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Cast This: Snake Plissken (Escape from New York remake)

Posted 9 years ago

Dave An update of John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK has been threatened several times over the course of a decade, initially with Gerard Butler planning to wear the eye-patch as iconic badass Snake Plissken. Directors like Len Wiseman, Brett...

Robert Rodriguez reportedly in talks to direct Escape from New York

Posted 9 years ago

We've known about 20th Century Fox's plan to remake John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK for some time, but it appears that the project is slowly moving forward as the studio narrows down their search for a director. Per Jeff Sneider...

Max Landis to write & direct a remake of An American Werewolf in London

Posted 10 years ago

This summer Max Landis tweeted that "there's only one of my dad's movies I'd ever be willing to try to remake and I'm already doing it," which led fans to believe that the younger Landis was working on a remake...

The F*ckin Black Sheep: Eyes of a Stranger (1981)

Posted 10 years ago

THE BLACK SHEEP is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATH. We’re hoping this column will...

The Test of Time: Outland (1981)

Posted 10 years ago

We all have certain movies we love. Movies we respect without question because of either tradition, childhood love, or because they’ve always been classics. However, as time keeps ticking, do those classics still hold up? Do they remain must see?...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Michael Mann’s Thief

Posted 10 years ago

Chris Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was...

Awfully Good Movies: Tarzan the Ape Man (Video)

Posted 10 years ago

Tarzan the Ape Man (1981) Director: John Derek Stars: Bo Derek, Richard Harris, Miles O'Keeffe The King of the Apes is returning to his rightful throne this weekend in THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, so Awfully Good Movies is celebrating by looking at...

Cool Videos: Shot-for-shot remake of the Raiders of the Lost Ark trailer

Posted 10 years ago

Most of us can relate to re-enacting scenes from our favourite films in some form or another, be it with toys and models or by going the extra mile and filming a complete re-enactment. That was the case of three...

Get Hard’s Etan Cohen to write & direct Warner Bros.’ Cannonball Run

Posted 10 years ago

Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. has picked up the rights to THE CANNONBALL RUN franchise, and has set Etan Cohen to write and direct a new take on the film series. The studio isn’t describing this as a remake...

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