LET ME IN Getting Raves!

When it was first announced, the American remake of the critically acclaimed Let the Right One In was met with “boos”.  Lots of “boos”.   But now that the film is done, and the reviews are trickling in, “cheers” is a better description of the reaction.  Great when a filmmaker confounds expectations.

Bloody Disgusting sets the tone:

Ultimately, if the Swedish version is near perfection, Matt Reeves’s version achieves complete supremacy. Masterpiece is an overused word, but it’s hard to think of another so powerful. Let Me In is the new standard for vampire movies.

IGN offers a similar sentiment:

Touching and terrifying in equal measure, Let Me In, is every bit as good as the Swedish original, meaning that we now have two masterful takes on the same story, both of which deserve and demand to be seen.

Twitch simplifies it to this:

What I do know is that while neither film is perfect both are pretty damn good and a host of people unfamiliar with the story are about to get a treat.

And the Huff Post makes it even simpler:

Let the Right One In was one of the best films of 2008. Let Me In is one of the best films of 2010.

Looks like this one has entered “must-see” terrain.

Audio: “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir”

Sit back and listen to one of the most beguiling ghost stories of  all … The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.  This radio adaptation stars Charles Boyer and Madeleine Carroll.

O’Quinn, Emerson, Abrams Team for New Series!

Yup, it’s true!   “Lost” alums Terry O’Quinn and Michael Emerson are teaming up for a new series created by J.J. Abrams.  And NBC just picked it up, even before a pilot has been filmed.

Little is known about the series, entitled “Odd Jobs”, except that it involves two ex-special forces officers.  The pilot is being penned by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec.  Scribes who are also working with Abrams on the screenplay for Mission Impossible IV.