Announcing the Film. Release. Repeat. Blogathon!

Jim/Quiggy of The Midnite Drive-In and I are gearing up to co-host our first event of 2026!  We're very excited to bring you the Film. Release. Repeat Blogathon.  This is a blogathon dedicated to sequels and remakes, those movies that came about because some Hollywood executive somewhere figured if one movie was good, why not have two?  Or four?  Or more?

Obviously, sometimes remakes are just as good as the original that inspired them.  Sometimes, they're better.  And sometimes... well, sometimes, they're a cheap cash grab, and we all know it.  And the same goes for sequels!  Sometimes, a movie is well-suited to creating a franchise, and sometimes it should have been left to stand on its own.

There are soooooo many ways you can join this blogathon!  You can review a movie a remake.  You can compare a movie and its remake.  You can review one or more movies in a series.  Is it a remake or sequel that improves on the original film?  Is it a remake or sequel that no one should ever have even considered making?  Is it one great film in an otherwise lackluster franchise, or the one dud in a stellar series?  The possibilities are very wide open.

Here are a few guidelines that Jim and I have set up:

1. One person per movie... but that only means we don't want two reviews of Rocky III -- someone else can review Rocky II, and a third blogger could do a post comparing all the Rocky movies or rating them from best to worst, etc.  

2.  Please limit yourself to two entries for this blogathon.  We love enthusiasm, but we'd rather not have one or two bloggers take over the whole show.

3.  Once you settle on what you want to contribute, leave it in a comment either on this post or Jim's announcement post so we can add you and your choice to the roster. 

4.  Try to use one of the blogathon banners in this post on your own blog to promote the event so others can join the fun.

Any questions?  Ask in the comments! 

The Roster

+ The Midnite Drive-in: reviews of The Thing (1982) [remake] and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) [sequel]

+ Hamlette's Soliloquy: review of You've Got Mail (1998) [remake]

+ YOU!