Send us Fan Mail It is too easy to suggest that remakes are a bad idea and yes, there are some pointless stinkers to pick from. But if you look properly you will find there are some absolute classics which are remakes, possibly many films that you had no idea were remakes, either from a film with a different name, a film made long ago, or a foreign language film. Remakes are tricky, get it wrong and everyone asks what was the point of making it in the first place (apart from money)? Som...