The Weekly Rant – July 6, 2007

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:52:06 +0000

This week The Weekly Rant covers a wee bit of Iron Man, Live Free or Die Hard, of course I have to talk about Transformers and the goings on of the super-secret J.J. Abrams monster movie with the codename: “Cloverfield.”

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Remake Alert: The Dirty Dozen

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:07:13 +0000

Add this one to my list of movies that should NOT be remade, revisited, re-imagined or otherwise messed with.

Zak Penn is working on a screenplay for a new version of the classic World War II film The Dirty Dozen. If you haven’t seen it, you’re missing out – It’s the story of a tough Army officer who has been tasked with recruiting ex-military criminals for a suicide mission deep into Nazi territory. The film starred a man’s man list of actors from the 60′s: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown & George Kennedy. It also had some not so macho but awesome supporting actors like Telly Savalas, John Cassavettes and Donald Sutherland.

The original is one of those movies that I like to watch at least ...

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The Weekly Rant – July 6, 2007

Remake Alert: The Dirty Dozen