I was fortunate to see The Last of Sheila at the Egyptian Theater last month, with stars Dyan Cannon and Richard Benjamin in attendance. It’s a movie that I’d seen … Continue Reading Kristen Recasts the Classics: The Last of Sheila (1973)
I keep being pulled to the 1960s with this column between this and my last post on Sunday in New York. There’s just something about the period that makes it … Continue Reading Kristen Recasts the Classics: Bunny Lake is Missing
I swear this series isn’t meant to be a Cliff Robertson appreciation section even though the last time I did one of these it was about Gidget. But after a … Continue Reading Kristen Recasts the Classics: Sunday in New York
Readers of the site know my love for the ’50s tale of spunky girl surfer, Gidget. The movie saw two sequels as well as a TV-series and TV-movies, but no … Continue Reading Kristen ReCasts the Classics: Gidget
Before you all start hyperventilating, there are currently no talks to remake Casablanca. Repeat, there are currently NO TALKS to remake Casablanca! That being said, with everything old being new … Continue Reading Kristen Recasts the Classics: Casablanca
Back in 2011 and still navigating the waters of having the highest grossing picture of all time with Avatar, Titanic director James Cameron announced he was actively involved in a … Continue Reading Kristen Recasts the Classics: Forbidden Planet
One of two features you fans wanted to see was the return of Kristen Recasts the Classics. Ask and ye shall receive! Before you get into a lather, Hollywood doesn’t … Continue Reading Kristen Recasts the Classics: Elmer Gantry
Technically, American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy stole my thunder on this with the recent announcement that Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon would take on the roles of Bette Davis … Continue Reading Kristen Recasts the Classics: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Hollywood’s attempted to remake W.S. Van Dyke’s The Thin Man for decades. Around 2010 the remake got one step closer to production with the announcement that director Rob Marshall would … Continue Reading Kristen Recasts the Classics: The Thin Man
You might have read about the plans to remake Alfred Hitchcock’s 1951 film, Strangers on a Train. If you missed the details you can read it about it in … Continue Reading Kristen Recasts the Classics: Strangers on a Train
As I reported last week, James Ellroy (author of L.A. Confidential) is penning a remake of the classic Otto Preminger tale, Laura. As much as it pains me to do … Continue Reading Kristen ReCasts the Classics: Laura
I’m pained writing this post, but like death and taxes remakes are inevitable. Movies received the remake treatment since the first film was shot in front of a camera, and … Continue Reading Kristen Recasts the Classics: West Side Story
It’s been awhile since I’ve recast any classics, the last one being about the Guys and Dolls remake. Interestingly, I’ve gotten quite a few comments about my Rebecca recast, and … Continue Reading Kristen ReCasts the Classics: I Married a Witch
I started this column looking at the “brilliant” idea Hollywood has to remake Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca. I figured I’d have a few months, at least, before the next round of … Continue Reading Kristen Recasts the Classics: Guys and Dolls
I’ve mentioned on Twitter over the last month or so about doing a feature wherein I give my casting suggestion on the countless unnecessary remakes of classic films that are being … Continue Reading Kristen ReCasts the Classics: Rebecca
