Tagline: Poppins and Lockinā
Synopsis: The loveable, magical nanny returns, but this time she’s out for blood and break dancing.
Memorable Scene: A 35-minute dance off between Zombie Poppins and the Haitian dance crew. Every sick move in the book is presented. Then Vanilla Ice makes a cameo but Zombie Poppins rips his head off mid rap. She then proceeds to eat his brain in front of the audience.
Plot: Things go terribly wrong when Marry Poppinsā is a little tipsy on a late night umbrella ride and on her way down she gets tangled in some electrical wires and before you can say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious she sends London into a blackout and herself to the morgue. [Read more…]
Sequels We Want to See: Fight Club 2 ā Book Club
Tagline: Meatloaf, Minivans, Books
Synopsis: The insomniac (Edward Norton) and Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter) decide to settle down in the suburbs and start and new life together. They start a family and make new friends with a weekly get together to discuss books. Soon the insomniac finds himself in familiar territory when this club grows past books. I am Jackās footnotes.
Memorable Scene: At one Book Club meeting a good friend and neighbor has a slight allergic reaction to peanut brittle. As he lies on the living room floor the group surrounds him and begins to chant his name. āHis name was Chet Burnstein. His name was Chet Burnstein.ā They repeat over and over. The chant continues until Chet sits up and reminds the group that heās fine. He was simply lying on the floor until his asthma subsided.
Plot: Edward Norton reprises his role as the insomniac with multiple personalities. [Read more…]
Ripe for a Remake: Marathon Man
It’s often been said that Hollywood is out of fresh ideas, therefore, old flicks are constantly getting refashioned.Ā But many movies, ones that DESERVE to be remade, have been left alone.Ā Our new series will highlight movies that the Filmsy gang would love to see get a second go at the box office.Ā Your feedback is encouraged.
Topping the list of fear for many of us is a trip to the dentist’s office.Ā So when “Dr.” Szell wields a drill with evil intention’s in the 1976 Dustin Hoffman thriller Marathon Man, the anxiety level rises. [Read more…]
Nightmare on Elm Street Scores Box Office Dream
Who said you can’t go home again?Ā Freddy Krueger proved them wrong, returning to Elm Street 26 years later to slash in $32M in the film’s opening weekend.
Despite tepid reviews, fans proved that for 97 minute, they were willing to hop into a time machine, one where a striped red sweater can strike fear into your heart. [Read more…]
Cronenberg to remake his Fly remake, film fans’ heads spin
Movie remakes in Hollywood are being developed at a fairly regular rate of late. I’ve always maintained that it’s Hollywood running out of original ideas and just zeroing in on a quick buck. I’ve already accepted it as par for the course.
But what made me do a double-take was news of a remake OF A REMAKE. And no less than acclaimed director David Cronenberg is behind this.
Cronenberg is reportedly developing a remake of The Fly, which he famously remade in 1986 with Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis. Of course, the original The Fly movie was released in 1958 and has been one of the venerated sci-fi classics. Cronenberg will be directing the new remake and will probably also write the screenplay.
It makes you think — what do you call a remake of a remake?