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| Hi, there! We’re gearing up for a new Fast and the Furious movie in theaters plus XO, Kitty on Netflix. And if you’re caught up on your regular viewing, we’re listing some of our favorite remakes that stand up to the originals. Happy viewing! |
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 | | White Men Can’t Jump | | Kenya Barris (Black-ish) co-wrote this remake of the classic 1992 comedy, starring Jack Harlow and Sinqua Walls as mismatched basketball players who team up and overcome self-doubt and naysayers. | | Where to watch |
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 | | XO, Kitty | | Kitty is about to learn the hard way that it’s a lot easier to give her sister romantic advice than follow it herself—and we can’t wait for this expansion of the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Universe! | | Where to watch |
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 | | Selling Sunset | | A new agent joins the team, adding a frisson of tension and drama—but let’s be real, the true star of this long-running series is the jaw-dropping L.A. real estate. This is basically Zillow on steroids. | | Where to watch |
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 | | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | | Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar-winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), Brooklyn’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society. A cast of new characters includes Issa Rae as Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman), Daniel Kaluuya as Hobie Brown (Spider-Punk), Jason Schwartzman as The Spot, and Oscar Isaac as Miguel O’Hara (Spider-Man 2099). Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse swings into movie theaters on June 2nd. Advanced tickets now on sale! |  |
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- The title of this film is Zulu for “many effects.”
- Scarlett Johansson auditioned for the role that went to Kirsten Dunst.
- There were concerns about casting Robin Williams in this tightly scripted film, but he promised to hold the improvising to a minimum.
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| Faster & Furiouser |
| The Fast and the Furious franchise hits the double-digit mark with this installment boasting four Oscar winners and Jason Momoa. Does X mark the spot or is there no treasure to be found here? |
- "When this group is all together, racing around and blowing things up, it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of it all. But with some of these stories—especially Cena and Perry’s journey—managing to be fun, they seem inconsequential." — Collider
- "While Hollywood’s highest-octane franchise shows no signs of slowing, it was crazy reckless to give the green light to such a clunker." — Variety
- "Fast X’s bizarrely self-serious approach might be palatable if every subplot apart from Dom’s didn’t reduce its characters to Looney Tunes versions of themselves." — Inverse
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| The premier of the White Men Can’t Jump remake on Hulu got us thinking—how many remakes surpass the original? Here are three that became iconic in their own rights. |
 | | Ocean’s 11 | | Sorry Sinatra—the Rat Pack’s original heist film doesn’t hold a candle to the suave sophistication of Steven Soderbergh’s remake, starring a never-better George Clooney and Brad Pitt. And unlike the 1960 movie, this one holds up. | | Where to watch |
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 | | The Fly | | David Cronenberg took a low-budget 1958 horror film and created a classic of body horror, as Jeff Goldblum’s mad scientist descends into insanity and morphs into a giant fly while terrorizing lover Geena Davis. Plus, the film gave us the immortal tagline “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” | | Where to watch |
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 | | Little Shop of Horrors | | The micro-budget Roger Corman film about a man-eating plant became a beloved classic with the premiere of the musical adaptation Off-Broadway—leading to the film version that is known and beloved (and sung) by generations. | | Where to watch |
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| See the full list of remakes that are better than the original movie! | |
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 | Coming Soonish |
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👋 A petition to replace the Love Is Blind hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey has over 40,000 signatures!
🧜♀️ Only one week until Disney’s remake of the beloved 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid hits theaters!
🤖 Futurama is being revived this summer for another season! Streaming on Hulu on July 24!
🦸 The CW, known for their DC Comics-inspired superhero shows, is reinventing their network. |
| Guess the Movie Answer | | Relive the chaos with Jumanji now streaming on Peacock! |
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