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So striking and unique was Swedish actress Noomi Rapace’s portrayal of 21st century anti-heroine Lisbeth Salander in the original 2009 film that director David Fincher and screenwriter Steven Zaillian already had their work cut out adapting author Stieg Larsson’s complex first book of his Millennium trilogy as an English-language film. The plot is so complex [...]
This year’s line-up for the 68th Venice Film Festival, taking place between 31st August and 10th September, has been announced by the festival’s official website, and as expected, it’s more than a little bit fantastic, with a brilliant line-up of films set to screen in Italy. Heading the jury this year will be director Darren [...]
Re-releasing one of the finest horror films of the last ten years as its (surprisingly good) English language remake hits the cinemas is a very good thing, particularly in the case of Tomas Alfredson’s Let The Right One In which is out on Blu-ray and DVD today. A chilling take on the vampire mythology and [...]
It’s on record more than once than I loved Let the Right One In. The Swedish vampire film had a weighty soul and some outstandingly creepy and dark themes underneath the melancholy mixture of understatement and sudden violence. It’s one of the few films I recommend to everyone, regardless of their taste because I know [...]
We’ve championed the outstanding Let The Right One In on the site, and news of the inevitable English language adaptation of the John Ajvide Lindqvist novel made us more than a little sad. Yet we’re curious at the first images coming from the production, and the first official still to emerge is encouraging to those [...]
A couple of months ago I wrote a post here about why the remake of Let the Right One In, retitled Let Me In, might not be terrible. I am still very cautious about looking forward to this remake as it probably will be pretty bad but Moretz as Abby (Eli in the original) certainly [...]
When it was announced that the excellent Swedish film Let the Right One In was to be receive the Hollywood remake treatment it was not particularly surprising news. The original film had been almost universally praised but not widely seen by US audiences. Since the initial announcement further information has been released, Matt Reeves signed [...]
Following Tracy’s appalling experience with the sublime Let The Right One In further nails in the coffin of the Tomas Alfredson’s haunting adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s vampire novel appeared today with the announcement of the release date for the Matt Reeves directed remake. October the 1st is when our American cousins can choose to [...]
