Tag: adaptation
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Street Fighter (2026)
I’ve seen review headlines calling Street Fighter a mess. And, well, it very well may be. But it’s a damn fun mess, knows exactly what it’s trying to do, and got everyone in it on the same page to deliver a ton of wild fun. Yes, the plot “progression” is a bit disjointed and makes…
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Salem’s Lot (2024)
Well, Salem’s Lot… that definitely wasn’t full of sexy vampires, as promised. It’s been a long time since I revisited the original Salem’s Lot made-for-tv movie from 1979. And I can’t remember anything about the theatrically released follow-up to that Return to Salem’s Lot. But I do remember the 2004 mini-series a little bit… mostly…
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Hair: You Know Some of the Songs and None of the Plot
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a bit of a fan of the classic American Musical. That cuts off around the mid-60s, a little after West Side Story. Anything after that I likely haven’t had a lot of exposure to (which is one of the oversights I’m trying to fix lately). The stage version of Hair…
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
This wasn’t one of the movies I’d really planned on seeing in theaters, let alone on it’s opening weekend. But an old friend was in town and, after dinner, we decided to hit up a movie. Of everything that was playing that neither of us had seen, we chose Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, kind of…