Movies

Later today, at 4pm, the iconic 1964 James Bond movie Goldfinger hits ITV screens. The movie was Sean Connery’s third outing as the suave spy, and has become one of the best-loved over the years. Iconic director Steven Spielberg even calls Goldfinger his favourite 007 movie of all time. However, …

The sight of The Duke thundering across The West on horseback remains one of cinema’s most indelible images. Meanwhile, “Get off your horse and drink your milk” has frequently been attributed as one of John Wayne’s most famous ‘quotes.’ Despite some claims that it came from an advert he shot, …

The Fast and Furious movie timeline is pretty complicated thanks to the third film Tokyo Drift, in which Sung Kang’s Han died in a car wreck. The spin-off, which features a cameo by Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto at the end, is officially set between Fast and Furious 6 and 7. The …

Burt Reynolds is back on our TV screens today in one of his most iconic roles as the eponymous lead in Smokey and the Bandit 2. The legendary actor looked back on his career in his final years and made some no holds barred confessions about his mistakes and regrets. …

If there’s one thing Tom Cruise has never lacked, it’s confidence. Since he slid across those wooden floors in just his underpants in 1983’s Risky Business, the actor has swaggered his way to the top in Hollywood with that toothy grin firmly in place. This, after all, is the man …

Doris Day lit up the screen for decades, but we lost the timeless star three years ago today. She was the epitome of wholesome femininity, yet somehow also surprisingly sexy. It was a killer combination. The star was at the height of her popularity in the early Sixties. In 1960 …

Michael J Fox is living with Parkinson’s disease, and back in 2021, he announced his retirement from acting. The star, who is best known for playing the iconic Marty McFly in the Back to the Future franchise, recently released a documentary – Still – about his life and how his …

Escape To Victory is back on TV screens and it is unclear which of its leading men is the more unlikely star of the World War II film about a plucky group of footballing prisoners of war. Sylvester Stallone had previously said he believed “football was for sissies” while Michael …

Back in 1976, Roger Moore starred in Shout at the Devil, a war adventure set in German East Africa between 1913-15. Filming took place in Malta and controversially in apartheid South Africa. The new James Bond star was fresh off The Man with the Golden Gun, but little did he …

Elvis Presley’s cousin Danny Smith was asked this week about his memories of growing up around his superstar relative. Danny is the son of Billy Smith, who was Elvis’ maternal first cousin and moved to Memphis with him when their families left Tupelo in 1948. When he grew up, Billy …