Newly Updated! Five Deadbeat Dads: The Questionable Parenting Skills of the Doctors Frankenstein

Posted on June 24th, 2012 by Adam-Troy Castro

Quick Explanation: From time to time, venerable properties already covered in this space will be remade again, prompting additional thoughts. This essay is hereby updated to cover Danny Boyle’s filmed stage version. First Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro Frankenstein aka Edison’s Frankenstein (1910). Directed by J. Searle Dawley. Written by J. Searle Dawley, from the novel […]

Tags: Basil Rathbone, Benedict Cumberbatch, Boris Karloff, Charles Ogle, Christopher Lee, Colin Clive, Curse of Frankenstein, Danny Boyle, Dr. Who, Frankenstein, Gene Wilder, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, James Bond, James Whale, John Cleese, Jonny Lee Miller, Kenneth Branagh, Lord Of the Rings, Mae Clark, Mary Shelley, Peter Cushing, Rasputin, Robert De Niro, Sherlock Holmes, Star Wars, Terence Fisher, The Mummy, The Three Musketeers, Tom Hulce

MILK vs. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Posted on December 5th, 2011 by Adam-Troy Castro

A Remake Chronicles Extra by Adam-Troy Castro (This one comes from February 2009, shortly after Slumdog Millionaire defeated Milk in the Oscar Race for Best Picture. It’s a highly political piece, which has relevance, I think, far beyond its critical comparison of the two movies.  – A-TC) It is fundamentally unfair to compare one piece […]

Tags: Back to the Future, Dog Day AFternoon, Gus van Sant, Josh Brolin, Milk, Psycho, Sean Penn, Serpico, Slumdog Millionaire, Star Wars, The Godfather, The Princess Bride

Twenty-Two Musketeers [Part Two]: Wherefore art Thou, ‘Definitive’?

Posted on November 8th, 2011 by Adam-Troy Castro

All for one and one for all. First Commentary (continued) by Adam-Troy Castro The Three Musketeers (1935). Directed by Rowland V. Lee. Written by Rowland V. Lee and Dudley Nichols, from the novel by Alexandre Dumas. Starring Walter Abel, Ian Keith, others. 97 minutes ** The Three Musketeers aka The Singing Musketeer (1939). Directed by […]

Tags: Angela Lansbury, Back to the Future, Buster Keaton, Charlie Sheen, Charlton Heston, Christopher Lee, Don Ameche, Faye Dunaway, Gene Kelly, Ian Keiith, Jackie Chan, John Wayne, June Allyson, Lana Turner, Lord Of the Rings, Michael York, Milla Jovovich, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Rebecca DeMornay, Star Wars, The Adventures Of Don Juan, The Adventures of Marco Polo, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Beatles, The Marx Brothers, The Matrix, The Ritz Brothers, The Three Musketeers, The Three Stooges, Tim Curry, Van Heflin, Vincent price, Walter Abel