Total Recall

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(2012) (Remake)

Genre: Action/Sci-Fi

Director: Len Wiseman

Writers: Kurt Wimmer, Mark Bomback, Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, Jon Povill, Philip K. Dick

Producers: Toby Jaffe, Ric Kidney, Paula Kucharski, Neal H. Moritz, Len Wiseman

Synopsis: Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police - controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world - Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. -- (Written by Sony Pictures)

Cast:

• Colin Farrell
• Kate Beckinsale
• Jessica Biel
• Bryan Cranston
• Bill Nighy

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A Perfect Murder

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(1998) (Remake)

Genre: Thriller

Director: Andrew Davis

Writer: Patrick Smith Kelly, Frederick Knott

Producers: Lowell D. Blank, Stephen Brown, Mitchell E. Dauterive, Nana Greenwald, Anne Kopelson, Arnold Kopelson, Peter Macgregor-Scott, Christopher Mankiewicz, Lisa Reardon, Teresa Tucker-Davies

Synopsis: A Perfect Murder is based on Frederick Knott's play Dial "M" for Murder, filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954. Married to commodities trader Stephen Taylor (Michael Douglas), Emily Bradford (Gwyneth Paltrow) is romantically involved with artist David Shaw (Viggo Mortensen). Aware of this affair, Stephen researches David's past, visits his loft studio, and informs David that he knows about his aliases, jail sentences, and various cons and scams directed at rich women. Then Stephen offers David $500,000 to murder Emily, and David agrees. The plan is calculated to make the murder look like an accident, but events soon go on an unscheduled course. Enter Detective Mohamed Karaman (David Suchet). Knott's original play opened June 1952 in London, followed by a New York run that began October 1952. Several books and sources describe how Hitchcock's film was made in 3-D but neglect to mention that, despite trade screenings in 3-D, Dial M for Murder was originally released in 1954 with ordinary, flat 2-D prints. It was finally shown to audiences in 3-D during the mid-'80s. ~ (Written by Bhob Stewart)

Cast:

• Michael Douglas
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• Viggo Mortensen

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12 Angry Men

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(1997) (Remake)

Genre: Drama

Director: William Friedkin

Writer: Reginald Rose

Producers: Terence A. Donnelly

Synopsis: Made for cable television remake of the 1957 classic about twelve jurors quick to condemn a Latino youth on trial for murdering his father before reviewing the evidence. Juror #8 holds out with a verdict of not guilty, thus setting the stage for arguments and reasons why or why not the boy may be guilty. (Written by Humberto Amador)

Cast:

• Courtney B. Vance
• Ossie Davis
• George C. Scott
• Armin Mueller-Stahl
• Dorian Harewood
• James Gandolfini
• Jack Lemmon
• Tony Danza
• Hume Cronyn
• Mykelti Williamson
• Edward James Olmos
• William Peterson

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The Haunting

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 (1999) (Remake)

Genre: Horror

Director: Jan de Bont

Writer: David Self, Shirley Jackson

Producers: Susan Arnold, Jan de Bont, Marty P. Ewing, Donna Roth, Colin Wilson, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Steven Spielberg

Synopsis: A remake of the classic 1963 movie "The Haunting" about a team of paranormal experts who look into strange occurrences in an ill-fated house. Through the course of the night some will unravel, some will question, and all will fight for their lives as the house fights back. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Lily Taylor
• Catherine Zeta-Jones
• Liam Neeson
• Owen Wilson
• Bruce Dern

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Death At A Funeral

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(2010) (Hollywood Remake)

Genre: Comedy

Director: Neil LaBute

Writer: Dean Craig

Synopsis: A funeral ceremony turns into a debacle of exposed family secrets and misplaced bodies. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Chris Rock
• Martin Lawrence
• Zoe Saldana
• Luke Wilson
• Tracy Morgan
• James Marsden
• Regina Hall
• Danny Glover
• Loretta Devine
• Keith David

 

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Funny Games

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 (2007) Hollywood Remake

Genre: Psychological Thriller/Horror

Director: Michael Haneke

Writer: Michael Haneke

Synopsis: In this English-language remake of a deconstruction in the way violence is portrayed in the media, a family settles into its vacation home, which happens to be the next stop for a pair of young, articulate, white-gloved serial killers on an excursion through the neighborhood. (Written by MuzikJunky)

 Cast:

• Naomi Watts
• Tim Roth
• Michael Pitt
• Brady Corbet
• Siobhan Fallon

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