I really disliked the first one. I really enjoyed this one. Go figure!
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Overboard 2018
Glad I didn’t listen to most critics; this is a thoroughly charming and very funny film with two truly engaging lead performances in Eugenio Derbez and Anna Faris.
The 1987 original has a been a favorite of mine most of my life, so it’s very high praise for me to say that the remake is worthy in just about every way.
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Evil Dead 2013
I've got way too many feelings (all of them positive) stirring around inside of me having just seen this phenomenally entertaining remake/tribute to write a proper review, so I'm just going to list some of the many things I love about it.
I love...
1. ...the fact that it pays significant tribute to both 1981's landmark EVIL DEAD and 1987's absurdly creative EVIL DEAD II, in a number of interesting ways while also containing many great surprises of its own.…
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The Fly 1986
It's been a Cronenberg family kind of day, what can I say?
How can a movie simultaneously be one of the most viscerally disturbing monster movies ever AND one of the most heartbreaking, tragic love stories of the 1980s? It's a rarity to find a movie that hits so squarely on all intended marks (scares, suspense, gross-out moments, special effects, emotional intensity...), but David Cronenberg's still-stunning remake of THE FLY (oh yeah, it's also one of the greatest remakes of…
