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Looking for some otherworldly thrills? This remake of the 1973 movie The Wicker Man may be just what you're looking for.
Edward Malus (Nicolas Cage) is a motorcycle cop. He does his job the best he can, but sadly doesn't always
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by Donald Lind
Wicker Man' is just plain bad
The horror movie genre regularly devours its older films and regurgitates them as new several years later. The last few years have been especially bad as far as churning out inferior remakes goes.
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I'm a big fan of the 73 version of The Wicker Man; so much so I have every release of the movie on DVD or Video in the UK since year dot! As well as some great releases from other countries. Like many people the prospect of a
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by Kevin Powers
Let me just start off by saying that I am not a fan of the original British version of the film with Christopher Lee. I just recently viewed it for the very first time just prior to seeing this remake and I must say it is heavily
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Plot- A letter from an old flame lures Cop Edward Malus (Nicholas Cage) to Summerisle, to investigate the disappearance of a missing girl. Malus finds the island community unwilling to cooperate with his enquiries and suspects -
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by Movie Pulse
I am sure there are a few fan boys of the original Wicker Man who have been eagerly awaiting to see how the remake is. I have not seen the original, so this will not be a comparison of the two reportedly different films. What
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The summer of 2006 gave us many Hollywood remakes. One of them is a remake of the 1974 British Screenplay The Wicker Man. I have seen the original twice (by choice) with my English professor and it's one of my favorite movies.
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The Wicker Man
The Wicker Man, filmed in 1968, is a British horror cult classic. It stars Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee and Brit Eckland. Woodwood plays Neil Howie, a police sergeant with the west highlands constabulary who
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As I watched The Wicker Man with Nicholas Cage, I got the impression that the movie was making an attempt to create plot twists at every turn, which made it a bit difficult to follow. The main character's numerous flashbacks
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by John Gugie
Police Sgt. Howie (Edward Woodward), of the Scotland police, receives an anonymous letter from the island farming community of Summerisle, asking him to investigate the disappearance of a young girl, Rowan Morrison, there. He
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Everyone doesn't like it when their favorite film gets remade. I for one hated the Bad News Bears remake. The Wicker Man is no exception, but that doesn't make it a truely horrible movie. It has it's moments, but they are short.
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by Wes Laurie
Nic Cage makes this film. His over-done, eccentric style of acting fits the part perfectly and kept me entertained...with anyone else in the role I think this movie would have been a complete stink-bomb.
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