“I think I don’t want to apologize for making sequels. Some of them have done extraordinarily well. And they’ve been good films too. I think there has to be a reason to make it, beyond commerce. You have to have a good story. And we have made too many. That doesn’t mean w...
Mortal Kombat 2– The first movie in this newest reimagining was cheesy and mediocre. I didn’t always like parts of it, but I will watch this sequel because ; “kung fu” movie, with Hiroyuki Sanada, Karl Urban, Tadanobu Asano, and Lewis Tan. What am I gonna do? Not watch it? Th...
While Shoya Ishida takes responsibility for bullying Shouko Nishimiya for her deafness and sincerely tries to make up for it, Ueno considers herself blameless. In Ueno's mind, Shouko deserved everything she got. When her teacher asks her to help make sure Shouko doesn't miss anything in c...
For most trilogies, the second game, book, or movie is always the hardest to get right because it has to be both a sequel and a prequel while also having its own story. That trifold duty is something that you can’t ever land perfectly. Some do it better than others, but it's alw...
Re-Pac, a full remake of a 1999 PlayStation game that I had never touched. However, as a casual fan of the yellow mascot and as someone that did play both ofPac-Man World‘s sequels, I was curious to go back and experience what came before, especially as those who did grow up ...
The “brother”/sister relationship is one wayRomulusmarks itself as the work of writer-director Fede Álvarez, who brought a similar familial dynamic into hisrecord-breakingly bloodyEvil Deadremake. This is also the second movie he’s made, after the terrifically suspenseful home-invasion thril...
The 1939 classicThe Wizard of Ozis a remake. So is the 1941 detective mysteryThe Maltese Falcon. (In fact, that’s the second remake of the same story!) There’s more, of course, like the 1954 version ofA Star is Bornstarring Judy Garland, the 1978 version ofInvasion of the Body ...
But it could have been a truly feminist movie.”“Euphoria” Emmy nominee Sweeney will star in and is believed to be executive-producing the Sony Pictures remake; a director has not yet been publicly attached. See full article at Indiewire 1/30/2023 by Samantha Bergeson Indiewire Oscars ...
it’s hard to care when a song moves like this one does. 'Reg Strikes Back' is full of ambitious misfires, including John and Taupin’s only sequel song (“Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, Pt. 2”) and a sweeping Beach Boys pastiche (“Since God Invented Girls”). This tune was the ...
the film also must reckon with being a decades-after-the-fact sequel to a film which features the protagonist heroically perishing at its finale. As a result of that fact, many wild and ambitious ideas for a sequel have been pitched over the years, most infamously one by musician Nick Cav...