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Still the best of pals. Despite announcing their separation last year, Colin Firth and ex-wife Livia Giuggioli seem to be on very good terms. On Thursday, in honor of the Oscar winner’s 60th birthday, Livia posted a campy photo of the actor dressed in one of Elton John’s more flamboyant costumes. Alongside the picture, she …

Hollywood mostly makes remakes. In 1949, “The Secret Garden” starred little girl Margaret O’Brien and the big secret was that this thing was then already a reprise. Then again in ’93. It’s now re-re-re blooming. It’s older than the popcorn. The thing now stars Colin Firth, playing the cranky coot who’s looking after an orphaned …

Has Rob Zombie directed “The Secret Garden”? Sure, the 1911 book’s roots lie in gothic literature, shrouded in gloom, but I have never watched an adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel and repeatedly thought, “Is someone going to get murdered?!” Until now. Everything screams horror. The giant Yorkshire manse that the orphaned Mary Lennox (Dixie …