The cast of the live-action “How to Train Your Dragon” (Gerard Butler, Nick Frost, Nico Parker, Mason Thames, Julian Dennison ...

What broke my cinema stalemate was surprisingly not something new, but the very thing I had been avoiding for months: Remakes.

The uniquely titled Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, from filmmaker Embeth Davidtz, is a South African drama based on Alexandra Fuller 's memoir about a White Zimbabwean family after the Rhodesian ...