Black Christmas (2006)
Remember how I said I hoped the cast of this one could hold a candle to the cast of the original? Of course you do; that was yesterday.
Reviews of movie remakes (generally following a Throwback Thursday review).
Remember how I said I hoped the cast of this one could hold a candle to the cast of the original? Of course you do; that was yesterday.
I liked this movie about as much as I liked the original. Which is to say, I liked it okay. I forgot that this was another Michael Bay remake until the Platinum Dunes opening logo […]
So. Rob Zombie’s remake of John Carpenter’s Halloween. Sorry, I should say reimagining. In some ways, it reminded me of Michael Bay’s Nightmare on Elm Street remake. But mostly it didn’t remind me of that at all. And mostly I […]
Here’s a Michael Bay remake I can get behind. Sure, that’s mostly because I wouldn’t have realized Michael Bay had anything to do with this if I hadn’t looked it up, but still.
This is another horror movie remake that tries to be far more disturbing than its predecessor. It succeeds, but only superficially.
I’m tired and my clothes smell like Downy so I’ll be quick. Tonight’s movie was better than last night’s movie in practically every way. Also, it has David Tennant. And of course Anton Yelchin. Watch this […]
I first saw this movie with the whole family on Thanksgiving Day of 1997 (the day after its release). I hadn’t seen it since, mostly because I remembered being really disappointed by it. That’s about […]
This movie was really disappointing. I was really hoping I’d like it more, especially with Sam Raimi’s name attached to it, but the original is better in almost every way. I say “almost” because there were a […]
I mentioned yesterday that I saw this version first and liked it. And it’s true — while I didn’t really like Michael Bay’s remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, I did like this one. In […]
As I mentioned yesterday, this movie was kind of boring. Now that I’ve seen the original, I understand some of the choices that were made for this remake…and I still think it’s kind of boring. I […]