Matthew Vaughn has made numerous British spy films over the last ten years, most of which originated from comic books. Kingsman, The King’s Man, and…
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Apocalypse Now earned its status as the greatest war movie of all time, a brutal and darkly comic examination of the double standards of war….
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Richard Donner, who directed and produced some of Hollywood’s biggest hits, like Superman, The Goonies, Lethal Weapon, and X-Men has died at 91. The news was broke…
The long-await is almost over for Snyder fans. In less than a month, Zack Snyder’s Justice League will be released on HBO Max. In anticipation…