Sentences with phrase «less a movie remake»
Technically, True Grit is less a movie remake than a second try at filming the wonderful Charles Portis source novel, but the irony here is that the Coens» Ladykillers is a more ambitious, clever concept for a film than their admittedly beautiful western.
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While the 1987 movie — and the forthcoming remake — paints a dystopian picture of policing the future, today's robot makers are producing a range of less threatening creations.
In truth, there are times when the film feels less like an addition to the franchise than it does a remake of the original movie.
And in those moments when Lucy uploads herself, Big Brother - style, to every computer and TV screen in the vicinity, the movie can't help but suggest a livelier, less ponderous remake of this year's similar - themed «Transcendence.»
On its new summer date, «Mission Impossible 5» will open against the «Point Break» remake starring Luke Bracey from Warner Bros., «Self / Less,» the Ryan Reynolds sci - fi thriller from Focus Features and «Southpaw,» the Antoine Fuqua - directed boxing movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal from the Weinstein Company.
Somewhat surprisingly, though, the screenwriters lined up for their first picture are the guys behind the script for Joe Johnston's upcoming Captain America as well as the first two Narnia movies; yet perhaps less surprisingly for This Life collaborators, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely also wrote The Life and Death of Peter Sellers and collaborated with Cameron Crowe on a proposed, yet stalled, remake of the Ernst Lubitsch masterpiece Trouble in Paradise.
During his acceptance speech, Dan Gilroy calls for more indie movies, less superhero remakes.
Director José Padilha took the stage after that footage to discuss his new movie, including some talk about the future threat of drones and robotics technology used in war and law enforcement, as he described a remake that may have much less to do with the original than we had expected.
In order to be as true to the spirit of Neil as he can, Fozzie refused to see any movies and just went by the trailers, but this leads to more interesting discussions, like Dwayne Johnson's possible future in a Pretty Woman remake (in Julia Roberts» role, no less) and the speculative marketplace for vampire fang dentures for the old and senile.
No B - movie, this spooky 1953 hit holds up remarkably well, as does the less gimmicky, more dated thriller it remakes.
Arthur - Dudley Moore's movie clearly didn't need a remake, much less one as dumb and broad as this one.
It all looks pretty, and the battle sequences are coherently assembled (though it angers me when filmmakers treat the Chicago skyline so disrespectfully), but «Jupiter Ascending» is only slightly less absurd than «Moon Quake Lake,» the fake movie within the recent remake of «Annie» (which, no joke, is better than you think).
Takashi Miike «s 3D remake «Hara - Kiri» will inevitably draw comparisons to the 1962 original by Masaki Kobayashi, but if he can make it stand out on his own (in 3D no less) he may win the approval of movie snobs who don't give the prolific director his due.
Cameron's beef seems to be less with superhero films in general though and more about Hollywood's obsession with sequels, remakes and branding — which is strange coming from a filmmaker who is prepping a new series of «Terminator» movies (the sixth, seventh and eighth in that franchise), four new «Avatar» movies (sequels to a film many consider more a showreel for today's effects than a truly enjoyable bit of filmmaking), and a TV series based on his»90s film «True Lies».
In a world where... movie remakes are common but good remakes considerably less so, the upcoming remake of horror / comedy classic Fright Night is looking better and better with every bit of new information released.
More graphic means less creepy, as the original film at least had a surreal subtext that stayed with you after the movie ended, but this remake will be easily forgotten once the next horror film comes out, which in 2005 means the following week, if current patterns hold.
It may not be a good movie, much less a remake of The Absent - Minded Professor, but who doesn't remember flubber — either the title or the namesake green, gooey stretchy stuff?