As is always the case when a remake is announced, there was a lot of criticism before this movie saw the light of day. The standard reactions like “You should not touch a classic”, “Hollywood can’t create anything original” etcetera could be read everywhere. Those were understandable, but you really can’t say anything about the quality of a movie until you have seen it. I’ll have to admit that I’ve only seen parts of the original, so the story was mostly new to me. Does Annie, starring Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild, 12 Years a Slave), successfully manage to inject the movie with a new energy that makes it refreshing? Continue reading →