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The Good, The Bad and The Remake: Movie Podcast

The Good, the Bad, and the Remake

The Good, the Bad, and the Remake: Movie Podcast. Where we watch some classic films, some not so great, and their respective remakes. Will the recreation be an Unmake, an Agreemake, or Re-mazing! Hosted by Neal, Catherine, and Ben, you will hear them discuss: - Movies from a range of genres (including: Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Classic, Action) - Thoughts on the original, including expectations for the remake - A deeper dive into the remake, considering its merits and faults against the

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01:23:27

Episode 35 - High Noon & Outland

The Good, The Bad and The Remake: Movie Podcast ·

2024/02/21

It's the end of season 3, its Neal's choice and it's... not really a remake? Or is it? Rules being broken left, right and centre in this episode...High Noon is considered a classic of the American West, one of the most significant Westerns ever made and an influence on an entire sub-genre. And none of the GBR crew have seen it before. No pressure then, High Noon. Outland is a fondly remembered, if underseen, sci-fi appropriation, which everyone is quick to point is really stretching

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01:31:16

Episode 34 - The Manchurian Candidate

The Good, The Bad and The Remake: Movie Podcast ·

2024/02/14

It's Ben's turn to get a pick in, so he's gone for the 1962 paranoid, political thriller The Manchurian Candidate starring Frank Sinatra and Angela Lansbury, followed up by the Denzel Washington-led remake from 2004, with a supporting cast to die for. Both films are uniquely disturbing, commenting on the times in which they were produced and dealing with some difficult ideas. But can the powerhouse combo of Denzel and his Philadelphia director, Jonathan Demme, possibly de-throne a film that has, in

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01:34:00

Episode 33 - The Fly

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2024/01/24

It's the one we've been waiting for. After watching Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Thing, The Fly was the natural third part of the sci-fi/horror remake trilogy. An original that has its own fair share of iconic moments, not least a genuinely unsettling climax (even to this day), it's something rather special: a glossy, technicolor studio film with some radical ideas and a fractured narrative that sets it apart from the pack. Plus Vincent Price, which never hurts. But David Cronenberg's

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01:23:37

Episode 32 - Fist of Fury & Fist of Legend

The Good, The Bad and The Remake: Movie Podcast ·

2024/01/17

Two of the greatest performers in martial arts history go head-to-head this week. Firstly, one of the most iconic actors of all time, the inimitable, the game-changing, the one and only Bruce Lee. Before Enter the Dragon made him a worldwide star, Fist of Fury (AKA The Chinese Connection) displays Lee's furious speed and charisma in a barnstorming action adventure. Awesome fights, gorgeous cinematography and an early 20th century tale of honour and conspiracy. Twenty years later, the equally

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01:31:02

Episode 31 - The Ladykillers

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2024/01/10

One of the most beloved Ealing comedies of all time takes on one of the most beloved filmmaking duos of our time. Alexander Mackendrick's The Ladykillers has long endured, thanks to its brilliant concept, dark humour and excellent cast. So, why on earth did the Coen brothers, coming off of nearly two decades of critical adoration, choose to remake it? Well, we think we know and we've got some feelings about both films too. Join us. Subscribe, follow and get in touch in these places: If

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01:25:45

Episode 30 - The Night of the Living Dead

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2023/12/06

The grandaddy of all modern zombie films is our subject this week, as we take a look at the OG, George A Romero's black and white gamechanger, The Night of the Living Dead. The team all have varied history with it, but also all felt the impact of key scenes. So when it comes to watching an all-colour remake by makeup maestro Tom Savini, working from a reworked script by Romero himself, does it have any chance of being Remazing, or was it always destined to be an also-ran? Subscribe, follow and

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01:12:24

Episode 29 - The Wages of Fear & Sorcerer

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2023/11/29

This week, we're getting sweaty and clenching our buttocks tightly, because we've got two renowned movies filled with tight-fisted, white-knuckled tension. The Wages of Fear (AKA Le Salaire de la Peur), from director Henri-Georges Clouzot, is a proto-action thriller from the 1950s, which takes a while getting to its set-pieces and then doesn't let up until the final frame. Twenty-some years later, William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist) decided to (not) remake it as the

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01:02:02

Episode 28 - Cat People

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2023/11/22

We're sticking with the season 3 theme of "tricky relationships" this week, with the 1942 and 1982 versions of Cat People. The original starts out like a noir film and gradually turns into a psycho-sexual thriller, quite different and risque for its time. Catherine is a big fan of this one and its producer, Val Lewton, so the discussion is chockful of tidbits for all you nerds out there. The remake was directed by Paul Schrader and takes advantage of coming out in a more liberal time, by adding

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01:17:52

Episode 27 - Solaris

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2023/11/15

We've been described as being too niche with some of our picks, so we've sold out and gone mainstream for this week's pick. Solaris is a ponderous, nearly 3-hour, Russian science fiction from 1972. If just reading that gives you pause, there's at least one member of the GBR crew that agrees with you. However, revered as an influential masterwork, Andrei Tarkovsky's difficult film was remade by American auteur Steven Soderbergh in 2002, starring George Clooney. At almost half the length, the

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01:25:18

Episode 26 - Psycho

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2023/11/13

Season 3 is here and we're kicking off with a much requested and somewhat controversial remake. Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 horror-thriller Psycho changed the game. An iconic score, moody black and white photography, some of the most parodied sequences and dialogue in cinema history and the first ever appearance of a flushing toilet. So, naturally, Gus Van Sant followed up his biggest hit with a colour, shot-for-shot remake, taken from the exact same script. Have we got another Point Break on

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00:15:56

Season 3 Teaser

The Good, The Bad and The Remake: Movie Podcast ·

2023/11/06

The GBR squad are back! After a long break, we got together another list of 10 movies and their remakes, spanning the spectrum of Unmakes, Agreemakes and Remazing and we're here to tell you what's coming up over the next ten weeks. As always, let us know your thoughts in these places: If you're interested in the team's views on non-remake properties, you can follow us on Letterboxd: Neal's profile - ⁠https://boxd.it/1EHhT⁠ Ben's profile - ⁠https://boxd.it/1lH3J⁠ We want

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01:22:44

Episode 25 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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2021/09/08

**CONTENT WARNING: In order to discuss the events of both films, we discuss scenes of sexual violence** Back for a bonus episode, due to popular demand we've done what none of you should probably attempt and that is watching both adaptations of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - back-to-back. The 2009 film from Niels Arden Oplev marked the arrival of Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist, both of whom would go on to fairly successful Hollywood careers. Its a relatively faithful

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01:15:11

Episode 24 - LA Takedown & Heat

The Good, The Bad and The Remake: Movie Podcast ·

2021/06/09

It's the season finale, which means two things: it's the last episode for a little while (stay tuned to the very end for more on how long that might be) and we've got to go out with a bang. Few people are aware that Heat, Michael Mann's epic crime drama, is itself a remake of an earlier Michael Mann film: LA Takedown, which was originally shot to be a TV pilot and was released as a TV movie. Even fewer have ever seen it and it is this that we are discussing on this episode. LA Takedown was made on

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01:13:47

Episode 23 - The Vanishing

The Good, The Bad and The Remake: Movie Podcast ·

2021/06/02

Our penultimate episode of this run is the first time we're discussing a director remaking his own film. The Vanishing 1988 (AKA Spoorloos) is a meticulously structured, detail-driven psychological thriller, centred around a young couple who come into contact with a fiercely intelligent sociopath. Years after one of them goes missing, the other two meet up and the events that led to the titular vanishing will be revealed in the most twisted way imaginable. A classic foreign-language thriller, this

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01:08:12

Episode 22 - 3:10 to Yuma

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2021/05/26

Two westerns separated by five decades, but connected by a short story from Elmore Leonard and lead actors who are real cutey pies. First up, Glenn Ford and Van Heflin are at odds, as the former tries to convince the latter to spare him from the eponymous prison train. It's light on action, heavy on charm and presents a fairly believable vision of the old west in Van Heflin's simple farmer. Then, 50 years later, we got the big budget remake from James "Logan" Mangold, with Russell Crowe and

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01:07:50

Episode 21 - Cape Fear

The Good, The Bad and The Remake: Movie Podcast ·

2021/05/19

CONTENT WARNING: The films discussed this week contain scenes of sexual assault, which we felt we had to address. A brace of violent psychological thrillers this week, starting with the 1962 J. Lee Thompson classic, Cape Fear, starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum. Shockingly edgy for when it came out, it was a new experience for 2/3rds of the GBR team, so the big question is, can a film that's pushing 60 still retain the power to genuinely unnerve, or have cinematic boundaries of taste and

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00:58:11

Episode 20 - Zero Hour! and Airplane!

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2021/05/12

This week, something completely different to anything we've done before, as a 1950's B-movie is turned into a comedy for all time, while sticking surprisingly close to the original's story, script and even performances. Zero Hour! is a straightforward slice of mid-budget disaster movie, as a former military pilot has to use his long-dormant skills to save a flight beleagured by food poinsoning and a storm, while carrying his estranged wife and son as passengers. None of the team had seen this

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01:17:08

Episode 19 - The Taking of Pelham 123

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2021/05/05

The two films under review today - one from 1974 directed by Joseph Sargent, the other from 2009 and directed by Tony Scott - have something in common, beyond them sharing a plot and title. Both, in very distinct ways, act as monuments to the cinematic styles of the period they come from. Sargent's film is grimy and unglamorous, with an unmistakably '70s score. Scott's film is full of rolling cars, hyperactive editing and John Travolta. Which one will come out on top and can Tony Scott enter the

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01:14:32

Episode 18 - Footloose

The Good, The Bad and The Remake: Movie Podcast ·

2021/04/28

An 80s classic that none of the team had seen this week, the arrival of Mr Kevin Bacon (and his six degrees of separation) in a foot-stomping, illegal dancing, modern musical. Does it still stand on its loose two feet 35 years on, or is it just fondly remembered by the generation that grew up with it? Following it up, the 2011 remake from Craig 'Hustle & Flow' Brewer, this time populated with professional dancers instead of scrappy, up-and-coming actors. The wrinkle is that Ben has seen this one

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01:15:19

Episode 17 - Dawn of the Dead

The Good, The Bad and The Remake: Movie Podcast ·

2021/04/21

We're dishing up some more horror this week, with George A Romero's seminal 70s classic, Dawn of the Dead ('78) and the big budget feature debut of the sometimes controversial Zack Snyder, Dawn of the Dead ('04). They both partly take place in malls and feature gore and the undead. That's pretty much where the comparisons end. So when there's no more room in DVD Hell, which film will walk the Earth? If you're interested in the team's views on non-remake properties, you can follow us on

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