Not even a huge crush on Jude Law will make you fall in love with Hollywood's shallow remake of "Alfie." Originally played by Michael Caine in the now classic 1966 version, Alfie is the quintessential ...
Despite his many memorable leading man performances over the years, Jude Law has at least one regret in his filmography. The 2x Oscar nominee recently reflected on director Charles Shyer’s 2004 remake ...
What’s it all about, this parade of remakes from Paramount Pictures? First “The Stepford Wives,” then “The Manchurian Candidate” and now “Alfie”? “Alfie” is the best of the lot, but it still feels ...
IF YOU want to know the difference between original and copy, between quality and mediocrity, just watch "Alfie" starring Jude Law. Then rent a DVD version of the 1966 British original starring ...
Jude Law's Alfie, much like Michael Caine's Alfie in the 1966 original, is what you'd call an unrepentant womanizer. He beds 'em but never weds 'em, and New York provides ample opportunity to continue ...
ALFIE. With Jude Law, Susan Sarandon, Sienna Miller, Marisa Tomei. Director: Charles Shyer (1:43). R: Sexuality/nudity, language, drug use. 2 Stars. The 1966 and 2004 adaptations of Bill Naughton’s ...
Coffee at Starbucks: $3.50. Hair products from Bravco: $15. A pair of Helmut Lang low waist, boot cut, contour fit jeans: $210. Watching “Alfie” director Charles Shyer shop his way through Chicago: ...
Watching the first half of “Alfie” is like flipping through the Christmas issue of Vogue. The cast is beautiful, the clothes and apartments are stylish and classy, and the shallow plot unfolds in a ...
Things have changed since 1966, and Charles Shyer’s remake of “Alfie” reminds us of just how much. The urban morality fable that presented Michael Caine as a predatory Cockney womanizer at the dawn of ...
The new Alfie is the kind of film that millions of self-righteous voters who elected George W Bush might love. Except the updated story of a small 1966 British gem is so dull and shallow, it may even ...