Tag: Brian De Palma
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Piper Laurie’s ‘Carrie’ Performance Changed Horror Villains Forever
With Piper Laurie’s passing on October 14th, 2023, Hollywood mourns an icon. Born Rosetta Jacobs, Piper Laurie, as we came to know her once she changed her name after signing a contract with Universal Studios at the age of 18, was a fine actress who withstood the test of time making us a part of…
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Stephen King’s Favorite Movies: 25 Films the Author Wants You to See
Stephen King is a tastemaker of terror. Ever since breaking out with “Carrie” — the sordid tale of a telekinetic teenager adapted into Brian De Palma’s 1976 classic starring Sissy Spacek — the horror author has had a hand in shaping our nightmares.With dozens of novels, novellas, and short stories to his name, the 75-year-old…
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Mission: Impossible 3’s Maggie Q Accidentally Crashed A Car Her First Day On Set
The “Mission: Impossible” series has become easily my favorite film franchise over the course of the last decade. Not only is its consistency unmatched in today’s Hollywood blockbuster landscape, but the franchise has pulled off the remarkable feat of remaining consistent; the later entries of the series are actually the best of the bunch. As…
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George Lucas Partially Based Han Solo on This Famous Director
It’s no secret that Star Wars is a huge boiling cauldron of influences that George Lucas dosed together to create something new, original, and fresh. From the Samurai movies of Akira Kurosawa to the legendary structure devised by Joseph Campbell, nearly all of it has been extensively analyzed and explained – but not everything! One…
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Mark Margolis, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, And Scarface Actor, Dead At 83
One of cinema’s most illustrious character actors has left us. Mark Margolis, best known for his performance as Hector Salamanca in both “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” sadly passed away in New York City earlier today at the age of 83. According to The Hollywood Reporter, his death came after a “short illness” and…
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‘Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One’ Review: Tom Cruise Soars
Over the past four decades, Tom Cruise has turned Mission: Impossible into one of the greatest action film series of all time, a franchise that continuously has pushed the possibilities of what a modern blockbuster could be, and found new terrifying ways to put Cruise into harm’s way for our amusement. After an intriguing start…