By Kyle
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In this, our sixth special episode of Remakers Mark, we discuss movies that have expanded our cinematic horizons, and that we think would do the same for other viewers. Each of us picked a topic or genre: Mark: ‘Turning Japanese: An Intro to Anime’ Lee: ‘Awakenings: Films That Changed the Way I Watch Films’ Kyle: […]
By Kyle
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Akira IMDB Theatrical Trailer Rent: Amazon • Netflix Disc Buy: DVD • BluRay In episode 23 of Remakers Mark we tackle our first animated movie, 1988’s anime classic Akira. Unlike the original, which was a Japanese language anime movie, we are remaking it as an English language live action film (except for Jer, who goes a slightly […]
By Kyle
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Three Amigos Rent: Amazon • iTunes • Netflix Disc Buy: DVD • BluRay • iTunes IMDB Theatrical Trailer In part two of our discussion of ¡Three Amigos!, which features our greatest intro EVER, we start off with some really excellent suggestions from fans about who they think should be recast in the three major roles. Then, after revealing who […]
By Kyle
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In episode 22, we take on remaking a movie that Andy deemed unremakeable, assuming that’s an actual word – ¡Three Amigos!. Here in part one we recast three major roles originally filled by three comedy legends, as well as five minor characters. Along the way we express our preference for cerveza or tequila (or los […]
By Kyle
I thought I’d try something new this year, and put out a call to Twitter, asking my fellow Mac nerds to handwrite their WWDC 2014 predictions, as inspired by Stephen Hackett’s excellent 512 Pixels post, and using the #WWDCNotes hashtag. Here are my predictions, as well as others I received:
By Kyle
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In part two of our discussion of the Western classic The Searchers, we discuss listener feedback regarding how challenging it is to recast an iconic role and actor like John Wayne, as well as suggestions for how that might be done. We talked about how the original film lacked sensitivity, both racially and in terms […]