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Sean Connery's 10 best movies: From Dr No to The Untouchables
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date: 2026-05-07T06:00:22.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Contains Trailer
description: The first ever James Bond had a varied career on the big screen – combining his iconic 007 role with all sorts of other film projects. Here are the 10 best.
encoded: Is there a greater giant of cinema than Sean Connery? From the 1960s to his retirement in the early 2000s, he was never anything less than a superstar. It’s a run of length, quality and commercial success that can only really be rivalled by his one time co-star and friend, Harrison Ford. Though he appeared in more than 60 films across six decades, Connery will never not be James Bond, the role that ignited his career and brought his vast presence, complete with the shoulders of a heavyweight boxer, a toupee and his unmistakable and oft imitated voice to the world. Coincidentally, he would play 007 seven times on screen over a period of 20 years but with an ambition and drive befitting his rise from working class childhood in Edinburgh to milkman to lifeguard to Hollywood icon. During his lifetime, some critics could be sniffy about Connery’s acting, forever linking him to his most famous role but over his career, he would work with the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Brian De Palma, John Huston, Sidney Lumet (five times) and Steven Spielberg. Connery had many phrases to his career. From his Bond heyday to his determination to tackle more complex material throughout the back half of the '60s and all of the '70s before maturing into playing mentor like figures in the '80s and '90s. He would ultimately bag an Academy Award in the late 1980s. Below, we have ranked Sean Connery’s 10 greatest films. 10. Dr No (1962) In terms of cinema, there is before Dr No and after Dr No. The unexpected success of the first James Bond film in 1962 did not just birth the multi-billion pound franchise that is still ongoing but it was the earnest start of his film career after a decade of hustling in small roles and in regional theatre, the former bodybuilder went from a nobody to the biggest star in the world overnight. In his first outing as 007, Connery already has his trademark confidence, wit and poise to go with his incredible physical presence. Where to watch in the UK: Available to rent…

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What it takes to be James Bond – the audition test every 007 has to pass
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date: 2025-10-17T06:00:43.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
description: What skills does a potential 007 have to demonstrate before they get the part?
encoded: If you want to be James Bond, you used to have to pass a very specific test – but the decision over who earns the licence to kill no longer rests solely with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson. The long-time Bond custodians have entered a new partnership with Amazon MGM Studios, which recently took creative control of the franchise in a landmark deal. As the series enters a new era, its famously secretive audition process could be about to change. For decades, Broccoli and Wilson tested every would-be Bond to make sure their martini was shaken and not stirred, that they could tell a Walther PPK from a Glock 9mm, and most importantly, that they could believably be the object of desire for audiences worldwide. They even had a signature audition scene: one lifted straight from From Russia with Love (1963). It’s a sequence any self-respecting Bond fan knows well – the moment Sean Connery’s 007 returns to his hotel room to find Tatiana Romanova, the Soviet honeytrap sent to seduce him, waiting in bed wearing nothing but a black velvet choker. After dispatching assassin Krilencu with his ally Kerim Bey, Bond strolls back to his suite, gun still in hand. Bond, such is his style, quickly makes himself comfortable with Miss Romanova and compliments her attractiveness only to be met with the self-deprecating retort: "I think my mouth is too big." As he leans in for a kiss, Bond comes back with a barb as only he can: "No, it’s the right size. For me, that is." Wilson explained the choice of scene during the 60th anniversary celebrations for Dr No at the BFI: "We always use the same scene and that’s the one in From Russia with Love where Bond comes back to his room after the assassination... anyone who can bring that scene off is right for Bond. It’s tough to do." Wilson also made a point to mention that they always need a good actress to read the Tatiana part, but kept the names of any of the women to have worked the audition process under his hat. It’s clear why that momen…

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What happened to Halle Berry's James Bond spin-off that never was?
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date: 2025-09-12T06:00:15.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Bond at 70
subject: James Bond (franchise)
description: Jinx Johnson could have made the perfect lead for a 007 spin-off.
encoded: It’s always been rare for an A-list female star to face off against James Bond. No Time to Die has the scene-stealing Ana de Armas, Britt Ekland was already a name by the time she appeared in The Man with the Golden Gun and Michelle Yeoh was a household actress in China, but 007’s leading ladies tend to be younger, lesser-known actresses on the up. The one big exception is of course Halle Berry, who played CIA agent Jinx in the much-maligned Die Another Day. When she was cast opposite Pierce Brosnan for his final adventure as 007, Berry had already won an Oscar (and been nominated for another), starred as Storm in X-Men and made an infamous appearance in Swordfish alongside John Travolta and Hugh Jackman. Despite the film’s many, many faults – shoddy CGI, Madonna, Toby Stephens’s villain – Jinx is a charismatic standout and endures as one of the most popular Bond girls despite being in one of the least popular movies. In fact, she would have been perfect to lead her own action movie. Want to own the entire James Bond movie box set? Now's your chance Despite the Bond films running for 60 years and counting, there has never been a big-screen spin-off – no Blofeld origin story, no adventures of Q and Moneypenny, no action franchise based around Felix Leiter. But there was very nearly a Jinx stand-alone film featuring Berry reprising her role. After Jinx proved a hit with the fans, producer Barbara Broccoli had the idea of letting the American agent branch out on her own and front her own big budget action movie. There had earlier been talk that Michelle Yeoh would lead a Tomorrow Never Dies spin-off, but the Jinx movie was very real. The general idea was for an alternative series to run in conjunction with the main Bond films so that there was less of a gap for the studio between releases, with the Jinx spin-off intended to hit the big screen sometime in 2004. A script by regular Bond scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade was commissioned with the idea being that the fil…

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How to watch the Jurassic Park movies in order
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date: 2025-06-26T16:15:13.000Z
creator: Priyanca Rajput
subject: Movies
subject: Sci-fi
subject: Evergreen
description: Here's how to watch all the movies from the dinosaur franchise in order.
encoded: More than 30 years after Steven Spielberg changed sci-fi adventure forever with rampaging raptors and a T-Rex that shook the screen, the franchise is once again evolving. When Jurassic Park was released in 1993, it did more than just set a new standard for visual effects; it also ushered in a new era of blockbuster storytelling. With its combination of cutting-edge technology and Spielberg's trademark sense of wonder, the picture became an instant hit. Unsurprisingly, it remains his highest-grossing effort, surpassing E.T., Jaws, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Originally only intended as a stand-alone adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel, the movie sparked a deluge of merchandise, video games, exhibitions and real-life theme park rides at Universal Studios. With the upcoming seventh instalment Jurassic World: Rebirth soon joining the dinosaur series, it promises a darker, more realistic return to the primal dread and ethical questions that made the original a classic. Ahead of its release, here's a complete watch list to bring you up to date with the prehistoric action. How to watch the Jurassic Park movies in order Jurassic Park (1993) When released in 1993, Jurassic Park became the highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing Steven Spielberg’s own ET in the process. Inspired by groundbreaking special effects and immaculate dinosaur animatronics as well as Spielberg’s typically impeccable direction, Jurassic Park became the rare blockbuster to receive widespread critical acclaim and has since become one of the most loved films ever made. Starring Sam Neill and Laura Dern as a couple of palaeontologists and Jeff Goldblum as chaos theorist Dr Ian Malcolm, the trio become trapped in Jurassic Park after industrial sabotage wrecks the security precautions freeing regenerated dinosaurs. The original and the best. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) After author Michael Crichton wrote a sequel to his book – somewhat at the urging of Spielberg – the great director wante…

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The Conjuring 4: Release date, cast and news for Last Rites
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date: 2025-05-09T10:30:16.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
subject: Movies
description: The Warrens are returning for another investigation into the paranormal.
encoded: Of all the new horror franchises to have emerged since the turn of the century, few, if any, have been more prolific than The Conjuring Universe – which has spawned multiple spin-offs in addition to the three films in the main series. Now, Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are set to return for what is being touted as their final outing as Ed and Lorraine Warren, which is fittingly titled The Conjuring: Last Rites. A fourth film was first reported to be in development back in 2022, and ever since then more details have been filtering through about the project, including the return of franchise veteran Michael Chaves as director and some intriguing plot details. And in May 2025, we got our best glimpse yet of the film courtesy of some first-look images unveiled by Entertainment Weekly, the first teaser trailer and a new behind-the-scenes featurette which sees series creator James Wan describing the film as "the end of an era". The clip also includes footage from the set of the new film and input from Chaves, Wilson and Farmiga – with the latter teasing that the film will include a demon which "has a vendetta" and "what it wants is very, very personal". You can view the featurette and trailer in full at the bottom of this page. So, what lies in wait for Ed and Lorraine Warren this time? What will be the subject of their next investigation into the paranormal? And when can we expect to see it land in cinemas? Read on to find out everything we know so far about The Conjuring: The Lat Rites. The Conjuring: Last Rites release date As things stand, the film is slated for release on Friday 5th September 2025 – so it is arriving well in time for spooky season. That comes more than four years after the last film in the main series – 2021's The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It – and two years after the last spin-off, The Nun II. Should anything move around with that release date, we'll post any updates here – but as things stand you can get that early September date in your di…

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Is Christopher Nolan really the man to save James Bond?
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date: 2025-03-07T10:41:12.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Comment
subject: James Bond (franchise)
description: Fresh rumours have suggested Nolan could be the man to direct the first film in 007's new Amazon era.
encoded: Christopher Nolan directing a James Bond movie has been a mutual dream for the Oscar winner and fans of the series for over a decade. With the Broccoli family foregoing creative control over the world’s most famous spy to Amazon MGM Studios after more than 60 years, the future of 007 has not been this uncertain since the end of the Cold War. The corporation will surely want to make a bombastic splash with its first Bond film knowing sceptical fans will need to be won over and won over quickly. With that, it is no coincidence that just days after the Broccolis sold up for the princely sum of $1 billion, rumours began circulating that Amazon was intent on wooing Nolan to the series. According to a report from The Wrap, there is “mutual interest” between Amazon and Nolan to put together the director’s dream Bond film to follow-up The Odyssey. That alone poses problems for Amazon given Nolan’s take on the Greek fable is going to keep him occupied at least until next summer and likely longer given Universal will be looking to replicate Oppenheimer’s awards success, which means a director tied up by media duties and Oscar campaigns. If all goes well (and in Hollywood, nothing goes smoothly), Nolan would be available for a 2027 shoot with a tight turnaround likely to get the film into cinemas by the end of 2028 – still over three years away – and six years on from No Time to Die, the biggest gap since Pierce Brosnan took over the martini glass from Timothy Dalton. That could work in Amazon’s favour as the idea of Daniel Craig as Bond floats to the back of the mind and allows Nolan to imprint his own 007 on the world but for fans of the series, another three years of waiting seems difficult to stomach. There is of course the issue of would Nolan direct Bond anyway. He has been effervescent about the series and its influence on his work – Inception features a none-too-subtle homage to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, while Tenet felt like a dry run for a James Bond movie – b…

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How to watch the Scream movies in order
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date: 2024-10-31T12:40:45.000Z
creator: Lidia Molina-Whyte
subject: Movies
subject: Evergreen
description: Hello, Sidney!
encoded: With Halloween upon us, film fans might be looking to get stuck into the Scream franchise, and wondering how to watch the iconic series in order. The franchise already comprises six features and a series, and it's only set to get bigger, with a seventh Scream film from Christopher Landon (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones) also on the horizon. It's now been confirmed that Neve Campbell will be returning to lead the upcoming movie as her iconic character Sidney Prescott, after sitting out the previous entry following a pay dispute. Fortunately, there's no confusing continuity to get your head around with the Scream franchise – compared to, say, the MCU – as each movie follows on from the next, all with the same universe of characters. So, without further ado, read on for everything you need to know about the release order. How to watch the Scream movies in order of release Scream Released: 1996 The first Scream movie made a splash when it first aired, and it took the more meta approach to a masked serial killer that creator Wes Craven had used previously with his seventh entry in The Nightmare on Elm Street series - New Nightmare. With a plot that kept people guessing right until the end and a memorable mix of characters all primed to be targeted by the killer, Scream was an instant success, and it is little wonder that sequels followed in quick succession - even if they did not quite match the heights that the first film had. Where to watch: Scream is streaming on Paramount+, which is also available through Amazon Prime Video Scream 2 Released: 1997 While not quite as strong as the first film, Scream 2 largely succeeds because it once again nails the meta tone that the franchise is known for. While the first played up to the tropes of a standard slasher flick, the second leaned heavily on it being a sequel - and all the expected twists and turns that it entails. There was a great cast assembled for this one, too, including Jerry O'Connell, Sarah Michelle Gellar, …

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Is No Escape on Netflix based on a true story?
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date: 2024-04-05T10:28:25.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: The 2015 film stars Owen Wilson and Lake Bell and has recently been making a splash on streaming.
encoded: No Escape is your standard high concept thriller focused on an American family trapped abroad in an unspecified Asian country in the middle of a revolution. Starring Owen Wilson in one of his rare dramatic roles, as well as Lake Bell and 007 himself Pierce Brosnan, No Escape is exactly what it says on the tin. But there's one interesting twist – it is kind of, but not really, based on a true story. Read on for everything you need to know. Is No Escape based on a true story? Strictly speaking, No Escape is an entirely fictional story and a thriller in the vein of Taken, but the events of the film can very loosely claim to be inspired by a true story. Written by brothers John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle, the duo were motivated by a 2006 trip to Thailand taken by John and their father shortly after the country had undergone a bloodless coup d'état that removed Thaksin Shinawatra from power following various corruption allegations. "Right before we got to Thailand, a coup overthrew the prime minister," said John. "There’d been no previous warning. There was a feeling of anxiety in the air. So I started thinking about that. If it went badly, what would I do?" The brothers also acknowledged that other revolutionary acts and terrorism incidents inspired the screenplay. "But all sorts of things happened after that," says John. "The Arab Spring, the attack on the Taj Mahal Hotel in India… So we studied all of those things to see what parts would make it into the script. "We have two little sisters who are very similar to the girls in the movie, and we’ve traveled with them extensively. A lot of our own family made it into the script." Though inspired by the experience in Thailand, the country in No Escape remains unnamed, likely for political reasons - as they actually did shoot the film in the Southeast Asian country. The 2006 coup in Thailand was also a great deal less violent than the one depicted in the film. In reality, the Thai military took control of the government …

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Captive State ending explained: Do the resistance succeed?
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date: 2024-03-06T16:38:34.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Sci-fi
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: The 2019 sci-fi film starring John Goodman is now streaming on Netflix.
encoded: Sci-fi, dystopias, John Goodman. Captive State had all the elements for a hit when it was released in 2019 but the movie Gods didn’t rule in its favour, with it coming and going from cinemas with little fanfare. Now, thanks to Netflix, the morally murky and very twisty thriller is getting a new lease of life. The setting is Chicago and the state is under martial law following an alien invasion in an alternate version of 2019. Many are trying to flee the city, including the Drummond family. After breaking through the city’s barriers, the family of four are confronted by the aliens who quickly kill the parents, orphaning Gabriel and Rafe Drummond. Fast forward nine years and the human race has capitulated to their alien invaders but a resistance group operates underground that is now headed by Rafe (Jonathan Majors). The alien-led dystopia tracks the movements of every human through implants, while criminals are sent to other planets and the aliens mine Earth for resources. Not all humans are anti-alien. Chicago police commander William Mulligan (Goodman), who was previously the Drummond brothers’ father’s partner is what you would term pro-alien. His mission is also to neutralise the resistance, which is called Phoenix. If you've seen the film and want some clarification about how that mission goes, read on to have the Captive State ending explained. Captive State ending explained: Do the resistance succeed? As the film goes on, Mulligan begins leaning on Gabriel regarding the resistance but refuses to give him any information. Not long after, the resistance launch a successful attack against the aliens but it only brings further oppression as specialist hunters are brought in to bring down its leadership. Rafe survives the assassinations after being shot and arrested by Mulligan before he can swallow his cyanide pill. Gabriel is also arrested by the authorities. Mulligan tortures Rafe and shows Gabriel, convincing him to contact the secret network the resistance ope…

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Mea Culpa ending explained: What happens to Mea and Zyair in wild Netflix movie?
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date: 2024-02-23T16:12:35.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: Tyler Perry's latest film is quite the ride.
encoded: Tyler Perry, the prolific actor-writer-director-producer best known for the Madea franchise, is back with Mea Culpa, his overtly soap opera take on two throwback Hollywood staples – the legal thriller and erotic thriller. Starring Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland in her first leading role and Moonlight’s Trevante Rhodes, Rowland plays Mea – a high-powered defence attorney in Chicago who takes the case of Zyair (Rhodes), an artist accused of murdering his girlfriend and to whom all the evidence points. If you've seen the film and are wondering what on earth you've just watched, read on for a full recap and ending explainer for Mea Culpa. What in Mea Culpa on Netflix? We start with Mea’s unhappy home life where she suspects her husband, a drug addict who recently lost his job, of infidelity. Relations aren’t much better with her terminally ill mother-in-law who appears to resent her very existence. Mea’s brother-in-law, Ray, is also the district attorney. She then meets Zyair in her office where he is commanding and authoritative and set to stand trial for the murder of his girlfriend. Crucially, no body was ever found but brain fragments were in one of his paintings and her blood had soaked through into a below apartment. He appears to be the only possible killer and does not exactly carry himself like an innocent man but vehemently professes his innocence. Mea takes the case and quickly appears to be beguiled by the overtly sexual Zyair as her own marriage peters out. He tries to seduce her and she rebuffs him and they take it in turns to try and professionally separate before agreeing to continue with the case. Mea and Zyair finally have sex in a surreally elaborate sequence in his art studio in which they both become plastered in paint. The guilt of the adultery begins to grind down Mea and she leaves Zyair both as a client and a lover. Mea Culpa on Netflix ending explained Mea confesses to sleeping with Zyair to her husband in front of his entire family who, …

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Haunt ending explained: what happens to the masked killers?
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date: 2024-02-02T16:00:09.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: The 2019 horror film has been causing a splash on Netflix.
encoded: Haunt may be finding its way into Netflix viewers’ hearts a little after spooky season has ended, but as far as we're concerned, there’s no bad time for a throwback slasher flick. Originally released in 2019 to little fanfare, Haunt is written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the duo behind A Quiet Place and the Adam Driver vs the dinosaurs movie, 65. Like their other work, Haunt has a simple high concept, following a group of young people on Halloween night as they become trapped in a haunted house that preys on their fears. Many, many murders follow as the gang become threatened by masked killers. If you want to know what happens at the end, read on to have the Haunt ending explained. Haunt ending explained: what happens to the masked killers? Before entering the haunted house attraction, the friends – Harper, Bailey, Nathan, Evan, Angela and Mallory – are forced to give up their phones and sign a liability waiver, which they do all too willingly. Not long after entering the house, the group is split up, with Bailey encountering eerie armholes. After putting her arm into one of the holes, she is promptly cut with a straight razor. Shortly after, with the group reunited, they witness the first death as Mallory is brutally impaled through the head by a person wearing a witch mask. Figuring out that the threats posed by the haunted house are very real, the rest of the group attempts to escape, with Evan finding another person seemingly trapped inside – though given he’s wearing a ghost mask, he should have been a little more weary when accepting him as a friend. Evan and the masked man actually make it outside before he kills Evan with a hammer and gruesomely rips his face off while Angela is also picked off inside. What is left of the group appears to turn the tide on the attackers after Harper kills two of them only to find out one of the masked killers was in fact Bailey, as she had earlier been kidnapped by the masked figures. Earlier, Nathan ended up …

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The Lodge ending explained: Were they in purgatory?
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date: 2024-01-03T16:58:03.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: The chilling horror flick from 2019 has recently landed on Netflix.
encoded: This article contains discussion of subjects including bereavement and mental health issues that some may find upsetting. Though originally released in the pre-pandemic days of 2019, horror-thriller The Lodge has now come to Netflix and is already racking up a catalogue of fans as an alternative Christmas movie. Starring Riley Keough and Richard Armitage as a recently engaged couple as well as Clueless legend Alicia Silverstone and Knives Out’s Jaeden Martell, the film deals with creepy cults, strange families, and the Biblical. Directed by Austrian duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, The Lodge received positive reviews upon its premiere at Sundance Film Festival nearly five years ago, with Keough's performance earning particular praise. If you've watched the film and need a breakdown of its chilling ending, read on to have The Lodge ending explained, but be warned – there are spoilers ahead. The Lodge ending explained: Were they in purgatory? The film opens with the suicide of Laura Hall (Silverstone), who takes her own life after ex-husband Richard (Armitage) informs her he will be marrying Grace (Keough), a woman he met while researching cults who once was the sole survivor of a mass suicide. To recover from the ordeal, Richard, his two children with Laura, and Grace decide to spend Christmas in a remote cabin that comes with a very heavy dose of Catholic imagery – something that horror movie tropes dictate will not end well. Meanwhile, the children do not particularly warm to Grace and set about trying to find out more about their step mother. Mysterious things also start occurring not long after Richard has to depart the lodge for a work matter and more or less everything vanishes overnight. Clothing, food, the dog, Grace’s medication – all basic necessities gone. Grace’s first instinct is to believe the children were playing a cruel prank on her, but they insist otherwise and the three of them begin to believe something supernatural is occurring. Richard’s s…

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One Life director on "incredibly powerful" experience of filming in real locations
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date: 2023-12-31T11:00:40.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
description: James Hawes spoke exclusively to RadioTimes.com about shooting the emotional new film starring Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn.
encoded: One Life director James Hawes has opened up about the emotion of filming scenes where the events of the film took place. The period drama tells the true story of Nicholas Winton and how he helped rescue hundreds of Jewish children in Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War, and a lot of its filming actually took place in Prague - where many scenes are set. Hawes discussed the impact of filming in the city exclusively with RadioTimes.com, explaining: "It was incredibly powerful to be filming in Prague, and constantly have people coming up to us and talking about how their family was linked to it, how they either helped some of the children or the refugees, Jewish and otherwise, how their grandparents had sent them off on the train, because obviously, some of the children came back to Prague afterwards. "So you felt it coming through the stones, you felt a pride in the people of the city that we were telling this story, and it was partly their story." Hawes also explained how he first came across the story, which was immortalised through an episode of That’s Life! in 1988, which saw Winton reunited with many of the now-adult children he had saved from the Nazis. The director, who has previously helmed episodes of Slow Horses, Doctor Who and Black Mirror, said: "I heard of Nicholas Winton's story the way most people did, which is that clip on YouTube, guaranteed to make you cry any time of the day or night or week or year. "And I have a confession here, which is [that] my second ever job in the industry was [as] a trainee researcher on that show. Read more: Maestro true story: Leonard Bernstein's children on new film Bernstein's children on Bradley Cooper's "pleasing" Maestro changes "I'm not going to tell you [that] it might or might not have been quite close to the time that Nicholas Winton was on. "So I worked with Esther [Rantzen] and I had a particular interest in that show and its impact on the British public, frankly, and the BBC, because I think this …

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Helena Bonham Carter wishes her part in One Life was “bigger”
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date: 2023-12-30T11:00:15.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: News
description: "It was such a great story and I wanted to be a part of it but it’s not a very big part and I wished it was bigger."
encoded: Helena Bonham Carter has said that she wishes her part in One Life was “bigger”. Bonham Carter plays Babi Winton in the true-life period drama about how her character’s son, Nicholas Winton, saved hundreds of Jewish children in Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s as the Second World War was about to break out. Speaking to RadioTimes.com and other press, Bonham Carter detailed her path to the role, commenting: “I was approached about two years ago and I thought it was one of these sort of things that would never happen. Then [Anthony] Hopkins said he was going to be in it. Then Johnny [Flynn]. It just sort of coalesced.” The Harry Potter star also discussed how she wanted a bigger role in the film: “It was such a great story and I wanted to be a part of it but it’s not a very big part and I wished it was bigger.” Bonham Carter, who has Jewish heritage and has previously played a role in Holocaust education in the UK, also talked about how her own family’s history relates to the story. She said: “The other thing that has to be said is it's sort of in my DNA because I come from, not German, but Austrian Jewish heritage. And on top of that, on both sides, both my grandparents helped a lot of Jewish people get visas out of Nazi Europe. So it was in my DNA.” Read more: Maestro true story: Leonard Bernstein's children on new film Bernstein's children on Bradley Cooper's "pleasing" Maestro changes Meanwhile, Bonham Carter also reflected on filming One Life during the height of the Russia-Ukraine war: “When we filmed it, this time last year, it was in the middle of the Ukrainian crisis. So obviously, there were refugee children. That was incredibly relevant when we're forming and now it's smack in the middle of this horrendous situation.” As well as Bonham Carter, One Life – which is directed by James Hawes – stars Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn as Nicholas Winton with a supporting cast made up of Jonathan Pryce, Romola Garai and Lena Olin. One Life is released in UK cinemas …

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Disquiet ending explained: Does Sam escape the hospital?
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date: 2023-12-12T11:24:00.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars in the horror film that has recently arrived on Netflix.
encoded: Warning: Contains spoilers for Disquiet on Netflix. Starring the one-time Henry VIII, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Disquiet is the latest Netflix horror-thriller pushing audiences to the edge of their seat. Meyers portrays Sam, a flashy tech entrepreneur who is severely injured in a car accident after being hit by a drunk truck driver. In a move somewhat reminiscent of 28 Days Later, he wakes up in a virtually abandoned hospital, with the last thing he can remember being his wife saying she loves him. After waking, Sam is in the hospital next to a seemingly comatosed patient. Only, the patient is very much alive and kicking, and possesses a level of agility usually reserved for professional athletes. Sam is attacked and is forced to fight the man off with a scalpel when a mysterious nurse appears and sedates the patient before disappearing with him. There is plenty of other weirdness in the hospital. One woman named Monica is at the facility for breast enhancement, and as she is lying on the surgery table waiting for her anaesthetic, she realises that the doctors have no faces. She is actually not killed during the surgery, but after she wakes up, she is attacked by three very bloody women whose modesty is protected by bandaging. Sam hears her screams as she is attacked and comes to Monica’s help, and after assaulting one of the women, the two escape before running into a Black man named Carter who is in the hospital because he was shot by a racist police officer. In a bit of convoluted plot mechanics, the cop is also in the hospital, injured in the encounter that landed Carter in hospital. The gang of three look to escape the hospital and move towards a fire exit, but Sam notices that fire is slowly rising up the building from the route they were looking to flee down. Sam is then knocked out by an orderly who appeared to threaten harm but actually comes in peace, and mops up his wounds before he wakes. This is when another character – the wheelchair-bound Virgil – appears…

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Is Pain Hustlers on Netflix based on a true story?
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date: 2023-11-06T12:11:08.000Z
creator: Molly Moss
subject: Movies
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: Netflix’s new Emily Blunt and Chris Evans film is the latest to tackle America’s opioid crisis.
encoded: Pain Hustlers is the latest Netflix project to explore the opioid crisis, following in the footsteps of Painkiller and The Fall of the House of Usher, which landed on the streamer earlier this year. Although the new film has a slightly different tone to its predecessors, it tells a similarly harrowing tale, revolving around a pharmaceutical company that sells a new opioid called Lonafen. The new dark comedy boasts a star-studded cast including Emily Blunt and Chris Evans and naturally, fans have been left wanting to know about the true story that inspired it. So, is Pain Hustlers based on a true story, is Lonafen a real drug and is Blunt's character Liza Drake a real person? Read on for everything you need to know. Pain Hustlers true story: Is Lonafen based on a real drug? The genesis for Pain Hustlers is a New York Times article of the same name from journalist Evan Hughes which featured his reporting into a pharmaceutical company that was convincing doctors to prescribe their new drug – a liquid fentanyl-based painkiller called Subsys – as a form of treatment for cancer patients. While Lonafen is a fictional drug, it is based on the actual drug Subsys. Upon reading the story, screenwriter Wells Tower recalls: "I was just astounded by this incredible story. I found it mind-blowing that these people, who for the most part have no medical training, have so much influence over the medications we’re prescribed. "And they have this influence because they’re bribing doctors to prescribe medications, in this case fentanyl, even to patients who don’t need it. I knew we had a story on our hands that could offer some really shocking insights into how American medicine works." Insys Therapeutic filed for bankruptcy in 2019 with a number of top executives found guilty of racketeering with founder Kapoor sentenced to five years in prison. Is Liza Drake a real person in Pain Hustlers? While much of the story is loosely grounded in the real-life rise and fall of the company Insys…

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Hereditary ending explained: What happens to Annie?
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date: 2023-10-30T14:36:59.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Evergreen
description: What really happened at the end of Ari Aster's acclaimed debut horror?
encoded: One of the most talked about horror films of the last decade, Ari Aster’s Hereditary set the template for what some call “elevated horror”, in the sense that the film is slow, atmospheric and more interested in the metaphysical than slasher kills. A surprise success when it was released in 2017, Hereditary (which was conceived as a family drama) follows a grieving family who start to become tormented by a demon in the aftermath of the death of their mysterious grandmother. Toni Collette stars as Annie, who, at the beginning of the film, attends her mother’s funeral and is surprised by the amount of people there to pay their respects. Afterwards, she goes to brief counselling in which she reminisces about their fraught relationship that only began to heal after the birth of Annie’s daughter Charlie (Milly Shapiro), who is the only one really upset by the death. Charlie is a horror movie child in the sense that she makes creepy dolls and does weird things with animals – particularly one thing with a pigeon that is deeply disturbing. She later accompanies her brother Peter (Alex Wolff) to a party, where her severe nut allergy is triggered after eating a piece of cake. Peter then races Charlie to the hospital in his car, and she sticks her head out of the window for air. Charlie is then decapitated by a wooden post with an occult symbol carved into it. Suffering from shock, Peter leaves Charlie’s headless body in the back of the car where it is found by their mother the next morning. Once again struck by grief, Annie makes friends with a woman named Joan (Ann Dowd), who conducts a seance for the two of them in which she appears to contact her deceased grandson. Awed by the seance, Annie insists her family attend one of their own to contact Charlie. Things, of course, take a very spooky turn as objects begin to move by themselves and Annie seemingly becomes possessed by the spirit of Charlie. Annie then sees images in Charlie’s sketchbook that depict Peter’s eyes scratch…

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Inception ending explained: Is it a dream?
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date: 2023-10-30T12:29:18.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Evergreen
description: What's happening?
encoded: Does Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi heist thriller Inception have the most talked about ending of the 21st century? Never has a spinning top been analysed in more detail, as fans and critics alike debate how 'real' Inception’s final scenes are. Inception, the first film Nolan made after the career-altering success of The Dark Knight, sees Leonardo DiCaprio portray Cobb, a professional thief whose speciality happens to be entering people’s dreams and stealing thoughts from their subconsciousness. Because of reasons explained much later in the film, Cobb is a fugitive from America and wants to go back home to his family, so accepts a job from businessman Saito (Ken Watanabe) that he thinks is near-impossible. His mission is to plant an idea inside the head of Robert Fischer (Cillian Murphy), the son of a corporate rival who is imminently set to inherit his father’s business upon his passing. Saito wants Cobb to plant the idea to break up Fisher’s father’s conglomerate of companies. The job requires Cobb to create several dream worlds to plant the idea deep enough within Fischer’s subconsciousness. Because of dreams appearing to be as realistic as the real world, Cobb carries with him a small spinning top that tells him if he’s dreaming or not – if it falls, he’s in the real world. Due to the deepness of the dreams, Cobb and his team are also at risk of never returning to the real world, as dying in a dream would usually wake the sleeping person - but in this instance, they would be trapped in limbo. This is particularly important given Fischer’s subconsciousness has been trained to defend itself in the form of a private army. Cobb also reveals that he has been to limbo after experimenting with dreams with his deceased wife Mal, where they experienced 50 years in one night and began to lose their grasp on reality. DiCaprio's character reveals that Mal did not want to return to reality and their children, and that he performed inception on her to try and convince her to com…

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Cat Person director explains why she cast Succession's Nicholas Braun
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date: 2023-10-27T07:00:28.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
subject: Movies
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
description: The Cousin Greg star has a very different role in the new thriller.
encoded: Cat Person is a very 2023 film. The darkly comedic thriller explores the perils of 21st century dating as it follows college student Margot after she goes on a date with Robert after meeting online. Based off a New Yorker short story of the same name, Margot soon realises that Robert is not exactly who he said he was – specifically his two cats don't appear to actually exist. The film stars BAFTA nominee Emily Jones from CODA and Succession's Nicholas Braun – aka Cousin Greg – as Robert, with an impressive supporting cast that includes Isabella Rossellini, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hope Davis and Michael Gandolfini. Cat Person is also directed by Susanna Fogel, who previously helmed action-comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me and co-wrote breakout hit Booksmart. Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com, Fogel explained the casting of Braun, which is his first post-Succession role. View oEmbed on the source website "So I wanted an actor who men like, and Nick is kind of a cult favourite from Succession," she said. "He's not a man who's polarising to men, per se, he's a man that they're like, 'Oh, I like that guy, it's Cousin Greg. Cool!' "I wanted that bias to be positive for him so that he could be pushed to some pretty extreme places, and you're still kind of aligned with him more than you otherwise would be. "And so you empathise with her being aligned with him and her wanting to root for him, because you're kind of rooting for him. Her talking herself into forgiving him for things and you are too, and I wanted your experience to parallel Margot's basically." Read more: The Killer cinematographer says film should be seen in cinema Five Nights at Freddy's director reveals how game creator influenced film Fogel also discussed expanding Robert so male viewers could resonate with him: "It was important to figure out a way for men to... I didn't want to make a movie for an echo chamber of women who already identify with Margot and understand what's wrong with Robert. I wanted men t…

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Pain Hustlers cast: Meet the stars of Netflix pharma drama
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date: 2023-10-27T07:00:05.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: Emily Blunt and Chris Evans lead the all-star line-up of acting talent.
encoded: Directed by Harry Potter supremo David Yates, Pain Hustlers is a timely story about America’s opioid crisis that stars Emily Blunt, Chris Evans and Andy Garcia. Blunt plays a recently unemployed single mother who begins work for a pharmaceutical company that is engaging in illegal business practices such as bribing doctors to prescribe their highly addictive drugs, with Garcia as the boss of the business. The thriller – inspired by a true story - is out now on Netflix, so let’s take a look at its all-star cast and where you may have seen some of them before. Pain Hustlers cast: Meet the stars of Netflix film Emily Blunt is Liza Drake Who is Liza Drake? Drake is the heart of Pain Hustlers as a single mother in need of a job and money to pay for her daughter’s medical care. After taking a job at a pharmaceutical company, she becomes involved in the firm’s illegal schemes and sees her morality tested as huge sums begin rolling in when America becomes gripped by an opioid epidemic. What else has Emily Blunt been in? Possibly the best working leading lady to have not received an Oscar nomination, Blunt’s long career has seen her gain acclaim for her performances in the likes of The Devil Wears Prada, Sicario and most recently Oppenheimer. She has also starred in a number of blockbusters such as Edge of Tomorrow, Mary Poppins Returns and Looper. Chris Evans is Pete Brenner Who is Pete Brenner? Pete is a sales rep for a Florida-based pharmaceutical company who is incredibly brash and only cares about the bottom line – the archetypal sleazebag salesman. What else has Chris Evans been in? The world best knows Chris Evans for his portrayal of Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Since hanging up his shield, he has appeared in Knives Out, The Gray Man, Ghosted and voiced Buzz Lightyear. Andy Garcia is Jack Neel Who is Jack Neel? Jack Neel is the founder of a pharmaceutical firm that purports to have made a miracle pain killer called Lonafen inspired by the death o…

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Nowhere ending explained: Do Mia and her baby survive?
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date: 2023-10-11T16:16:21.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: The Spanish-language thriller has been a surprise hit on Netflix.
encoded: Netflix has its issues – and its critics – but over the years it has been an excellent platform for non-English language films and TV shows that would otherwise have received only a minor release or, perhaps, no release at all. The latest unexpected hit to arrive on the streaming service has been the Spanish-language thriller Nowhere, which has been viewed almost 30 million times in the last two weeks. Nowhere takes place largely in one location – a container that has been bumped into the sea by a hellacious storm. Inside the container is a heavily pregnant woman named Mia (Anna Castillo), a refugee from a near-future dystopian Spain that has returned to a dictatorship following an economic crisis. Mia and her husband Nico decide to flee for Ireland after losing their first child who was taken away from the military and secure passage on a cargo ship, but the couple get quickly separated and put in different containers. Mia’s container is washed off the boat by the storm and soon after she has to give birth underwater, eat anything she can get her hands on including raw fish, and survive rising water levels with a newborn baby she names Noa. She is determined to survive for her daughter and manages to force a hole in the roof of the container, allowing her to send off SOS messages while floating in the middle of nowhere without any idea if help will arrive. After nearly three weeks out at sea, she receives a phone call from Nico, who tells Mia he has been shot by the army and is going to die soon. Mia tells him of his daughter and he tells her to continue fighting and that he will always be with them in spirit. Then the container starts to sink… Nowhere ending explained: Do Mia and her baby survive? Faced with certain death if she stays on the container, Mia constructs a small makeshift raft in the hopes of floating to a safe land for baby Noa. As Noa floats away, Mia appears to come to terms with her situation, accepting her almost certain death by drowning after w…

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Mission: Impossible has an Ilsa Faust problem
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date: 2023-10-11T06:00:13.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Comment
description: Was Rebecca Ferguson's character treated poorly in Dead Reckoning - Part 1? What do you reckon?
encoded: **WARNING: This article includes major spoilers for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1** Mission: Impossible has an Ilsa Faust problem. The MI6 agent turned Ethan Hunt love interest turned kind of not dies seemingly twice in the latest instalment, Dead Reckoning – Part 1. The awe-inspiring blockbuster that features everything from Tom Cruise riding a bike off a cliff to Tom Cruise dangling from a train edging into the abyss to Tom Cruise waving away the attention of four of the most beautiful women on the planet opens with Faust seemingly dead in the Arabian desert. She’s been tracked down by bounty hunters and appears to fail at holding them off, with Ethan turning up too late to save her. We’re shown Faust lying face down in the sand and Hunt looking forlorn. But it’s a fakeout. Not a very good one, given Rebecca Ferguson featured prominently in the trailers in locations that are very much not sand dunes, and the reveal isn’t uncovered until a fair bit later in the film. But it may have been a deliberate move given the third act twist. Mission: Impossible – like virtually all action franchises – doesn’t really dabble with killing off protagonists. It’s a series that stands on the shoulders of technical mastery, ingenious set-pieces and, well, Tom Cruise, rather than any kind of emotional heft. Which makes the storytelling in the final third even more baffling. To cut to the chase: Faust is killed off after a fight on a Venetian bridge with Dead Reckoning’s AI-loving villain Gabriel, played with debonair charm by Esai Morales. He had earlier propositioned Vanessa Kirby’s Alanna to kill either Faust or latest M: I addition Grace – a thief played by Hayley Atwell who is in possession of the film’s MacGuffin – with Hunt indelibly tasked with saving one at the expense of the other. This is usually the bit where the hero miraculously saves both women, but while he keeps Grace from harm, Ilsa – the best addition the series has had – gets stabbed in the heart, ec…

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The Nun II ending explained: Is Maurice saved from Valak?
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date: 2023-10-05T15:00:09.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
description: The latest entry in the Conjuring franchise is currently showing in UK cinemas.
encoded: The Conjuring Universe has become something like the horror equivalent of the MCU, grossing billions of dollars, spawning spin-offs upon spin-offs and achieving a level of previously unprecedented enduring success for a series within the genre. The latest instalment – The Nun II – continues the story from the first film about a possessed nun in 1950s Romania. Starring Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet and Bonnie Aarons from the previous movie, plus the addition of Storm Reid, The Nun II once again follows Sister Irene (Farmiga) as she seeks to prevent the demon Valak from obtaining a relic that could give the evil entity superpowers. The relic Valak seeks is the eyes of St Lucy, the patron saint of the blind, as it would restore the power that was taken away from him by God - and in the pursuit of the artefact, the demon has been on a killing spree all across Europe. As a result of her experience with Valak from the first film, Sister Irene is sent by the cardinal to investigate the murders and the demon. Concurrently, The Nun II finds Maurice from the first film in France, working at a boarding school which just so happens to be where the eyes of St Lucy are buried. Maurice was previously revealed to have been possessed by Valak and to be the man who was being exorcised in The Conjuring. His storyline follows a similar path to that of the first film, with him falling under the control of Valak - eventually consumed by him entirely. Along the way, Irene learns the story of St Lucy; how she was a martyr who was set on fire but did not burn, though she had her eyes gouged out and later recovered. Investigating the boarding school, Irene finds that Maurice has been completely possessed by Valak and the demon takes control of the relic. The Nun II ending explained: Is Maurice saved from Valak? Once Valak takes possession of St Lucy’s eyes, he appears to become all-powerful and raises Irene into the air like he had done with previous victims. Irene is set on fire by Valak, b…

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The Little Things ending explained: Who is the killer?
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date: 2023-09-25T09:15:03.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: The Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto serial killer mystery leaves viewers with some big questions.
encoded: The Denzel Washington-led thriller The Little Things has landed on Netflix two years after its official release, introducing a brand new audience to the film’s controversial ending. The movie, which also stars Rami Malek, follows Los Angeles police detectives Joe ‘Deke’ Deacon (Washington) and Jimmy Baxter (Malek) as they attempt to hunt down a serial killer whose MO is similar to that of an unsolved case from Deke's past, which still haunts the detective. Their investigation for the most recent murder leads the pair to the incredibly creepy Albert Sparma (Jared Leto), who likes to taunt the detectives about their failure to solve the case, and who even admitted to a killing he couldn't have possibly committed. So we're led to believe, anyway. Eventually, when cornered by Baxter, Sparma says he will take the detective to the body of one of the dead women, which Baxter of course accepts, with Deke following behind in his car – leading to the surprising climax. So, what does the ending of The Little Things mean and who was the real killer? Read on for everything you need to know. The Little Things ending explained: Who was the real killer? Sparma takes Baxter to what he says is the burial place of one of his victims but though the cop digs and digs and digs some more for a body, nothing is found. All the while, Sparma taunts the detective and even mocks his ability to protect his daughters, causing Baxter to lose it and beat Sparma to death with a shovel. Deke arrives with the intent to cover up Sparma’s murder, with the film suddenly flashing back to five years previously to show the senior cop accidentally shooting a missing girl and the incident being hushed up by the coroner. Deke tells Baxter to forget about Sparma or else it will consume all of him, even as the younger cop continues to search for a body in the desert but none can be found. Moving to the very final sequence of the film, Baxter is at home when he receives a package in the mail featuring a red hair…

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"Proof that movie stars never die" – In defence of the Expendables films
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date: 2023-09-20T15:28:24.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Comment
description: The fourth entry in the starry action series is about to arrive in UK cinemas.
encoded: Rewinding back to the halcyon days of 2010, action cinema was not in the healthy place it is now. Tony Scott was about to release his final film before his death, Michael Bay had become a full-time Transformer and John Wick was still four long years away. Tom Cruise wasn’t yet quite the all-conquering stunt supremo he would soon become and Arnold Schwarzenegger was busy being the Governator rather than the Terminator. Then The Expendables were born. Sylvester Stallone was enjoying something of a career renaissance after the best part of a decade spent in the commercial wilderness following a number of flops such as D-Tox and Driven. But after revisiting his iconic characters Rocky and Rambo, Sly was experiencing a late noughties revival. Enough time had also passed since the '80s and early '90s glory days that maybe the world was ready for unapologetic machismo, baby-oiled biceps and mugging one-liners. For the first film, Stallone lined up a team of A-listers, D-listers, professional wrestlers and Hollywood leftovers with himself leading the ensemble. He was joined by two bonafide stars in Jason Statham (as a character called Lee Christmas) and Jet Li, one-time star Dolph Lundgren, UFC legend Randy Couture, former wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin, comic actor and physical behemoth Terry Crews and Hollywood outcasts Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts. It wasn’t exactly a who’s who of action legends, but it was enough. Upon release, The Expendables received largely negative reviews from the critics - but for action fans who wanted an overdose of men on a mission taking names and severing limbs, it was basically the ABBA Gold of action movies. All of the stars get to deal out their greatest hits – Statham and Jet Li exhibit their martial arts brilliance, Crews mans the biggest and loudest gun you have seen and heard in your life and Stallone (painted-on moustache and all) gets to reembody that bruising killer trope he plays as well as anyone. While the first film was a to…

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The new era of James Bond? Who Christopher Nolan could cast as 007
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date: 2023-09-12T15:29:23.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: TV
subject: Comment
subject: James Bond (franchise)
description: In a world where Nolan directs Bond, what does the new 007 look like?
encoded: Christopher Nolan has long been the James Bond series’ unicorn. For many fans, it is the dream combination of material and director, with Nolan himself going on record to highlight the influence of 007 on his career. Now, a new report has surfaced from World of Reel, claiming that Bond producers are “zeroing in” on hiring Nolan to write and direct the next two 007 films, which would be the first without Daniel Craig in the lead role in more than 20 years. In the past, Nolan has been vocal in his concerns about how much creative control he would have over a Bond film given the tight grip Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson maintain over the franchise, and the director would almost certainly want the final decision over whoever was next going to be ordering a martini (shaken, not stirred). With the Bond series currently in flux due to the departure of Craig and the ongoing actors and writers strikes, the timing may be right for Nolan to be able to put his own stamp on the series, so below we've highlighted four stars who could be the Oppenheimer director’s 007 and what those potential movies may look like. Robert Pattinson After starring in Nolan’s sci-fi take on the spy thriller, Tenet, the former Twilight star is an obvious candidate to front his Bond film. In many ways, his role in Tenet served as an audition to play Bond and his performance as Batman is evidence that he can front a blockbuster. Also put forward by Danny Boyle to be the next Bond, Pattinson has easy movie star charisma but is young and youthful looking while also lacking the physicality of a Craig or Connery. Given what Nolan accomplished with his own Batman trilogy, it’s fair to expect a Bond starring Pattinson would tap into the darker, more psychological aspects of the character while being able to hit all the right action beats like he did in Tenet. Read more: Who will be the next James Bond? Cillian Murphy An uneasy superstar due to his general distrust of fame and public attention, 2023 has…

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Bull ending explained: What happens to Bull and his son?
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date: 2023-08-31T15:25:46.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: The 2021 film has created a splash since landing on Netflix.
encoded: *WARNING - CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS FOR BULL* Some films on Netflix come and go while others have legs and last long in the watch lists of users. Bull, the violent and grisly revenge thriller starring Neil Maskell, is very much the latter. While it originally flew under the radar upon its initial 2021 release, after landing on Netflix it found its audience and became an unexpected summer hit on the streaming platform. Bull stars Maskell (Hijack, Litvinenko) as the eponymous character who hunts down members of his former gang, led by his father-in-law (David Hayman), to find his estranged son. It all gets a little complicated during its conclusion, and if you were left scratching your head after watching it all unfold, we're here to help. Read on to have the Bull ending explained and to find out exactly what happens in this gruesome revenge thriller. Bull movie: Netflix ending explained Earlier in the film, we are shown a flashback to a fateful night where Bull is double-crossed by his wife and father-in-law. He is burned alive in front of his son, with the gang believing him to be dead, which is why they’re so shocked when his vengeful rampage begins. It’s witnessing this event that also turns his son towards heroin. View Green Video on the source website After finding his son, Bull takes him to a church and lays him at the altar until a vicar (Daniele Lydon) comes the next morning. They look at Bull and scream, scared that he has entered a place of God. We then see that Bull’s eyes have turned entirely black, as if he is the Devil. He asks the vicar for his son’s salvation and leaves, with the last shot being an image of Bull standing over a grave. Is Bull a demon? It’s the same grave we see in the film’s opening – presumably Bull’s grave. At the beginning of his underworld odyssey, Bull says he came from Hell, and the film’s ending implies this is literally true - that he made a deal with the Devil to save his son, adding a metaphysical tilt to what was, up to that …

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Steven E de Souza on 35 years of Die Hard: "Bruce broke the steroid ceiling"
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date: 2023-07-15T08:00:02.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: RT Rewind
description: The screenwriter talks to RadioTimes.com about the actors who turned down the role, writing for Alan Rickman and coining the iconic "yippee-ki-yay" line.
encoded: John McClane was very nearly played by Arnold Schwarzenegger – and that would have made Die Hard a very different action classic. Steven E de Souza, the screenwriter of the iconic movie, is talking to RadioTimes.com ahead of the film's 35th anniversary and has opened up about the road of bringing the film to screen. “Arnold would not have worked because he was such a physical specimen," he says on the prospect of Schwarzenegger potentially playing McClane. "At the time when the Die Hard script went out, we were coming off Commando and Rambo and all these giant guys. "[Casting Bruce Willis] opened the door for a lot more normal looking guys like Keanu Reeves being in action movies. Bruce broke the steroid ceiling.” The number of action stars that turned down Die Hard is now the stuff of Hollywood lore. Virtually every big name in the business said no before TV star Willis was selected off the back of the success of Moonlighting. De Souza thinks he knows why all the big names were not eager to sign on: “James Caan passed on it. He said the first 25 pages were the guy hiding and trying to call for help and that he didn’t get it. And that was probably the reason every other actor turned it down. It was the antithesis of what we had trained audiences to expect from action heroes.” The role was also originally offered to Frank Sinatra, who at that point was in his seventies. The thought still makes de Souza chuckle: “The script had to be offered first to Frank Sinatra because of a contractual thing but fortunately he said he was too rich and too old to do it because, as I always say, the chases through the building would have been on a rascal scooter.” Die Hard, of course, made Willis one of the biggest and most beloved stars on the planet, and he would reprise his role as McClane three more times before his retirement in 2022, but it also ushered the very unusual phrase 'yippee-ki-yay motherf*****' into the popular lexicon. The line was a joint effort between de Souza an…

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Katherine Kelly: "If everyone's going one way, I want to go the other way."
type: item
date: 2023-06-22T18:00:05.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: ITVX
subject: On demand
subject: The Big RT Interview
description: The actor speaks exclusively to RadioTimes.com about her new comedy Ruby Speaking and her extensive career to date.
encoded: "If everyone's going one way, I want to go the other way," says Katherine Kelly, reflecting on her long and varied career. "I don't swim with the tide." Kelly first came to prominence in 2006 as the unpredictable and headstrong Becky McDonald in Coronation Street, who she played until 2012 before deciding to seek out a new challenge. But the roles that were typically on offer at the time, such as tortured cop or "woman who cries a lot", were of no interest to Kelly, whose CV includes Happy Valley, Mr Selfridge, The Night Manager, Doctor Who spin-off Class, Netflix's Criminal: UK and her latest work, Ruby Speaking. The ITVX sitcom, which was co-created by and stars comedian Jayde Adams, follow an ensemble of working class Bristolians during their 9-5 call centre grind. Kelly plays their slightly terrifying and deluded boss Vicky, who may or may not think she's actually the head of a major corporation. "She's a mash up of TED Talks, wellness podcasts and Oprah," Kelly says over Zoom from her home in Yorkshire. Her "gurus" are Meghan Markle, Amanda Holden and Matthew McConaughey, which gives you a fascinating insight into how she approached the character. Kelly was also eager to avoid the evil comedy-boss stereotype: "The b*tch boss has been done to death. I didn't want to go down the road of The Devil Wears Prada. I thought 'we've seen that, let's do something different.'" For Kelly, variety is always the aim of the game: "Inevitably, in this job, when you do a period drama, you're going to get offered another period drama, but that's not what interests me. Drama in its various forms has traditionally been her wheelhouse since leaving Coronation Street eleven years ago, but she's a dab hand at comedy too, with BBC One's Black Ops and Ruby Speaking allowing her to flex different muscles. Kelly is also one of the most prolific actors working in the UK today, with this year alone seeing her take on three new projects. She attributes her ceaseless drive to her working cla…

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Scott Adkins would be “stupid” not to reprise John Wick role in spin-off
type: item
date: 2023-06-22T08:52:06.000Z
creator: Sam Moore
subject: Movies
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
description: The Killa Harkan star spoke exclusively to RadioTimes.com ahead of an event at the London Action Festival this weekend.
encoded: *WARNING: This article contains spoilers for John Wick: Chapter 4* Scott Adkins has said he would be “stupid” to not return for any John Wick spin-off or prequel that would involve his villain from the fourth movie, Killa Harkan. Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com ahead of the London Action Festival – where the cult action star will be taking part in a panel alongside fellow John Wick alum Mark Dacascos to discuss their careers and the $1 billion grossing franchise – Adkins opened up about his biggest role to date and the prospect of reprising it in the future. Discussing the possibility of playing Killa Harkan again in a prequel or spin-off (the character is killed in John Wick: Chapter 4), Adkins said: “Of course I would [return]. It was a fantastic opportunity to be a part of the John Wick franchise. If they were to do a spin-off that involved other characters, of course I would say yes. I’m not stupid.” Adkins also revealed his initial reaction to finding out his movie star jaw and athlete’s physique would be hidden behind a gregarious fat-suit: “My first thought was 'oh s***, nobody is going to recognise me' - but after five minutes, I was like 'this will be great because it’s more of a challenge to create a cool character like that.'” Harkan proved to be a fan favourite with moviegoers, with reports of audible gasps when the character pulls off a jumping spinning kick on the titular assassin and dog lover. Adkins, who is best known for his work on the cult direct-to-DVD action circuit with films like the critically acclaimed Avengement, Accident Man and the much adored Undisputed sequels, also has nothing but great things to say about his partner in action, Keanu Reeves, saying it is “unheard of” for a star of his stature to embrace the physicality of making the John Wick movies. “At his age, and having gone so much – he’s a wealthy guy – he doesn’t need to do it, he could get the stunt man more often. But he really loves his job and is super passionate ab…

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