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‘Total Recall’ is a remake that is a total waste of time — movie review

Reboots and remakes come in all forms. There are good remakes and then there are bad remakes. There are good remakes of bad movies and there are bad remakes of good movies. Then there are movies that have no business being remade and there are movies that are ripe for a remake as long as the right. “Total Recall” falls somewhere in that group. The filmmakers swung for the fences and unfortunately, missed — big time. Continue reading ‘Total Recall’ is a remake that is a total waste of time — movie review

‘Underworld: Awakening’ shows sings of a franchise running on fumes — movie review

It’s a bad sign when you get ten minutes into a movie and think, “oh, man, this is gonna suck.” Unfortunately that’s where I was with “Underworld: Awakening”, the forth in the “Underworld” series but only the third with the beautiful Kate Beckinsale. “Awakening” takes place 12 years after “Evolution”– remember “Rise of the Lycans” was a prequel.

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