Choi Siu-Fan, Vincent Jiao Read Full Story
As a captive audience for PS I Love You recently, and not the kind of captive audience that could at least interrupt the middling fare by shanking the warden, it seems there are certain actors whose films are more likely to be shown on commercial flights than others. Unlike a typical movie theater audience, for whom dozing off would be a common, though unintended outcome for many of these movies, in-flight screenings are to 300 plus worn out travelers, who'd rather be sleeping before the... Read Full Story
