There's simply no way to couch this: Hollywood would rather re-upholster

September 10, 2009 In the past several weeks we've learned we'll be treated to another "Excalibur," "Yellow Submarine," "Brewster's Millions," "Robin Hood," "Mother's Day," "Sex and the City" and "Barbarella." Just the way I was stunned when Universal decided to improve upon Audrey Hepburn with another "Charade" and Paramount plodded through an unfortunate phase redoing classics like "Sabrina" and "Four Feathers." There's even an idea to update "Random Harvest," one of my favorite films but also one of the most absurd plotwise, what with the heroine (Greer Garson) marrying the same man (Ronald Colman) twice, only he doesn't remember ...

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