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Everything You’ve Ever Loved To Get Remade And Ruined

12:21AM Richard Lawson | Officially out of ideas, Hollywood continues to mine the recent past for any bit of something worth reviving. Movies that you and I both loved once. Plays that the English loved many centuries ago. More »

Like, This Is So Totally Embarrassing: Our Top Five Classic ‘Valley Girls’

8:30AM Molly Friedman | As THR reported recently, MGM is planning a musical remake of the cult classic Valley Girl, which became the epitome of everything the magical land of acrylic nails and gum chewing addictions stood for in the early `80s. However, the remake is ruffling the feathers of many an industry insider, mainly because the brains behind this project are less interested in revisiting the infamous twang and mall headquarters associated with girls from the Valley, a group the film arguably captured better than any successor. Instead, the epic soundtrack will serve as the reincarnation’s primary subject. But whether or not the idea tanks, we’re just happy to have the chance to round up our five favourite on-screen Valley Girls to ever gag us with a spoon: More »

‘10,’ ‘Valley Girl’ Lead Charge as Terrifying Remake Fever Grips Hollywood

6:20AM Defamer Hollywood | Because the week wasn’t ruined enough with RoboCop news and word of Gene Simmons judging ad jingles, the End of Ideas caravan rolls on today with not one, not two but three whole fucking remake concepts for us to dread — none more irritating than Hyde Park’s reimagining of Blake Edwards’s classic 10. It’s not that the Dudley Moore/Bo Derek comedy is untouchable, but at least Edwards doesn’t have hold it down while the new producers rape it: More »