Posts Tagged ‘original’s’
Footloose: Almost Paradise
Let’s hear it for this musical remake that’s better than the original.KRISTIAN LIN
Like many of you, I had zero expectations for the remake of Footloose. The original 1984 film has already had a second life as a Broadway musical. A third version just seemed like yet another case of Hollywood remaking somethin...
Death at a Funeral: Back from the Grave
A British farce returns, African-Americanized and slightly better.KRISTIAN LIN
Marginally less annoying than the British movie that it’s based on, Death at a Funeral stars Chris Rock as a tax accountant/unpublished novelist named Aaron who’s dealing with a host of troublesome family issues after his f...