#RemakesRevisited: 101 Dalmatians (1996)

Directed by: Steve Herek Written by: Dodie Smith (Novel), John Hughes (Screenplay) Starring: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright, Hugh Laurie, Mark Williams An evil high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess. (Source: IMDb) Growing up in the early... Continue Reading →

50 Before 1950

I have a confession to make. There's a lot of films I haven't seen. GASP! I know right? I am a huge cinephile but I also have to confess that the majority of my film-watching appears to be films made from the 60s onwards, which leaves me with huge amounts of blind spots in the... Continue Reading →

mother! (2017) – Review

Director: Darren Aronofsky Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer There are two things to expect before going into mother!. One is that you will have never seen anything like this before, and two is that you will probably never want to see anything like this again! By the end of the movie, how... Continue Reading →

Boy (2010) – Review

Director: Taika Waititi Starring: James Rolleston, Taika Waititi, Moerangi Tihore, Te Aho Eketone-Whitu, Rachel House With Thor: Ragnarok being quite rightly an overwhelming success, and refreshingly different from a lot of the other superhero films, attention is turning to New Zealand indie director Taika Waititi, whose previous film, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, was also an unexpected success and one... Continue Reading →

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