...it was panned as a weak imitation to the 1932 Fredric March version, but Tracy is great, and uses virtually no make-up to play Hyde. Also--the Robert Mitchum 1975 "Farewell My Lovely", a remake of the 1944 Dick Powell Marlowe, "Murder My Sweet". And the Branagh 1989 Henry V...to top Olivier takes some doing, but I think he did it...

Tracy was very menacing - I'm so used to him being a gentle good guy.

I forgot about "Farewell My Lovely" - and I'm a huge Mitchum fan (and Chandler, for that matter).

for its camp appeal. A classic.

Lange/Nicholson remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice (although Cora was still still not brunette as in the novel)

Todd Haynes remake of Mildred Pierce

Lange/Barrymore dramatization of Grey Gardens documentary

Tamra Davis remake of Guncrazy

I'll see if I can find it online!

at findtv.net. Better yet, it is one of their free shows that requires no UFC credits.
Enjoy!

original.

Mitchum vs Peck in '62 and DeNiro vs Nolte in '91 -- both scary as hell.

actually before I ever saw the original. I agree that both are totally scary.

The original was with Jack Benny. I think they were both great.

Glad you didn't include Costner's "Robin Hood."

Always loved this film. Its what horror/thriller movies should have done instead of the 80's cheap thrill scarefests like Freddy and Jason (which are fun for their own reasons).

But I didn't see the original, either (or the 2011 version).

How gory is it? I can handle suspense & eerie movies, but I don't like gore at all.

I love it. It is far superior to the two original films and the 2011 version should never be mentioned again.

Though the first film version was a little slow.

My favorite version is "His Girl Friday" (1940) with Cary Grant as Walter and Rosalind Russell as Hildy. It is so fast paced with great comebacks that I can watch it over and over.

I even like the 1974 version, starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Even though many panned her performance I enjoy Carol Burnett in it.

Although it is claimed "Switching Channels" (1988) is a remake, it just doesn't cut it for me. There is none of the original dialogue and the characters are not the same even allowing for the modernization into television as the medium.

I'm hard pressed to think of any Cary Grant movies that I don't love.

I think it would be a great remake, updated with the Brewster aunts as old hippies and Jonathan Brewster as a Freddy Krueger/Jason Voorhees (or other modern horror character) take off.

Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton as the aunts, maybe Robert Englund as Jonathan, Brendan Fraser as Mortimer, with Alicia Silverstone as his wife (I liked their chemistry in "Blast from the Past&quot . Danny DeVito as Dr. Einstein.

It's too bad Robin Williams is gone - he would have been perfect as Teddy, even before he played Roosevelt in "Night at the Museum!"

Go get yourself a pitch meeting!

cast members. I like the Goldie/Diane combo. Of course casting Mortimer would be the trick. In the past, I've thought of George Clooney. He's been in a couple of madcap type movies and I thought he did really well.

Remember Mortimer was supposed to me a confirmed batchelor still in his prime. Brendan Fraser is about the right age, but he could be a bit too old now though he wasn't when my husband and I first thought about him as Mortimer.

I think you need someone who is in their late 30s to mid 40s. Frasier is now in his late 40s, Clooney is 53, though these days with people marrying later, those ages wouldn't be prohibitive. Both have the comic ability to carry the role and either would be great. I like Frasier's ability to do physical comedy - if you haven't seen "Blast from the Past" it really is a great role for him and shows what he can do with the right cast and good director.

The role of Jonathan Brewster is the real hard one. In the original play the role was played by Boris Karloff, so there is a precedent of a well known horror star for it. That's why Robert Englund came to mind - he has the ability to produce the menace though he doesn't have the physical size for intimidation that Raymond Massey had. In fact, with Englund as Jonathan, Clooney would be the better Mortimer since Clooney is not as tall as Frasier.

Of course, someone else could play Jonathan - remember the line in the play that he looks "like Boris Karloff." I'm not sure who would fit that description these days, but it'd be a start.

Check out this cast:

Lillian Gish ... Martha Brewster
Helen Hayes ... Abby Brewster
Bob Crane ... Mortimer Brewster
Fred Gwynne ... Jonathan Brewster
Billy De Wolfe ... Officer O'Hara
Richard Deacon ... Mr. Witherspoon
Bob Dishy ... Cop
Jack Gilford ... Dr. Jonas Salk
Sue Lyon ... Elaine Harper
David Wayne ... Teddy Brewster

I didn't see a listing for it when I was looking at the entries for "Arsenic and Old Lace" - but I may have missed it.

Thanks!

Cary Grant had the ability to create excellent chemistry no matter who the female lead was. I also can't think of any movie he was in that I don't like.

-- Mal

Matthau and Lemmon have fantastic chemistry together, though. I'll have to check that one out. Thanks!

Many reviewers hated Carol Burnett in it. She was a bit over the top but I enjoyed her performance.

OK, the poster of Al Pacino looks cool, but haven't they actually watched the movie and seen how thoroughly miserable his life was?

she did love her some nose candy, though. I think that had a lot to do with it, looking back.

I never did get the appeal of cocaine.

Hated that hyped up feeling.

...the second after you do a line. I'm surprised I survived my college days.

is that the first thing the new man wants is MORE COCAINE!" - George Carlin

I learned that all too well in the late '70s but came through perfectly OK.

I really like old gangster movies.

The newer version actually sticks to the excellent novel, and the acting is first-rate. The original movie was just a slapped-together showcase for John Wayne.

Hailee Steinfeld was fantastic, and Jeff Bridges was brilliant.

I presumed I would not like it, but I actually did. The loompas were awesome I thought.

Peace

I heard the new one was closer to the book (which I didn't read until I read it to my daughter a couple years ago), and I love Depp, but Gene Wilder was so good in the original!

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "Let Me In" were very good.

Brannaugh's "Hamlet" was amazing. "Mildred Pierce" was awfully good. Garland's "A Star is Born" is superior to the original non-musical version.

Hollywood remakes of foreign films often have ...issues (think of Bridget Fonda in the remake if "La Femme Nikita" - LOL)

Though I suppose both are remakes of the '39 version ( and both are better).

Both greatly exceeded the originals, which were excellent in their own right.

had me looking under beds and behind doors for a few days.

The Toy with Jackie Gleason and Richard Pryor was an enjoyable remake of the wonderful French film Le Jouet, which had a lot of heart. The Talented Mr. Ripley was pretty good although the original French film Plein Soleil with Alain Delon was quite a bit better in my opinion. And then Three Men And A Baby was an enjoyable remake of the 1985 French film Trois Hommes Et Un Couffin.

... it was actually good. The violent rural hicks are also worshippers of Duh Football in the remake.

Plus Walton Goggins!

Death Race is a scathing indictment of the privatized prison industry, reality shows and pay-per-view: a for-profit prison decided to maximize its revenues by getting people to pay to watch the prisoners kill each other. (It's best if you watch Death Race 2 first; it explains how the Death Race started out as a series of to-the-death cage fights and how they had to quit doing those because the public stopped watching.)

I really enjoyed the BBC version of Nevil Shulte's A Town Like Alice. Although the original film was very good too.