Seeing as the world is apparently out of new creative ideas (case in point: nü-MacGyver), it’s not surprising that so many movies are now superhero-themed, sequels, or remakes. Inferior cinematic remakes are a dime a dozen: Just over the past few weeks we’ve seen pale versions of Ben-Hur, Beauty And The Beast, and The Magnificent Seven, a remake of a remake of Seven Samurai. But occasionally, a remake outpaces its original source material, stoking the fire that revisiting previously released films might actually be worth it. As unlikely as it may seem that a valuable movie was salvaged from 1977’s Pete’s Dragon (or 1960’s The Little Shop Of Horrors), many of the films below started with exemplary originals, and then surpassed them.
1. The Ring (2002), remake of Ringu (1998)
The rare case where a healthy dose of Hollywood excess was exactly what a clever-but-underutilized ...
1. The Ring (2002), remake of Ringu (1998)
The rare case where a healthy dose of Hollywood excess was exactly what a clever-but-underutilized ...
- 9/28/2016
- by Laura Adamczyk, Erik Adams, A.A. Dowd, William Hughes, Gwen Ihnat, Alex McCown-Levy, Sean O'Neal, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Esther Zuckerman
- avclub.com
Veteran stage and screen actress Toni Lamond is the recipient of the 2014 Equity Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Foxtel. .Toni is a truly legendary Australian performer whose phenomenal career has spanned vaudeville, musical theatre, television and cabaret," said Actors Equity president Simon Burke.
"She is also a wonderful human being who has given back to her community, to her colleagues and to her industry in every way she can." Toni's career began at age 10 singing on the radio and touring with her parents' variety shows. A TV pioneer, she was a regular on Graham Kennedy's In Melbourne Tonight in the 1960s, ultimately hosting her own Imt, the first woman to do so.
Among her numerous stage roles in Australia have been 42nd Street, The Follies Concert, Pirates Of Penzance, My Fair Lady, Walt Disney's Beauty And The Beast and Oh Coward!
Her screen credits include Razzle Dazzle, Spotswood, Eight is Enough,...
"She is also a wonderful human being who has given back to her community, to her colleagues and to her industry in every way she can." Toni's career began at age 10 singing on the radio and touring with her parents' variety shows. A TV pioneer, she was a regular on Graham Kennedy's In Melbourne Tonight in the 1960s, ultimately hosting her own Imt, the first woman to do so.
Among her numerous stage roles in Australia have been 42nd Street, The Follies Concert, Pirates Of Penzance, My Fair Lady, Walt Disney's Beauty And The Beast and Oh Coward!
Her screen credits include Razzle Dazzle, Spotswood, Eight is Enough,...
- 9/4/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Giovanni Rufino/ The CW 2011 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved Hugo Becker as Louis and Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf on “Gossip Girl.”
Oh my little XOXOers, it’s the next to last episode and it’s like a bad dream. Or, actually, Blair’s bad dream. She starts with the prince and ends up in high school.
Last week, our Chuck lost his mind and got super drunky and told Blair she was his babe4ever. But she...
Oh my little XOXOers, it’s the next to last episode and it’s like a bad dream. Or, actually, Blair’s bad dream. She starts with the prince and ends up in high school.
Last week, our Chuck lost his mind and got super drunky and told Blair she was his babe4ever. But she...
- 5/10/2011
- by Dawn Fallik
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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