Matt Damon might now be considered something of an action star, but this wasn't the genre he started out in. Goodwill Hunt in 1997, a film that earned him and co-writer Ben Affleck the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. From there, Damon appeared in Steven Spielberg's film Saving Private Ryan in 1998 and Rounders that same year. Throughout the 2000s, Damon appeared in several high-profile films, with Ocean's Eleven and its two sequels are among the most notable. Most recently, he had major roles in Christopher Nolan's acclaimed film Oppenheimerbut he also delved into science fiction with The Martian (2015)…
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This article covers a developing story. Keep checking back with us as we will add more information as it becomes available. 28 days later now has a digital release after years of being unavailable for purchase or rental online. Directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland, the British horror film stars Cillian Murphy as Jim, a survivor who traverses a post-apocalyptic London overrun by people infected by the Rage virus. Despite being a critical and commercial success (and a sequel released in 2007), the original film has been very difficult to watch online. With 28 years laterWith the…
Centurion (2010), starring Michael Fassbender, presents an interesting mix of facts and folklore, reveals a historian. Directed by Neil Marshall, the historical action film follows a small group of Roman soldiers in northern Britain after their legion is destroyed in a brutal ambush. Fassbender leads the Centurion cast as Centurion Quintus Dias, with supporting cast members including Olga Kurylenko, Dominic West, Andreas Wisniewski and David Morrissey. In a recent video for History of success on YouTube, historian Tristan Hughes analyzes scenes from Centurionrevealing that the film is one of his favorites. Despite this, Hughes reveals that the film contains some…
Euphoria star Zendaya explains how she deals with difficult moments on set as the Season 3 filming start date approaches. Created by Sam Levinson, the hit HBO drama debuted in 2019, chronicling the lives of a group of high school students as they deal with issues surrounding drugs, sex and friendship. The show, starring Zendaya as drug addict Rue, has faced a difficult and uncertain path following the release of Season 2 in 2022, but Euphoria Season 3 is expected to begin filming in January 2025. During a recent edition of VarietyOn “Actors on Actors,” Zendaya talks to Nicole Kidman…
Liam Neeson He may not have started out as an action star, but he's certainly considered one now. Although Neeson's career in the 1990s and early 2000s saw some action films, including Rob Roy (1995), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), and Batman begins (2005), he was equally known for non-action roles in projects such as Schindler's List (1993) and True love (2003). Neeson's career changed, however, after the release of Taken in 2009. Taken spawned two less successful sequels, but also set Neeson on a unique action path. Neeson became the main figure in several mid-budget action filmswith films often built…
When it comes to horror, Blumhouse continues to be Hollywood's leader in terms of production. The company is behind horror hits like To go out (2017), M3GAN (2022), Silence (2016), and The Invisible Man (2021), with the Blumhouse model dated 2007 Paranormal Activity. Making films on low budgets, giving creative freedom to filmmakers, and releasing horror films through the studio system is how Blumhouse operates, and it has resulted in some strong successes in recent years. Blumhouse had a relatively strong 2024starting the year with Night Swimmingwhich may not have fared well with critics, but was a box office success.…
This article covers a developing story. Keep checking back with us as we will add more information as it becomes available. Moana 2 has just surpassed another global box office milestone, becoming only the fifth film this year to do so. Following the huge streaming success of the first film on Disney+, the sequel, directed by David G. Derrick Jr, Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller, sees Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) embark on a new adventure to the furthest reaches of Oceania following a calling from your ancestors. Box office data for The numbers now reveals that Moana 2 surpassed US$600…
Keira Knightley was a fixture on the big screen in the early 2000s, starting with her big role in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). That same year, she starred True lovewhich today is, for many, a Christmas classic. Knightley ended his 2010s with two more Pirates of the Caribbean films, as well as Pride and Prejudice (2005) and Atonement (2007). Knightley continued to appear regularly in films throughout the 2010s and 2020s, with notable titles including The imitation game (2014), Everest (2015), and Boston Strangler (2023), but was notably absent from the television space.…
Harry Potter stars James and Oliver Phelps, who played Fred and George Weasley respectively, share a prank they played on Rupert Grint during filming. Based on the books by author JK Rowling, the first film in the Warner Bros. franchise. was released in 2001, featuring a number of characters who would return to play a role in all seven sequels. Although not as prominent as Harry Potter Cast members like Daniel Radcliffe, Grint, and Emma Watson, the Phelps brothers appear in all eight films, serving as Ron's mischievous, prank-making siblings. During a recent appearance on DeliciousIn the “Suck It Up”…
Clint Eastwood may have initially been known as an actor, in part due to his leading roles in Western films, including the iconic Dollars trilogy, but he is now known for his direction. Eastwood's first directing gig was Play Misty for me in 1971, and he followed that film with others like High Plains Drifter (1973), Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Mountain range of heartbreak (1986) and, of course, Unforgivable (1992). Eastwood continued to appear in films throughout the 2000s, but the 2010s saw his career shift to one more focused on directing. He gave audiences films like American sniper (2014),…