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European films and their Hollywood remakes Will Leonardo DiCaprio top Mads Mikkelsen's performance in a remake of the Oscar-winning "Another Round"? As film history shows, the original is usually the better version — but there are some exceptions. Going on another round? It just won the Oscar for best international feature. Now, the Danish film "Another Round" is set to get a US remake, as reported by "Deadline." Thomas Vinterberg's dramedy about four friends on an epic drinking binge stars Mads Mikkelsen. Leonardo DiCaprio is slated to take over his role, but there’s no formal deal in pl...

Every now and then, one comes across an indie film that's so showily awful, so drenched in bathos and cliché, and yet features such a uniformly sharp cast that you have to wonder: "What is it with actors?" Or, if one already knows what it is with actors, "Did this material actually look good on paper?"  The heavy-sigh-inducing "Charlie Countryman" is just such a motion picture. It's a thoroughly queasy pastiche of magic-realism/coming-of-age/romantic-thriller/bloody-Chiclets nonsense (and when I say "nonsense" I am substituting a much stronger word). It starts on a note familiar to anyone...

Wolfgang Petersen, director of 'The NeverEnding Story' and 'Das Boot,' at 80 He's one of the most successful German filmmakers in Hollywood. Wolfgang Petersen's "Outbreak" also gained renewed popularity during the pandemic. 11 films by German director Wolfgang Petersen Overwhelming success: 'Das Boot' Wolfgang Petersen's war epic "Das Boot" was a spectacular movie success in the 1980s — first in Germany, and then in the US. Moviegoers got a strong adrenaline rush through this claustrophobic German submarine mission set in 1941 in the Atlantic Ocean. The film was nominated for six Oscars. 11...

news Wolfgang Petersen, director of 'The NeverEnding Story' and 'Das Boot,' at 80 dw.com 13/03/2021 Elizabeth Grenier (jk) He's one of the most successful German filmmakers in Hollywood. Wolfgang Petersen's "Outbreak" also gained renewed popularity during the pandemic. © picture-alliance/dpa/B. Munker Provided by Deutsche Welle When the COVID-10 pandemic broke out a year ago, many people turned to movies depicting the outbreak of a mysterious, deadly illness. Wolfgang Petersen's Outbreak from 1995 was one of those titles that suddenly reappeared on the list of most-watch...

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard Ready to feel old? It has been nearly 20 years since Vin Diesel set out to prove that Dominic Toretto wasn’t his only character willing to risk life and limb in the name of a good time. With the introduction of the 2002’s xXx and main character Xander Cage, Diesel etched out a place for himself in today’s Hollywood that would see the unconventional action star come back time and time again to kick ass, drive cars off bridges, and drink more Sobe than a turn-of-the-century teenager could take down at the local skate park. But what about the rest of...