Steve Martin
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]
Movie Review: The Big Year
Based on the book by the same name, The Big Year follows three avid birders as they look to complete the ultimate (informal) competition for North American birders. The Big Year is a competition between birders to see who can see (or hear) the most birds in a single calendar year. Director David Frankel (Marley & Me) leads this expert cast through a year of doing whatever it takes to see the m...[Read More]