Tag: Americans
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‘The Pacific’ Ending Explained: Which Heroes Make It Home From WW2?
The Pacific has been soaring the charts on Netflix’s top television shows over the last week. The epic five-year account of the United States Marine Corps assault on Japan is delivered by the same creative team that brought us Band of Brothers with executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks anchoring another captivating story of…
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After ‘Rogue One’ and ‘Godzilla,’ Gareth Edwards Wants to Revolutionize How Studio Films Get Made With ‘The Creator’
When Gareth Edwards directed his first movie, the 2010 indie “Monsters,” it could scarcely have been a more DIY endeavor. He had less than $500,000 to tell an intimate story about two Americans contending with giant aliens rampaging through Mexico, so his crew consisted of just his actors (Scoot McNairy and Whitney Able), a sound…
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Is Netflix’s ‘Pain Hustlers’ Based on a True Story?
Set to come out on Netflix on October 27, Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts director David Yates’ newest project, Pain Hustlers, is the most recent drama about grifters, scams, and overall schemes to hit our screens. But, in a landscape marked by fictional and documentary shows and movies like The Dropout, Inventing Anna, and The…
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Biggest Difference Between ‘Ben-Hur’ and the Novel It’s Based On
1959’s Ben-Hur films, with one a 15-minute film from 1907, another a silent film from 1925, and the other a failed remake in 2016. But did you know the films were based on a book? No, not the Bible, you clever wags, but rather
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Box Office: ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Only Cracking $82 Million Through Fourth of July
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is staying in line with some tempered box office expectations, still tracking to fall in line with estimates that had pegged the film with an opening between $80 million and $85 million through the Fourth of July holiday.The Harrison Ford finale earned $11.8 million on Monday, pushing its…