Tag: Pulse
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The Case for Shot-for-Shot English-Language Remakes Is Trickier Than You Think
Taking an excellent international film, and plopping directly into the Hollywood system to try and prop it up as some new, exciting thing, has been a long-derided practice of big movie studios for decades. The butchering of classic, radical films like Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Pulse, and Fritz Lang’s M are all examples of…
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Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi 40th Anniversary Funko POPs, Action Figures & More Are Coming Soon
“Return of the Jedi” turns 40 this year, believe it or not, marking the last of the original trilogy to officially enter into the mid-life crisis age. Instead of buying a sports car, getting a single ear piercing, or hyper-fixating on working out, “Return of the Jedi” is instead celebrating this milestone with … wait…
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Indiana Jones Adventure Series Figures Coming From Hasbro
Indiana Jones has been a staple in the world of cinema and entertainment since the release of Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981. Harrison Ford became a cultural phenomenon and mainstay from that first film from Steven Spielberg. Now, you can take the magic of Raiders of the Lost Ark home with new Hasbro…
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‘The Nun’ Director Corin Hardy Boards Sky, Cinemax Drama ‘Gangs of London’
Corin Hardy is joining the gang. Fresh from helming box-office smash “The Nun,” Hardy has boarded Sky and Cinemax’s hotly anticipated drama series “Gangs of London.”Hardy will direct three episodes of the show about warring gangs, which marks Vice-backed Pulse Films’ move into high-end TV drama. Vice-backed Pulse is producing with Jane Featherstone’s Sister Pictures.Hardy…
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Berlin Film Review: ‘Foreboding’
For anyone whose experiences with the last few films from Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa have proven frustrating (and his recent run of form suggests the heady horror days of “Cure” and “Pulse” are gone), the English title of his latest project may sound rather appropriate. You’d do well to be wary: “Foreboding” plays like an…