Tag: remake

Goodnight MommyG
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September 16, 2022

Goodnight Mommy is a serviceable but superfluous remake

While building solid tension, the Austrian cult horror film is toned down for an American audience.
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September 8, 2022

Pinocchio is another misfire from Disney & Robert Zemeckis

The strings of the past and present tangle up this misguided remake of an animated classic.
The Valet (Hulu)T
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May 18, 2022

The Valet is a breezy rom-com with a few dings and scrapes on delivery

While it's a neat showcase for Eugenio Derbez, Hulu's latest is more amiable than truly amusing.
Buddy Buddy (MGM/UA)R
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December 12, 2021

Reevaluating Billy Wilder’s final film, Buddy Buddy

The legendary filmmaker's last bow is a fascinating misfire starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon (and a bonkers Klaus Kinski).
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December 12, 2021

Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley has little behind the flim-flam

The auteur's update of the 1946 novel is a film noir steeped in too much of the author's romanticism.
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September 10, 2021

Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. is stricken with a severe case of over-familiarity

Disney+'s latest revival is too beholden to the past for its own good.
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September 1, 2021

Amazon’s Cinderella is bippity-boppity-blah

The songs are bad and the social commentary is even worse in this new take on the classic fairy tale.
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May 10, 2021

P.S.H. I Love You: Get away from “The Getaway”

Even early in his career, Philip Seymour Hoffman is too good for this dull shoot-em-up.
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September 3, 2020

“Mulan” brings honor to Disney’s original, but loses some heart

Niki Caro's remake of the animated classic slots nicely into the Chinese war epic formula, but a bit of Disney magic gets lost in the mix.
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July 16, 2020

“Lake of Death” is a pretty but shallow look at ghosts & grief

A cabin in the woods is once again the last place you'd want to spend a weekend in Nini Bull Robsahm’s competently made but slow & derivative horror movie.