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1 November 2009 10:33 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Happy Halloween, Collider readers. Being the kind of guy I am, I’ve decided to forgo the tricks this year and offer up some treats. Specifically, some exclusive coverage of this year’s AFI Fest in Hollywood. Tonight that means two reviews of some of my most anticipated films that made their debuts over the last two nights. First up, we’ve got Wes Anderson’s “The Fantastic Mr. Fox”, followed by Joe Dante’s “The Hole”. Hit the jump to check them out.

First things first, “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” is oh so much more than its marketing would have you believe. Yes, the trailer is funny and gives you a hint of the film’s tone, but it shows nothing of the character and genuine emotion that the very talented animators were able to coax from those little puppets. This is where this film stands apart from the »

- Jackson Bishop

28 April 2009 11:35 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Universal is on a remake roll this week... after yesterday's announcement of their gloriously stupid plans to remake David Cronenberg's Videodrome, word has come down today that they've found another utterly original and uncompromising vision to reimagine... Just kidding. But The Hollywood Reporter is threatening that Universal will be remaking Ate de Jong's Drop Dead Fred, the 1991 comedy stinker starring Phoebe Cates (red bikini) and Rik Mayall (The Young Ones). The film is about a young woman whose life begins to unravel both professionally and socially until her imaginary childhood friend reappears in her life... and proceeds to make things even worse. Universal is catering the title role for Russell Brand's (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) particular form of comic mayhem. The plan is to focus more on the concept of imaginary friends and where they come from, where they go, and why they're all British. This should be an interesting case for remake reactionaries. (I'm »

- Rob Hunter

27 April 2009 11:02 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Russell Brand’s bid for world domination may have hit a snag, with today’s news that the hedge-haired Brit comedian has agreed to star in a remake of, erm, Drop Dead Fred.Yes, that Drop Dead Fred – the Rik Mayall atrocity from 1991, in which the Bottom star played Phoebe Cates’ anarchic imaginary best friend. Awful in a way that only Tom Green fans could begin to recognise and appreciate, it’s somehow garnered something of a cult following over the years, enough to make Universal feel that a Brand-led remake might be just the ticket.Dennis McNicholas, one of the writers on the upcoming Will Ferrell comedy, Land Of The Lost, will write the script for the movie, which will focus more on the world of imaginary friends, with Brand, as you’d expect, taking on the Mayall role. Let’s hope he’s nowhere near as annoying.We »

3 articles from 2009