Sentences with phrase «much as a remake»

2013's Carrie is the second adaptation of the Stephen King's first novel, published in 1974, though it is not really an adaptation so much as a remake of the campy but entertaining 1976 Brian De Palma film.

Their experience remade Jewish life as much as it remade America.

Not exact matches

He once described the contestants on the British remake of «The Apprentice» as «14 odious, over-confident wannabe entrepreneurs, every single one of whom you will learn to hate twice as much as Hitler.»

Given that these trends threaten Jews and Christians alike, we have reason to join forces as countercultures that seek not so much to remake the other in our image as simply to sustain our witness in a hostile environment.

Only as a sensitive conscience on these matters is aroused can we hope for much in the way of either social salvation or the individual remaking of life.

That first ATM has been remade in gold in commemoration of its historic accomplishment, and the ATM showing your balance as being much lower than you thought it was.

As psychological sexual identity comes to define who individuals are in the most basic sense, then everything else --- from society's moral norms to our physical bodies --- has the potential of becoming simply so much external tyranny to be overthrown or turned into plastic, something to be escaped, ignored, or remade in accordance with individual whims.

But we also love remakes, and sometimes we like them just as much, or even more.

To keep things simple in the kitchen, I have resorted to remaking some favourites and making twice as much.

The Capital Region has remade itself as an important a high - tech hub, and much has been made of Buffalo's revitalization.

ALBANY — Andrew Cuomo is running for governor as an outsider, pledging to remake the much - maligned morass of state government that he has called a «disgrace.»

The «Footloose» remake, much like the original film, follows Ren (now played by Kenny Wormald) as he moves from a northern city to a small southern town.

Remade with more of a comedic twist as Mrs. Winterbourne but this one is much better in every department,

She went on to give another strong performance as a lawyer in Return to Paradise and then landed the much - sought - after role of Marion Crane in Gus Van Sant's relentlessly publicized 1998 remake of Psycho.

The script lifts so much plot from Disney's animated Frozen that it could qualify as a remake.

This was something like a miracle: Haneke's gracious affability aside, his has always been, openly and decisively (he's quite literally said as much) an oppositional cinema — often abrasive (his one noble failure, 1997's Funny Games, and its shot - for - shot English - language remake from 2008, being the prime specimens), always painstakingly conscientious and morally committed to disturb (all of his films from The Seventh Continent through The White Ribbon) art films that mean to engage and provoke the audience, not please or reassure in a way that could ever be mistaken for award - grubbing.

There's fun to be had in spotting Udo Kier, Ken Foree, and Brad Dourif in cameo roles (meanwhile, Zombie's standard company returns, his wife Sheri Moon turning in a wonderful performance as our bogeyman's stripper mommy), but it's distracting as well, almost too much like a rib - chucker (think The Howling — and sure enough, there's Dee Wallace as the adoptive mother of hero girl Laurie (Scout Taylor - Compton, also attached to an upcoming April Fool's Day remake)-RRB- that only ever really worked when John Landis gave it a shot with An American Werewolf in London.

I hope this remake turns out well, and the mother is as much of a freaky religious fiend as she was in the original.

@ 21 check your spelling lol much love 18 ha ha anyways this remake of the karate kid is truly a thing of its own i mean this is a new movie a different look basically, what you say as a re-imagining it tells a completely diff.

As much as we fear remakes of classic films there are, on occasion, heartening examples where it's done righAs much as we fear remakes of classic films there are, on occasion, heartening examples where it's done righas we fear remakes of classic films there are, on occasion, heartening examples where it's done right.

And as long as that feeling persists, Disney can remake animated films as much as they want.

If the Footloose remake had its own signature dance, it'd be called the Push - Pull, as this hip - to - be-sorta-square movie, much like the small - town teens within it, has a mind for propelling itself toward a progressive future while continually being yanked back by cherished hallmarks of the past.

The new trend is the reboot as non-literal remake which is slightly less annoying but not by much.

While Nintendo's latest revisiting to Samus» story, Metroid: Samus Returns, has been touted as a fun remake of 1991's Metroid II: Return of Samus, in actuality its much more than a simple redo for the Nintendo 3DS.

As predicted, what with the inclusion of original star Kiefer Sutherland, the «Flatliners» remake isn't so much a remake as it is a sequeAs predicted, what with the inclusion of original star Kiefer Sutherland, the «Flatliners» remake isn't so much a remake as it is a sequeas it is a sequel.

But like much of the rest of the «Annie» cast, she had little previous experience as a singer and dancer and said she had not seen the stage musical or any of its many TV or film remakes.

January 5, 2015 - As a 2D platformer that went above and beyond gamers» expectations, Trine gets a much deserved remake after five years since its initial release.

Westerns aren't going anywhere, and as much as I am loathe to bolster Hollywood's nostalgia - happy speeding train, this wasn't the worst remake I've seen.

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.

After their postmodern live - action remakes of «Alice in Wonderland» and «Sleeping Beauty» (as «Maleficent»), Disney has taken a much more traditional approach to the diamond in the crown, «Cinderella».

My largest issue with The Hangover Part II is that it wasn't so much a sequel as a remake.

It's a very old - fashioned kind of film, a remake of a 1942 Italian film Four Steps in the Clouds (Quattro Passi fra le Nuvole), and with the exception of some more modern themes and overall sexiness, this update probably could have been made without much alteration back then as well.

While there are some remakes on their way that I'm extremely excited for like Oldboy and Carrie, Suspiria's latest redo just hasn't exactly sparked my interest nearly as much as the other two.

Finishing a distant second was 20th Century Fox's «Murder on the Orient Express» remake, which made roughly half as much as «Coco» in U.S. theaters ($ 103 million versus $ 209 million) but only sold 18 % as many units its first week in stores.

The film is not so much a remake as a reimagining of...

Suggesting that Warner Bros. isn't making a Justice League movie so much as it's just remaking Sam Raimi's first Spider - Man, The Hollywood Reporter says that another actor from that movie has jumped from Marvel to DC.

Much of this remake is a direct replica of that as Ken Scott wrote and directed both of them, so I am wondering how this one really missed the mark.

Spike Lee's spin on Oldboy hits theaters screens October 25th, at which point the dissection of how much the film is a straight remake of Park Chan - wook's violent opus versus how much it calls back to the source manga (as...

As much of a remake as it is a sequel, this less funny and far less creative follow - up constitutes a disappointment and breaks director Todd Phillips» long streak of bettering himselAs much of a remake as it is a sequel, this less funny and far less creative follow - up constitutes a disappointment and breaks director Todd Phillips» long streak of bettering himselas it is a sequel, this less funny and far less creative follow - up constitutes a disappointment and breaks director Todd Phillips» long streak of bettering himself.

So Elias Koteas, Richard Jenkins and Kodi Smit - McPhee (as Oskar) began principal photography yesterday for the remake of the much loved Let the Right One In; you know, the good vampire movie from last year that we couldn't stop talking about around here.

The parallels between the two are strong enough for claims that this was as much a remake as a sequel to emerge as one of the biggest of the few criticisms leveled against the film.

The same year she sang «Que Sera, Sera» for Hitchcock as the menaced mom in Hitch's remake of «The Man Who Knew Too Much,» Doris Day played a comely stewardess stalked by her psycho ex-husband, Louis Jourdan, in this lady - in - distress thriller from the poor man's Hitchcock, Andrew Stone.

I don't think anyone expected «Let Me In,» the remake of the Swedish winter - dark vampire thriller «Let the Right One In,» to show up this year, being both a remake and a horror film, but this perfectly - realized film surely deserves a nod as much as (if not more than) most films that made the cut.

In the meantime I guess it's time to start gearing up for 2013 in horror - one last comment assignment... is anyone shockingly looking forward to the EVIL DEAD remake as much as me?

Arthur - Dudley Moore's movie clearly didn't need a remake, much less one as dumb and broad as this one.

The new version isn't even so much a remake as it is a completely different story with the same title, and though the talented cast helps make the film feel less moronic than it really is, «Prom Night» will still bore you to death.

With The Great Gatsby, Luhrmann isn't adapting Fitzgerald as much as he's remaking Baz Luhrmann.

And in 1960, United Artists had the bright idea to remake Seven Samurai as a western called The Magnificent Seven, which turned out to be a pretty good film (albeit not as good as Seven Samurai, although, to be fair, not much is).

We'd watch this group of leading ladies discuss international trade regulations, yet alone star in a heist movie connected to a popular property we all pretty much enjoyed in the mid 2000s (we know George Clooney's Oceans movies were remakes as well, no need to yell at us on Twitter).

The Sitter is not nearly as much fun as the 1980s comedy it unofficially remakes.