By Jess Lomas January 29, 2014 Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line. (Hey, whatever. […]
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Young guns – Red Dawn review
April 3, 2013 
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By Richard Haridy April 2, 2013 John Milius‘ 1984 film Red Dawn was a jingoistic fever-dream straight from the right-wing heartland of the United States. It banked on the Soviet paranoia of the era to show what would happen if America was invaded. This remake (shot in 2009) replaces the Russians with North Koreans, and […]
Continue readingTom Cruise attached to Magnificent Seven remake
May 24, 2012 0 Comments
Tom Cruise is reported to be attached to the MGM remake of the legendary Western The Magnificent Seven, according to Variety. Director John Sturges’ The Magnificent Seven was a 1960 remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, transporting the story from Japan to America and establishing itself as a classic in its own right. MGM is […]
Continue readingRed Dawn remake will digitally alter Chinese army into North Korean
March 17, 2011 2 Comments
Well this is interesting. MGM’s long-shelved remake of Red Dawn is set to have its villains digitally altered from Chinese to North Korean, the L.A. Times reports. The original 1984 Red Dawn was released during the Cold War, and depicted a Soviet invasion of America fended off by plucky teenagers – Go Wolverines! MGM decided […]
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