“Straw Dogs” is an artful provocation — a meditation on masculinity and societal mores in the guise of an explosive thriller. While remaking Sam Peckinpah’s controversial 1971 classic, writer-director ...

As a remake of the 1971 Pekinpah classic, Rod Lurie’s Straw Dogs serves to expose layers of polarity deeply rooted within modern American culture. Newlyweds David Sumner (James Marsden) and Amy (the ...

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Director Rod Lurie’s remake of the 1971 Sam Peckinpah classic "Straw Dogs" has all the grit of the original, but none of its nuance. This go-around stars James Marsden ("X-Men") as a pacifistic ...

With the arrival of the 1970s came a nationwide re-evaluation of the ideal “viewing audience” in American cinema. Filmmakers undertook a collective effort to appeal to the interests of a variety of ...