Slowly, slowly they’re all coming out. The most recent of my big favourites to premiere on DVD is 1914-1918, the superb BBC documentary series about the Great War. Waited for that one for four years. Also out this month: Testament, probably the most touching of all the "day after" movies of the early 80s. Soon, [...]
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Dear Santa
Posted in Wish lists on August 7, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Go ahead, remake my day
Posted in Wish lists on July 20, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
For every decent remake, there’s a towering pile of shit threatening to topple over. Take, for example, The Manchurian Candidate, which I thoroughly liked: a clever, original, contemporary reading of the Richard Condon book. To make an interesting remake, all you need is to read the story carefully, take it apart, learn the subtext and [...]
