Basics

With the number of re-makes coming out these days, you’d think every original film idea had been used a dozen times. Not to say that it hasn’t (the black-white “buddy cop” film has practically become its own genre. Examples: Showtime (2002), Blue Streak (1999), The Man (2005), Money Train (1995) and Lethal Weapon (1987)). The reason Hollywood films are often pushed…