Movies

Kelly LeBrock shot to instant global superstardom in 1985 with the release of Weird Science, which is back on TV tonight. She was already well-known for an iconic series of shampoo commercials with a classic catchphrase. The year before she had also made The Woman In Red, playing Gene Wilder’s …

Sean Connery is perhaps the most iconic version of James Bond to have ever hit the silver screen. He kickstarted the 007 film series in 1962 with Dr No, and remained in the role for another four films across five years. Unfortunately, once he decided to step down, things got …

Last week, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny was screened for fans and critics at the Cannes Film Festival. This was the first time the movie had been publicly shown, and there was a lot of anticipated over the fifth – and final – film in the franchise. After …

We already knew Sean Connery was one of the toughest guys in Hollywood. Before he was known to the world as Bond, James Bond, the aspiring actor had worked as a boxer and nightclub bouncer. He also had an honorary black belt in kyokushin karate and stood a strapping 6’2. …

Earlier this week, the fifth and final Indiana Jones movie had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Harrison Ford has been playing the archaeologist adventurer for most of his life and couldn’t hold back his emotion during the five-minute standing ovation. The 80-year-old Hollywood star was then on …

Thunderball was a massive box office success but risked disaster when The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) listed 30 complaints. Previous films like Goldfinger a nd Dr No had been classified ‘A’, meaning children had to be accompanied by an adult. The Bahamas-based romp was almost given a box-office-destroying …

Following Dr No, From Russia with Love and Goldfinger, 1965’s Thunderball was set to be even bigger for Sean Connery’s James Bond. On a budget that was more than the last three 007 movies combined, the Hollywood star even performed the gun-barrel sequence for the first time himself. Thunderball, which …

This evening, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and their co-stars attended the world premiere of Martin Scorsese’s new movie Killers of the Flower Moon at the Cannes Film Festival. Expected to be a hot Oscars contender in 2024, the epic blockbuster is based on the 2017 non-fiction book Killers of …

Back in 1952, James Stewart – who would have been 115 today – starred in Bend of the River, an adaptation of Bill Gulick’s novel Bend of the Snake. The Western followed his tough cowboy Glyn McLyntock, who risks his life to deliver confiscated food and supplies to homesteaders after …

Quentin Tarantino announced the sad news this weekend on social media. However, the only catch is the actor who he reports to have died doesn’t actually exist. Rick Dalton, who “died” on Saturday aged 90, was the lead actor character Leonardo DiCaprio played in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. …