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Ten Underrated Movies From 1988 That Deserve More Love

December 9, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe ventures back to 1988 to look at ten underrated movies which deserve more love… It’s 2023 and that means that the cinematic year of 1988, stuffed with some classics and cult favourites like Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!) and Die Hard, was 35 years ago. Pick yourself up off the floor and shake the shock […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Amsterdamned, As Tears Go By, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Frantic, Maniac Cop, Midnight Run, Miracle Mile, red heat, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Great Outdoors, The Lair of the White Worm, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Serpent and the Rainbow, They Live, Vice Versa, Waxwork, Young Einstein

Raising Caine: Sir Michael Going On In Style

April 9, 2017 by Tony Black

Tony Black on screen legend Michael Caine… His recent political leanings aside, Sir Michael Caine remains one of the surviving legends of British and indeed American cinema of the last fifty years, and this weekend’s Going in Style–a heist caper directed by none other than Scrubs‘ Zach Braff–sees him share top billing with fellow aged […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tony Black Tagged With: a bridge too far, Alfie, Austin Powers: Goldmember, batman begins, Children of Men, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Educating Rita, Escape to Victory, Get Carter, going in style, Hannah and her Sisters, Harry Brown, inception, Interstellar, Jaws: The Revenge, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Michael Caine, Mr Morgans Last Love, Now You See Me 2, Sleuth, The Eagle Has Landed, The Ipcress File, The Italian Job, The Muppet Christmas Carol, the prestige, youth, Zulu

Chris Addison to direct Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake Nasty Women

April 2, 2017 by Gary Collinson

The Thick of It star Chris Addison is set to make his feature directorial debut with Nasty Women, the upcoming gender-reversed remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which has Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway attached to star. Written by Jac Schaeffer (The Shower), Nasty Women follows two women – one low-rent and the other high-class – […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Chris Addison, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Nasty Women

Anne Hathaway joins Rebel Wilson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake Nasty Women

January 22, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Back in August of last year it was announced that Rebel Wilson had signed on to MGM’s remake of the 1988 Steve Martin/Michael Caine comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and now THR is reporting that she will joined in the cast by Anne Hathway. The remake, titled Nasty Women, has been written by Jac Schaeffer (The […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Anne Hathaway, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Nasty Women

Rebel Wilson to star in remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

August 5, 2016 by Gary Collinson

MGM is developing a remake of the 1988 Steve Martin / Michael Caine comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, with Variety reporting that Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect, Grimsby) is attached to star. The site reports that the remake will present a modern day take on the material and follows “two female scam artists, one low rent and […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Rebel Wilson

Why Remaking Great Films Is A Bad Idea

November 22, 2015 by Neil Calloway

This week, Neil Calloway questions the wisdom of remaking classic films… In the 1980s Frank Oz, the man who is both Miss Piggy and Yoda, asked Michael Caine if he wanted to star in a remake of Bedtime Story, a 1964 film that despite starring David Niven and Marlon Brando, was not a success. Why […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Neil Calloway Tagged With: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Don't Look Now, Memento, The Wicker Man

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