Remake Schmemake

Apr 12 2024 35 ep. 68 mins

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A movie podcast that agrees to disagree. Your hosts: CHARLES only has Netflix and Prime, neither of which yield much in the way of his movie faves. In fact, he still checks out DVDs from the library! He’s more of a Criterion Collection guy than a New Release Blockbuster type, and will probably be erring on the side of championing the originals. JOSEPH has not had cable for the past decade and manages to satisfy his movie cravings mostly through streaming platforms. He gravitates towards remakes over the original versions.

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Godzilla (1954)

Apr 12 2024 71 mins

Most people have seen at least one Godzilla movie. Everyone's heard the unmistakable roar. But the first (and Charles thinks the best, much to Joseph's chagrin) is the original, the Numero Uno, the Ichiban: Gojira 1954 from Japan, directed by Ishiro Honda! This mean-ass monster, conceived and hatched in the ocean depths during the aftermath of the initial terrors of the Nuc

The Grudge (2004)

Feb 23 2024 68 mins

The English counterpart, The Grudge, takes us to America--no, wait. This remake takes place in Japan as well, in a similar house, and helmed by the same director, with the same murderous trio of obake! The only difference is that now there are a bunch of American expats around who are even less able to cope with it all. There's Sarah Michelle Gellar's pensive and perplexed

Ju-On (2002)

Feb 09 2024 66 mins

Nobody does horror quite like Japan, and it's fascinating to see the original Grudge before the Americans got ahold of it. This also serves as a reminder of the importance of full disclosure in real estate! Join us as we watch various unfortunate well-meaning Nihonjin try to cope with a raven-haired glottal fly wraith mom, a catty kid in eyeliner, and a nail-biter of a dad. And

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Jan 12 2024 83 mins

In keeping with Disney’s trend (for better or worse) of remaking its animated features as live action/CGI curiosities, we jump now to 2017 with Beauty and the Beast! Gasp and recoil with us as we take in Emma Watson’s two (perhaps 2.5) expressions and stooped shoulders, the monochromatic color palette, and the scary facelessness of the enchanted objects. Were those spoilers tha

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Dec 29 2023 76 mins

DaBoyz are back after a loooooong hiatus! And for our reintroduction to our worldwide audience (hello Yemen!), we chose Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the groundbreaking animated feature from 1991 and the first animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Picture! Join us as we discuss the splendid artwork, the Many Faces of Belle, and Jo Anne Worley’s star tu

Footloose (2011)

Feb 17 2023 73 mins

Joseph finds Julianne Hough rather...brazen? Charles finds...Andie MacDowell. 'Nuff said. Footloose words by Dean Pitchford and Kenny Loggins, Music by Kenny Loggins. Let's Hear It For the Boy Words by Dean Pitchford, Music by Tom Snow. Almost Paradise words by Dean Pitchford, Music by Eric Carmen. Dancing in the Sheets words and music by Dean Pitchfor

Footloose (1984)

Feb 10 2023 76 mins

Charles remembers when Footloose came out in '84. He was in college and didn't see it. Joseph saw it on Betamax as a youngster. But the soundtrack was ubiquitous, inescapable, and enjoyable to listen and dance to. And now, finally watching the movie after all years, the one question on Charles' mind is "Where's the dance?" This big dance-filled extravaganza turns out to be -- well,

The Fly (1986)

Dec 09 2022 67 mins

Take a sip of an adult beverage every time Charles says "horrifying!" He's mostly sorry for the repetitiveness, but sometimes there's only one word that truly does a feeling justice. There is plenty of horror here, specifically of the body kind that only David Cronenberg can deliver. Experience oodles of errant skin appendages, a plethora of melting extremities, and buckets of dige

The Fly (1958)

Dec 02 2022 64 mins

Yes, it's campy, but we love (Charles loves) The Fly! Vincent Price has only a supporting role but lends his--ahem--"highly cultured" presence to the proceedings, and this film actually vaulted his career. A strawberry blonde actress is given awkward-scene-after-awkward-scene to play, but acquits herself, if not admirably, at least memorably. Special kudos go to Emma the maid, who

A Star Is Born (2018)

Nov 18 2022 69 mins

From 1932’s What Price Hollywood?, to A Star Is Born from 1937, 1954, 1976, and now 2018! This classic story of boy meets girl/girl gets famous/boy hits the skids never dies--it just gets a new Oscar-winning single. This time it’s the one and only GaGAAAAAA (more on that later), also winning our hearts and pleasing our ears, along with the hard-to-understand Bradley