We celebrate one of the all-time greats, the late Gene Hackman, with ten essential movies… One of the best to ever step in front of the camera sadly left us recently. Gene Hackman’s long and illustrious career, in many ways, felt like an anomaly. He was intense and enthralling whenever he was on screen. An […]
Out for Vengeance: Ten Essential Revenge Movies
Casey Chong with ten essential revenge movies… The long-gestating reboot of The Crow, which famously suffered from development hell as early as 2008 with numerous directors and actors coming and going, has finally flown into cinemas, starring Bill Skarsgård as the titular character with Rupert Sanders of the live-action Hollywood version of Ghost in the […]
Unforgiven: The Story Behind Clint Eastwood’s Western Masterpiece
Premiering 32 years ago today, Hasitha Fernando dives into the story behind Clint Eastwood’s 1992 masterpiece Unforgiven… There are Revisionist Westerns, and then there are Revisionist Westerns. Unforgiven firmly belongs in the latter category. Barring occasional entries like Dances with Wolves, the early to mid-90s was a period in time when the western genre as […]
Unforgiven’s William Munny joins Sideshow’s Clint Eastwood Legacy Collection
Sideshow has unveiled another addition to its Clint Eastwood Legacy Collection with the sixth scale William Munny figure which is based on the likeness of the actor as the aging outlaw in his 1992 western Unforgiven. It is available to pre-order now, priced at $290; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Unforgiven: The Story Behind […]
10 More Essential Revenge Films
Tom Jolliffe with another ten essential revenge films… Are you not entertained? No? Then you need some hardy revenge to pass some time. The revenge formula (served chilled, straight from the fridge or something) has remained popular for well over half a century. There’s something about that trigger of a protagonist who has been wronged […]
Cops and Cowboys: Clint Eastwood at 90
Tom Jolliffe looks back at Clint Eastwood’s most iconic roles as the movie legend turns 90… A movie icon. He has become, perhaps alongside John Wayne, the most iconic of movie cowboys. That stoic scowl and intense whispered drawl. Clint Eastwood became the quiet, rugged and imposing tough guy, long before they spread into a […]
Sandra Bullock reteaming with Netflix for Unforgiven
After the success of Bird Box, which garnered over 80 million account views in its first month, Sandra Bullock is set to reunite with Netflix for a feature film adaptation of the 2009 British TV miniseries Unforgiven, with the actress set to star, as well as producing with Graham King (The Departed, Bohemian Rhapsody). Scripted […]
4 Great Westerns to Check Out While You Wait for Red Dead Online
Graeme Robertson with four great westerns to check out while you wait for Red Dead Online… The Western is one of those genres that doesn’t really get the love and attention it used to. While it is arguably one of the genres that helped make cinema the cultural juggernaut that it has been for over […]
The Return Of The Western
Tom Jolliffe on the return of the Western… Cinema runs in cycles. A genre may have its run and then have a lull of 10-20 years where audiences aren’t really interested. In the 30’s and 40’s you couldn’t move for gangster films. In the 50’s it was epics and the 60’s there was a huge […]
