Disney Film Urban Legends

Weekend: Your guide to entertainment in Northeast Pennsylvania

CLUBS

AMICI, 1300 Morgan Highway, Clarks Summit: Saturdays, Chris Gratz; Wednesdays, Marko Marcinko Jazz Group.

ANDY GAVIN'S, 1392 N. Washington Ave.: today, Crimson Tears.

BLU WASABI, Route 6, Dickson City: Tuesdays, Solo-Tu.

CLAM DIGGERS, Days Inn, Route 6, Dickson City: today, karaoke; Wednesday, Bike Nite.

COOPER'S CABANA, 204 Kennedy Blvd., Pittston: today, Mark Maros.

COOPER'S SCRANTON, 701 N. Washington Ave.: today, Last Call.

COVE HAVEN ENTERTAINMENT RESORTS, Lakeville: Cove Haven Resort: today, Howie Mandel and Group Du Jour; Pocono Palace Resort: today, Wildfire.

FORMOSA RESTAURANT, 727 S. State St., Clarks Summit: Thursdays, jazz music with Kenny McGraw and Ron Leas.

GUBBIO'S, Dunmore: today, Mike from Destination West.

HEIL'S PLACE, Wheeler Avenue, Dunmore: Monday, Grace's Downfall.

HUB LOUNGE, Clarion Hotel: Wednesdays, Open Mic Night; Fridays and Saturdays, Wise Crackers Comedy Show.

IRISH WOLF PUB, Linden Street: today, WFTE radio benefit; Monday, Nite Mania with Drew Kelly; Tuesday, karaoke with DJ More2luv; Wednesday; open mic with Jay Luke.

MANHATTAN DRIVE, Best Western Plus, Dunmore: Saturdays, The Girlz.

MOUNT AIRY CASINO RESORT, Mount Pocono: today, Donna Antanow and Marko Marcinko Jazz Duo.

POOR RICHARD'S PUB, 125 Beech St.: Fridays and Saturdays, DJ Honey Do.

RADISSON AT LACKAWANNA STATION HOTEL, 700 Lackawanna Ave.: Saturdays, Tony Costa Trio.

RUTH'S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE, Mohegan Sun Casino, Wilkes-Barre: Fridays and Saturdays, Jim Waltich Jazz Trio.

SAMBUCA GRILL, 234 Penn Ave.: Fridays and Saturdays, The Incredible Paul Ardito.

SKYTOP LODGE, Skytop: Saturdays, Doug Smith Orchestra.

STATIC NIGHT CLUB, I-81, Scott Exit 199: Fridays and Saturdays, DJ Latin Night Club.

MUSIC

PROVIDENCE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FREE MUSIC SERIES: vocalist Alissa Swarts, today, 10 a.m., 1145 Providence Road.

NAY AUG PARK CONCERTS: Joe Stanky and the Cadets, today, 2 p.m.; Bill Arnold Band, July 31, 2 p.m.; Music Festival featuring student musicians, July 31, 3:30 to 8 p.m.; West 3rd Street, Aug. 7, 2 p.m.; Brass Majors, Aug. 14, 2 p.m.; Tom Hamilton Jazztet, Aug. 21, 2 p.m.; Paulette & Tony Costa Quintet, Aug. 28, 2 p.m.

ANNUAL FREE SUMMER CONCERT IN THE PARK: today, 6 to 8 p.m., Rippy Callahan Recreational Park in Mellow Court, Jermyn.

SUMMER CONCERTS: Shepherd's Grove Pavilion, behind East Benton United Methodist Church, off Interstate 81, Exit 201, East Benton; Soul Purpose, today, 7 p.m.; Jim Reeves, Aug. 7, 7 p.m.; The Helmsmen, Aug. 28, 7 p.m.; Lenoxville Band and others for Patriotic Night, Sept. 11, 6 p.m.

Let's Count Down … Hannah's Best And Worst Of Movie Remakes ...

) Decided that the only logical step was to … make it again! Except with American accents and his name in the credits.

Remakes have always been a bit of a sticking point for me, and a wonderful maypole of debate around which people on the internet can dance for days, correcting the grammar of other posters with razor-sharp disdain and calling people “n00bs” for liking Gore Verbinski’s version of The Ring. While I can see both sides of the debate, I have a painful and embarrassing nerve reflex that causes me to facepalm violently whenever I find out that a great film (usually foreign or low-budget) is going to be remade (usually by big studios with equally huge amounts of money and indifference). Soon we’ll see remakes of Chan Wook-Parks’s Oldboy is actually a decent film, but that’s purely because it’s almost a shot-for-shot, word-for-word remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 classic. When Van Sant was asked why he had even bothered, he simply replied with the wild, impassioned reason of, “So no one else would have to.” Yes, even the director openly admitted that the film was pointless. To make matters worse, the role of Norman Bates (once played with chilling finesse by Anthony Perkins) was given to Vince Vaughn. Vaughn can be a great comedy actor, not to mention the fact that he’s extremely will be enough to wash the taste of Tim Burton’s “reimagining” of monkey dystopia out of our mouths. Warning bells started going off when it was revealed that the shoes of Charlton Heston would be filled by Mark Whalberg AKA Marky Mark of Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. The final product lacked even the trademark weirdness of Burton’s usual fare, and was instead an uninspired and conservative summer blockbuster. Another film that probably would have got better reviews if people hadn’t already seen how good it could have been, the best that can be said for this remake is that the ape make-up was quite good.