Dredd
Five Remakes That Suck and Five That Don’t
The disturbingly more frequent trend of remaking or recycling classic or popular films and/or properties into vehicles designed to appeal solely to a target demographic without any consideration given to quality or whether a remake is actually warranted or needed has really got me annoyed. Witness the recent release of Dredd, the remake of Judge Dredd which starred Sylvester Stallone or this year’...[Read More]
Weekend Box Office: Epic Struggle as End of Watch and House on the End of the Street Fight for First
While the Monday totals will officially decide which movie comes out on top, it was a tough call to make between the crime drama End of Watch, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and written and directed by David Ayer (of Training Day fame), and the PG-13 horror House at the End of the Street. Both films made an estimated $13 million, but as I write this, End of Watch currently holds the lead due to a higher...[Read More]