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After a year of lacklustre box office disappointments for comic book movies, 2023 ends with the most pointless of them all. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom marks the 15th and final film to Warner Bros’ messy DC Extended Universe (DCEU), with the franchise set to be rebooted by Guardians of …

Back in 1968, John Wayne starred in Hellfighters, an early disaster movie based on the life of Red Adair, about a group of oil well firefighters. The film, which celebrates its 55th anniversary this week, was the first time Duke was paid $1 million (almost $9 million today) for a …

Some classic Christmas films have deeper meanings (Image: Youtube) Although Christmas is known as a time when families come together to participate in time-honored traditions and make new and lasting memories, that’s not always the case for everyone. Whether that be because of a parental divorce, a family fallout, or …

Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in Maestro (Image: Jason McDonald/Netflix) Not since Cyrano de Bergerac has a nose provoked such a furore. Oscar winner Bradley Cooper sparked international outrage when the first images of him appeared wearing a sizable prosthetic nose to portray legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein in …

After that, Daniel disappeared from Hollywood, choosing a life away from the spotlight. Now 31, Daniel attended Yale University and graduated in 2014 with a degree in Economics. After university, he became an SAT tutor at Veritas Prep, a company that helps students prepare for graduate school exams. The company’s …

Brits watch more than 28 hours of Christmas films and TV shows in December – nearly an hour every day, research has found. A poll of 2,000 adults revealed they sit down and binge three-and-a-half hours of festive films a week, and 14 hours of telly across the month, as …

Gary Oldman got candid with Drew Barrymore as he joined her CBS talk show, revealing that he had alternative motives for taking on his starring roles as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter franchise, and detective Jim Gordon in the Dark Knight trilogy. A few years before either project started, …

John Wayne had already remade 1959’s Rio Bravo, a film about a sheriff defending his office from outlaws, in 1966’s El Dorado. Yet Howard Hawks, who directed both of those films, wanted to make it a third time in 1970’s Rio Lobo. When the filmmaker first approached Duke about the …

Santa Claus is morbidly obese, with a BMI of 41.5 – with the largest portrayal coming in animated festive film, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”. Researchers analysed 10 popular Christmas movies, TV shows, and adverts, to calculate his average BMI, revealing he far exceeds a healthy weight of between 18.5 to …

It’s A Wonderful Life has been given its own dedicated channel. Widely considered one of the greatest Christmas films of all time, the festive classic tells the magical tale of an angel visiting a frustrated businessman on Christmas Eve, showing him how his kindness has transformed so many lives. And …