The Lost Jaws Prequel—Steven Spielberg’s Jaws 2 Described as “Saving Private Ryan, With Sharks”
Jaws 2 is the best of the sequels to the Steven Spielberg classic, but it is basically a retread of the first film and not…
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Mexico City’s Day of the Dead Parade Invented By the James Bond film SPECTRE
Eight minutes in SPECTRE changed the way Mexico City celebrates the Day of the Dead. For almost ten years, the capital has marked the holiday with a…
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Why Quentin Tarantino Hates Skyfall
Quentin Tarantino wanted to direct Casino Royale starring Pierce Brosnan. Although vocal about his intentions, EON Productions never called and soon after Brosnan was let…
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How A Russian Thief Bought the Rights to ‘Casino Royale’ and Turned James Bond into a Woman
In 1955, flamboyant Russian actor and director Gregory Ratoff was in Cairo, Egypt, acting and directing a film entitled The Royal Bed, which was about…
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The name’s Secretan, James Secretan. James Bond’s Original Name Just Might Have Been the Death of Him
It’s arguably the greatest introduction by a movie character. “The name’s Bond. James Bond” was first uttered by Sean Connery in Dr. No. There’s something…
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Method Studios’ ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ VFX Breakdown
Method Studios did a phenomenal mix of CGI and live-action for Terminator: Dark Fate in which the heroes are pursued by the Rev-9 Terminator while stealing a…
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This ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ stuntviz reel has incredible artistry
The stunt coordination and temp VFX show how to map out a scene Philip J. Silvera, the supervising stunt coordinator on Terminator: Dark Fate, shared a stuntviz…
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Stanley Kubrick Explains the Ending of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ In Unreleased Documentary
Stanley Kubrick wanted the meaning of 2001: A Space Odyssey to be ambiguous, left open to interpretation by the audience. He told Playboy magazine in…
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LOTR Deleted Scene: Eleven King Gil-Galad’s Fight to the Death With Sauron
The Elven High King Gil-Galad is a prominent character in Amazon Prime’s The Rings of Power. While portrayed by English actor Benjamin Walker, he is…
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From Russia With Love’s Helicopter Attack Vs. North By Northwest’s Crop-Duster Sequence: Why The Bond Sequence Isn’t a Rip-Off of Hitchcock’s Famous Set Piece
The helicopter attack in From Russia With Love is often unfairly dismissed as a rip-off of the celebrated crop-duster chase in Alfred Hitchcock’s North By…
