Movies

Daniel Craig’s No Time To Die did what none of the previous 24 James Bond outings had ever done before. After despatching off Rami Malek’s villain Safin, Ian Fleming’s spy died after being blown to smithereens by missiles hitting the island lair. The world was left in shock and now …

Back in the 1970s, Steven Spielberg told George Lucas that he wanted to make a James Bond movie. Instead, the two teamed up with their own action hero in Indiana Jones. But when it came to casting the father of Harrison Ford’s lead in the third movie, Indiana Jones and …

Back in 1961, Gregory Peck led an all-star ensemble cast in The Guns of Navarone with David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, James Darren, Anthony Quayle and Richard Harris. The iconic World War 2 adventure followed an Allied commando unit seeking to destroy a German fortress that was threatening Allied …

Having starred in the first outing of John Ford’s Cavalry trilogy in 1948’s Fort Apache, John Wayne returned to lead the director’s follow-up in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon a year later. The movie cost $1.6 million, making it one of the most expensive Westerns at that point in Hollywood …

Rumours have been circulating for months now that Aaron Taylor-Johnson is set to be cast as the next James Bond. However, the Kraven the Hunter star has some tough competition, as in the last 24 hours, odds at Coral have been slashed on another rising star. The actor in question …

Alan Rickman has been remembered fondly by his co-star in the sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest, which was released 25 years ago. Justin Long made his big screen debut in the flick playing Brandon, while Harry Potter legend Alan played Sir Alexander Dane. Reflecting on the shooting of the film Justin …

Half a century ago, Francis Ford Coppola was putting together his adaptation of Mario Puzo’s novel The Godfather, but Paramount Pictures really didn’t want Marlon Brando. The 47-year-old may have been one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, but his last movie had been a flop and he was considered too much …

Back in the Golden Age of Hollywood, Yul Brynner was best known for starring as King Mongkut in The King and I, both on stage and in the classic movie. Aside from that classic, the Russian-born former circus acrobat’s career highlights included the likes of The Ten Commandments, Westworld and …

A betting person might give better odds to the American star in the ring, but when it came to on set behaviour, Michael Caine swiftly put his co-star in his place. In fact, Sylvester Stallone found the whole Escape to Victory shoot eye-opening and physically brutal and later admitted he’d …

History enthusiasts reckon they’ve found one of the best World War One documentaries ever – and it’s available to stream online. Fans over on Reddit were discussing the best war documentaries of all time, after user wild_horses23 posted: “I feel like there’s so much content out there about WW2 that …