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Total Recall (2012) Trailer: Anxieties of Influence

Among the many challenges involved in remaking an iconic film, not the least is creating the trailer and positioning the film vis a vis its original. Beyond the always demanding job of engaging unfamiliar or uninvested audiences in the movie … Continue reading

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Do you recall TOTAL RECALL (1990) and its memorable trailer?

In anticipation of the remake of Total Recall (2012), starring Colin Farrell and Kate Beckinsale reprising roles immortalized by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone, I reviewed the official trailer for the 1990 release, suspecting that that expensive, influential and critically … Continue reading

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HORRIBLE BOSSES: Just Red-Band It! (Post 2 of 2)

Since this is a Red Band, age-gated trailer (however porous such a barrier proves in reality, the impulse is nonetheless instructive), obscene language and mature sexual subject matters are emphasized and explicit. Jennifer Anniston, the sexually rapacious dentist, appears in … Continue reading

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