Sean Connery Made his best movie outside the James Bond franchise when he paired up with Kevin Costner to take down Al Capone in Brian De Palma’s Prohibition-era gangster thriller The Untouchables. Connery became the first actor to play Bond on the big screen when he starred in 1962’s Dr. No. The character was already a literary icon, but Connery was responsible for making Ian Fleming’s Gentleman Spy a beloved staple of the silver screen. He played 007 in five more official Aeon productions and one unofficial non-Aeon production, 1983’s Never say never again. Although Bond is undoubtedly Connery’s most…
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Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us Part II. yet The last of us Season 1 ignores the scariest infected variant of the games, season 2 needs to bring the creepiest type of zombie franchise. The biggest complaint about HBO The last of us Was that it didn’t have nearly as many encounters with the infected as the games. The TV adaptation was always going to have fewer infected encounters, due to the nature of the medium, but it reduced the presence of the infected so much that they didn’t feel like the ever-present threat they were…
Bill SkarsgÃ¥rd’s unnamed deaf-mute protagonist in Boy kills world Express yourself through video game voiceover narration. Boy kills world is a satirical tale of revenge in a dystopian world where people are slaughtered on live television in a show called The cooling. SkarsgÃ¥rd plays “Boy”, a young man who was left deaf and mute after an attack in which his entire family was killed. In the years that followed, Boy became a martial arts master in his bid to seek revenge against the people responsible at the time for Boy kills worldIt’s the end. Since Boy is unable to speak,…
Tim Burton got the budget for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Struck by almost $50 million when he insisted on a theatrical release, but the decision ultimately saved the movie. Released 36 years after the classic original Beetlejuice movie, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has arrived as one of the most successful legacy sequels in recent memory. It was a critical and commercial hit, with praise for Burton’s direction, the creepy production design, and Michael Keaton’s hilarious performance in the title role. The Beetlejuice Sequel is a genuine crowd-pleaser, but it is hardly put in front of any crowds. In recent years, studios have been more…
Only murders in this building Season 4 had an ingenious way of bringing back one of the show’s biggest guest stars, despite their character being murdered. After this season 3 cliffhanger, Only murders in this building Season 4 focuses on Charles, Oliver and Mabel’s investigation into the murder of Charles’ stunt double, Sazz Pataki. Since Sazz was dressed as Charles and was shot dead in his apartment, the working theory is that the killer intended to send Charles instead. Throughout its run, the Only murders in this building Cast has recruited some of the most impressive celebrity guest stars of…
John Wayne And Clint Eastwood They were certainly the two biggest Western movie stars, but they made very different Westerns and had very strong opinions about each other’s films. Throughout Hollywood’s storied history with the Western, many iconic actors have left their mark on the genre – Henry Fonda, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, Lee Van Cleef, Glenn Ford, Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, the list goes on – but Wayne and Eastwood are the two actors who defined the genre. And not only that, they each defined completely different eras of the genre. Like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger or Dwayne…
Quick links Kick-Ass Reboot: Further news and information Although hopes for Kick-Ass 3 Having been high for over a decade, the anti-superhero franchise has now returned in a Kick-Ass Reboot. The Kick-Ass The movie stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Dave Lizewski, a timid high schooler who decides to use his comic book obsession to become a real-life superhero. Chloë Grace Moretz co-stars as Mindy McCready, better known as Hit-Girl, a far more effective real-life superhero whose combat skills put Kick-Ass to shame. With its clever dissection of superhero tropes, the Kick-Ass Series was ahead of its time. Long before Deadpool And…
As a cat-and-mouse thriller about a cop chasing a notorious bank robber, Michael Mann’s period action epic Public enemies Should have been next HeatBut it was nowhere near as successful. Heat emerged as one of the most famous action movies of the 1990s. From meticulously researched criminal operations to the echoes of real gunshots on the streets of downtown LA, Heat had an intense, gritty realism that had never been seen in the genre before. In the years since, HeatHis influence has been seen in everything from The Dark Knight to Grand Theft Auto V. The success of HeatStill widely…
Warning: Spoilers for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceThe image of his dead characters doubles down on the biggest complaint about Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis’ ghosts from the original movie. The Beetlejuice Sequel retains much of the classic lore and iconography of the first film. Danny Elfman’s unforgettable theme music plays on the soundtrack and, again, the characters must say Betelgeuse’s name three times to make him appear. It brings back the model city in the Maitlands Attic and Delia Dets’ unique macabre artwork, and practically turns the shrunken-headed ghosts into minions this time. Although it updates the Beetlejuice cast and…
Rosemary’s babyIts ending helps cement it as one of the greatest horror movies of all time and leaves things on a chilling final note. Based on the novel by Ira Levin, Rosemary’s baby Mia Farrow stars as aspiring mother Rosemary Woodhouse who moves into an old Renaissance Revival-style apartment building in New York City called The Bramford with her gaslighting husband, Guy (John Cassavetes). After being pregnant, Rosemary grows suspicious of her neighbors and believes they have malicious intentions for her unborn baby, causing her to struggle to regain control as everyone tells her it’s all in her head. Until…