T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies June 14, 2020 The “Psycho” remake is an ironically bloodless exercise in technique Gus Van Sant's remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic is a cut-and-paste exercise that plays like little more than a rehash of the original.
2 Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies May 31, 2020 2009’s “Friday the 13th” reboot turns Jason into a murderous pot farmer Marcus Nispel's confused, uninspired revamp of the franchise stresses the importance of not touching Jason's stash of sticky-icky.
& Categories Movies May 8, 2020 “Valley Girl” is far from high art, but that’s part of the fun Rachel Lee Goldenberg's remake of the 1983 rom-com is a light, airy work of kitsch that's easy to fall into.
M Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies May 2, 2020 May’s Filmmaker of the Month: The Friday the 13th Series For the first film's 40th anniversary, we hack and slash our way through the long, bloody saga of Jason Voorhees and his journeys from hell to Manhattan to space.
& Categories Features Games April 18, 2020 “Final Fantasy VII Remake” Reinvents a Classic JRPG The iconic role-playing game gets a stylistic, narrative-focused update that expounds and confounds in fascinating ways.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies March 30, 2020 “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus” Is Bloody, Weird, Pure Spike Lee Spike Lee's Kickstarted remake of Ganja & Hess is more interesting than its negative reception belies.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies February 22, 2020 “The Manchurian Candidate”, A Study of Humanity Lost Jonathan Demme's remake of the 1962 classic is as notable for its look at political dehumanization as it is its modernization.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies February 21, 2020 “The Truth About Charlie” Is Like Drinking Coffee Through a Veil Jonathan Demme's remake of Charade marks a low point in his career from casting and acting to pacing and direction.
D Categories Movies February 13, 2020 Downhill Review: “Force Majeure” Turned Film Mineur Nat Faxon & Jim Rash's remake of Ruben Östlund's 2014 dramedy is a dragged-out rehash that oversimplifies its point—and then loses it.
& Categories TV February 10, 2020 “High Fidelity” Puts a Fresh Spin on an Old Trope Hulu's gender flipped, more diverse take on Nick Hornby's modern classic about entitled men-children has charm & heart.
