This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam compare the classic Straw Dogs to Rod Lurie's new remake, try to get excited about a new Blade Runner film, and wonder whether or not story still matters in modern movies. Special guest Jordan Raup joins us from The Film Stage. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or…
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Last night, director Rod Lurie debuted the poster for his remake of Straw Dogs via Twitter. Or he debuted a poster; this may not be the final promo image, but it is the latest representation of the movie to come from an official source. And it is striking as hell, because the poster recreates the…
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I'm going to have to hold my thoughts on this footage for Rod Lurie's remake of the landmark Sam Peckinpah film Straw Dogs, because after watching the trailer a couple times I'm still second-guessing what the intentions are. What I can see is that this trailer is selling a very straight-up thriller, in which James…
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When Hop came out last month, bringing James Marsden back into the public eye, I wondered one thing: where the hell is Straw Dogs? Rod Lurie scripted and directed a remake of Sam Peckinpah's polarizing film nearly two years ago, putting the movie into production in late 2009. Doing so attracted no small amount of…
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This post is probably going to be a bit like kicking a beehive. Every time we run an article about the upcoming Thor movie, starring Chris Hemsworth as the Norse god of Marvel comics and legend, there is a flurry of comments reiterating the fan opinion that Alexander Skarsgård should have been the one cast.…
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We've known the main names in Rod Lurie's remake of Sam Peckinpah's shattering film Straw Dogs. James Marsden, Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard are toplining the film, which is in production in Louisiana right now. But yesterday Lurie mentioned two more names on Facebook: James Woods and Dominic Purcell. (Who needs the trades when directors…
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Variety have named Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard, alongside the previously cast James Marsden, as the three key players in the Straw Dogs remake. Marsden will be playing a screenwriter relocating to Mississippi from LA, Bosworth his wife who travelled to La La Land with aspirations to become an actress, and Skarsgard her high school…
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