Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright

Date of Birth

1929-10-28

Date of Death

2025-01-16

Place of Birth

Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Known for

I Love You to Death, Avalon, Dinosaur, A Pyromaniac’s Love Story, Tea with Mussolini

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Joan plowright

Joan plowright

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Joan Plowright, acclaimed British actress and widow to Laurence Olivier, dies

Posted 1 year ago

Joan Plowright, who earned acclaim on the stage and screen through a career that went back to the 1940s, has died.

Emma Thompson in talks to join Emma Stone in Disney’s Cruella

Posted 7 years ago

As Disney already has a live-action adaptation of 101 DALMATIANS under their belts in the 1996 film which starred Glenn Close as Cruella del Vil, they elected to go the prequel route this time around for an origin story focusing...

Curious George origin story on the way

Posted 9 years ago

Now, I know what you’re thinking…another origin story? One of my colleagues even quipped, “Like…how he got his powers of being curious?” Well, turns out it’s the origin of the true story of CURIOUS GEORGE. No, The Man in the...

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Universal set to make a live-action Curious George with Shrek director

Posted 10 years ago

Give credit where credit is due over at the Universal lot, as they continue to build their brand of family entertainment that'll see them rolling in piles of box office cash for years to come. Already with DESPICABLE ME and...

Ink & Pixel: Dinosaur

Posted 11 years ago

Steve Ink & Pixel is a source of pride and joy for me as a writer and as such, I'm always striving to take this column further for those who read and enjoy it. In an effort to widen the...

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Explore our picks for the 10 greatest science fiction masterpieces ever made, from Blade Runner and 2001 to Children of Men and Moon

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Top 10 Greatest Science Fiction Masterpieces of All Time

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Explore our picks for the 10 greatest science fiction masterpieces ever made, from Blade Runner and 2001 to Children of Men and Moon

From Rocky to Rambo, discover the 10 best Sylvester Stallone movies and the performances that made him a Hollywood icon

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Top 10 Best Sylvester Stallone Movies Ranked

Posted 4 days ago

From Rocky to Rambo, discover the 10 best Sylvester Stallone movies and the performances that made him a Hollywood icon

The Odyssey

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Has The Odyssey received its rating?

Posted 2 days ago

The MPA has yet to confirm, but Christopher Nolan's upcoming epic might not have the audience-friendly rating that you'd expect.

The final trailer has been released for the new Scary Movie, which marks the return of the Wayans Brothers to the franchise

Movie Reviews

Scary Movie 6 Review: A parody film where the laughs are nonexistent

Posted 1 day ago

While featuring some fun recreations of modern horror movies, Scary Movie 6 is completely void of laughs and mostly nostalgia bait.

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Box Office Predictions: He-Man hasn’t got a prayer against the Wayans Bros

Posted 2 days ago

Despite a huge build-up from Amazon/MGM, Masters of the Universe is looking at an underwhelming opening.

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The Top 5 Action Movie Match-Ups of the 90s

Posted 3 weeks ago

It's star vs star. We rank those movies that pit name actors against each other in devilishly fun, heated rivalries.

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Five action stars who deserved bigger movies

Posted 1 month ago

In a world of Schwarzeneggers, Stallones and Van Dammes, there are more stars that could have graced us with big action classics.

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The Top 10 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Games Ranked

Posted 2 weeks ago

With video games on the rise in Hollywood, we decided to look back on old school systems and rank the Top 10 Games of the NES era!

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Superman Actors Ranked: Which Actors Were the Best At Playing The Man of Steel?

Posted 3 weeks ago

We rank all of the Superman actors from worst to best!

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The Top 10 Super Nintendo (SNES) Games Ranked

Posted 4 weeks ago

We're back with a bold list that ranks the Top 10 Super Nintendo games, from beat 'em ups to platformers, Metroidvanias, and more!

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

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Why Terminator 2: Judgment Day Still Feels Ahead of Its Time

Posted 4 weeks ago

Discover why Terminator 2: Judgment Day was decades ahead of its time, from groundbreaking VFX to its eerily relevant AI themes