Is a Secret in Their Eyes Remake Really Necessary?

Secret In Their EyesDirected by Billy RayOpens November 20
Remaking a great crime movie has generally proven ill-advised, even for exceptional directors. Realistically, the hope is merely for a self-consciously jaunty update, like Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven or F. Gary Gray’s The Italian Job. The challenge of bringing something fresh to the table is a stiff one. The typical means of trying to meet it are to employ actors with screen personae comparable to but distinct f