John Wayne’s long-awaited sequel to True courage1975 Cogburn Roosterseemed to have everything going for it – including an iconic Wayne co-star – but was still, unfortunately, a flop. Launched in 1969, True courage earned Wayne his first and only Oscar for Best Actor. He had already been nominated for Sands of Iwo Jima in 1949, but he didn’t win until he donned an eye patch to play U.S. Marshal Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn in True courage. Based on the novel by Charles Portis, True courage centers around a teenager named Mattie Ross, who recruits Cogburn to find her father’s killer.…
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The boys showrunner Eric Kripke revealed that he shares the fanbase’s concerns about expanding the franchise into a sprawling cinematic universe. When it debuted in 2019, The boys was a trenchant satire of Marvel and DC comic book movies, featuring superheroes who are selfish fascists and a corporation that wants to shove an endless stream of escapist superhero content down the audience’s throats. But the longer The boys continues – and the more spinoffs it launches – the closer it gets to becoming the kind of superhero franchise it should mock. This no longer helps The boys It is owned…
After the latest shocking death in UndeadRick Grimes and Daryl Dixon now have the same tragic thing in common – and it could bring them even closer. The second season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixondubbed Carol’s bookI saw Carol going to France to find Daryl. In Season 2, Episode 4, “Le Paradis Pour Toi,” Daryl and Carol finally reunited after all this time — but the reunion came at a painful cost with the death of yet another character. After Isabelle refused to tell Losang where Laurent was, he stabbed her. When Carol saved Isabelle from the attack, Isabelle…
Unknown 2 needs to play the character Sully right after the first film failed, casting the woefully miscast Mark Wahlberg in the role. Sony confirmed that Unknown 2 is in development following the box office success of the first film. But for this franchise to be successful, it needs to start being more faithful to the games. It needs engaging treasure hunts, it needs fun, pulpy action set pieces, and it needs Elena Fisher. It also needs to be closer to Nathan Drake’s dynamic with Sully. In the games, Sully is Nate’s mentor and father figure, who looks out for…
Nathan Fielder’s first season The essay has gone in its own direction, but now that season two is confirmed, it can finally flesh out the show’s juicy original premise. Very similar to other Fielder series Nathan for you and The Curse, The essay is a totally unique TV experiment this is unlike any other show on the air. It’s a documentary series that blurs the line between fiction and reality by constructing complicated fantasies to force participants to face their real problems. The essay season 1 started with a fascinating concept of using elaborate settings to prepare people for difficult…
The 2014 Robo Cop reboot had one of the most impressively star-studded casts of any recent big-budget action film, and should have been successful enough to launch a franchise. Just over two decades later Robot Cop 3 was criticized as the worst entry in the Robo Cop series (and one of the worst films ever made), the franchise has been rebooted for a modern era of box office success. Elite SquadJosé Padilha took over as director, and original screenwriters Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner worked on the script. Altered Carbon star Joel Kinnaman inherited the lead role of Alex Murphy…
The worst movie ever Jim CarreyThe entire career of – and it’s not even close – is a horrible crime thriller that doesn’t have a single positive review count on Rotten Tomatoes. Carrey has starred in many great films. His tenure as a movie star began with a triple whammy of classic comedies, one after another: The mask, Idiot and more idiotand Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. He did some great straight comedies like liar liar and Bruce Almightyand he made more quirky and innovative films, like The Truman Show and The cable guy. But Carrey has also had his fair…
A new one Jurassic Park movie, Jurassic World Rebirthis currently in the works, and the rumor mill is running wild with speculation about the upcoming sequel. In January 2024, it was reported that Universal was actively developing a follow-up to Jurassic World Dominion What would bring these Jurassic Park Franchise in a new era. David Koepp, the screenwriter behind the original Jurassic Park and its first sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Parkwas tapped to write the script. Steven Spielberg, the director of the original film, will once again serve as an executive producer on the new film, creating an exciting…
From blockbuster stars to fan-favorite TV actors, the cast of Silo is full of great artists who are recognizable from other projects. Based on Silo books by Hugh Howey, the Apple TV+ series is set in a distant dystopian future and revolves around a community living underground under strict rules that they say were put in place to protect them. As the story unfolds, an engineer and a sheriff try to uncover the dark truth about their underground existence. The series was developed for television by Graham Yost of Justified fame. As promised by the trailer SiloThe show’s star-studded ensemble…
Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday are already good friends when Tombstone catches up with them, then never shows how they met and became so close. There’s a lot to love Tombstonebut the friendship between Earp and Holliday is arguably the most endearing part of the film. Val Kilmer’s iconic portrayal of Holliday steals the film and her ride-or-die bond with Earp is the heart of the film. When it is presented in Tombstonethe sweaty Holliday is dying of tuberculosis and he and Earp are already longtime friends who can trust each other. The film never goes back to show how…