It is a perilous path to remake a great film.
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All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
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Brief Encounter (1945)
Trains have been a part of cinema from the start.
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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Saying that 10 Cloverfield Lane is a different kind of movie from Cloverfield is an understatement.
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Causeway (2022)
Here’s the logline of Causeway according to IMDb
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
That All Quiet on the Western Front remains a functional piece of synchronized sound cinema is impressive.
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Cloverfield (2008)
Cloverfield is the definitive 9/11 genre film.
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Whiplash (2014)
The idiom “tight as a drum” refers to the tension of a piece of leather on the frame of a drumhead.
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M3GAN (2022)
Little girls are creepy, uncanny dolls are creepy, both have been frequently and successfully been transformed into horror icons in the past… por que no los dos?
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Grand Piano (2013)
I’ve noted multiple times throughout this retrospective that Damien Chazelle likes to trace the challenges of musicians and creatives in his movies, requiring that they sacrifice some of themselves to achieve fulfillment.
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Snow Day (2022)
Typically when I spend most of the runtime wondering “Who was this movie made for?” I mean that as a negative.