BucketCast : Episode 9 : 4.25.2010

This week, Danny and Michael review the comic book adaptation The Losers; the documentary Best Worst Movie, about the making of Troll 2; and the soon-to-be-released Michael Caine crime-drama Harry Brown. Also: Danny provides an update on his watchdog project on UltraStar Cinemas. Download the episode here or get it on iTunes.

Death at a Funeral (2010) – 2 Buckets

There have been several literal film remakes made in recent years—Gus Van Sant and Michael Haneke’s respective shot-for-shot updates of Psycho and Funny Games spring to mind—but never have I encountered one as unnecessary as the new Death at a Funeral. Essentially a straightforward “blackification” of the 2007 British farce, I could just picture the studio-heads’ financially motivated [...]