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Date of birth 30/01/1930

Why It Works: The Royal Tenenbaums

Why It Works is an ongoing column which breaks down some of the most acclaimed films in history and explores what makes them so iconic, groundbreaking, and memorable. ****SPOILERS AHEAD**** When it comes to celebrating and dissecting outside-the-box movies, as we...

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The UnPopular Opinion: Unforgiven

Alex THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We're hoping this column...
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The Good, the Bad & the Badass: Gene Hackman

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of director William Friedkin, whose film – THE FRENCH CONNECTION – marked the arrival of this week’s legend as one of the definitive actors of the last forty years. Gene...
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Why I Love Movies – Chapter III

Why do I love movies? Well, that is a loaded question. How much time do you have? I could go into a long-winded diatribe about the art of film-making or the magic of the movies, but all of that has...
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Cast This: Lex Luthor

You had to know it was coming…time to cast Lex Luthor! Out of all the “Cast This” columns I’ve done so far, this has to be the one that I’ve been anticipating the most. We did one a few years...
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R.I.P. character actor Dennis Farina (1944-2013)

Dennis Farina, character actor extraordinaire, has passed away at the age of 69. An 18 year veteran of the Chicago Police, Farina got his break in show business on the Michael Mann film THIEF in 1981. From there, Farina went...
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