Tag: The Goonies
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Loki Season 2: Ke Huy Quan’s Ob Is Just Data From The Goonies (In The Best Ways Possible)
Spoilers for the “Loki” season 2 premiere follow.When news first dropped that Ke Huy Quan was officially joining the MCU in the second season of “Loki” (check out /FIlm’s review), longtime fans of the beloved actor could hardly contain themselves. After bursting back through the gates of Hollywood after winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for…
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The Steven Spielberg Movie That Inspired ‘Stranger Things’
Netflix has had plenty of hits during its tenure, but one stands out above the pack: Stranger Things. The sci-fi drama from Matt and Ross Duffer has barreled into pop culture like a freight train, inspiring everything from haunted houses to a crossover with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (That is not a joke. That…
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Whatever Happened to ‘The Goonies’ Sequel?
In 1985, The Goonies never said die and inspired a new classic that became beloved by a generation of 1980s kids. Decades later, The Goonies has endured as a beloved staple of 1980s pop culture while the bevy of child actors from the original film (namely Josh Brolin and Ke Huy Quan) that have gone…
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Cool Stuff: New Jurassic Park And The Goonies Posters Make Beautiful Use Of Cinematic Iconography
Steven Spielberg has given us some of the greatest adventures ever seen on the big screen, whether it’s the exploits of Indiana Jones, surviving a theme park gone wrong in “Jurassic Park,” tracking down a man-eating shark in open water, or trying to find treasure while running from dangerous criminals in “The Goonies.” Sure, he…
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Cinespia Announces New Screenings at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Including ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ and ‘The Goonies’ (Exclusive)
Cinespia has announced a handful of additional September screenings to round out their 22nd summer season at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The latest additions include “The Devil Wears Prada” on Sept. 2, “The Goonies” on Sept. 3, “The Royal Tenenbaums” on Sept. 9 and “Scarface” on Sept. 16.The film screening company has been showing classic films…
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‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Is An “Adventure” With “Danger For Kids,” Says Jude Law & Co-Creator
What do we know about the new “Star Wars” series “Skeleton Crew” from creators Jon Watts (director of the Marvel/Sony ‘Spider-Man’ trilogy) and Christopher Ford (one of the writers on Watts’ “Spider-Man: Homecoming”)? Well, we know it has an Amblin vibe, with the producer citing things like “E.T.” and “The Goonies” as influences.Continue reading ‘Star…
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Ke Huy Quan Fights Through Tears While Winning Best Supporting Actor Oscar: ‘This Is the American Dream!’
Ke Huy Quan, a child star who returned to the spotlight after decades for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” won the Oscar for best supporting actor.Earning the first standing ovation of the night, Quan took the stage and shouted out his 84-year-old mother, who is watching at home. “Mom, I just won an Oscar!”For Quan,…
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Richard Donner Didn’t Want To Approach The Omen As A Horror Film
If a script involves the antichrist, gruesome deaths, and one spiraling towards insanity as they question whether or not their child is evil, it’s safe to conclude the film can be categorized as horror. However, director Richard Donner took a delicate approach when he asked renowned actor Gregory Peck to be a lead role in…
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Richard Donner Cut The Goonies’ Octopus Attack For A Simple Reason
Ke Huy Quan enjoyed a pretty remarkable Hollywood comeback in 2022 thanks to a well-received performance in “Everything Everywhere All At Once” that would go on to become an awards season favorite. It’s been great to see for fans of the actor, many of whom grew up watching him as a child in “Indiana Jones…
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How Alan Arkin Sheltered Abigail Breslin From Little Miss Sunshine’s Adult Language
It’s sometimes hard to comprehend whether child actors in R-rated films can be shielded from the adult themes in the films that surround them. At 12 years old, Chloë Grace Moretz was instructed in “Kick-Ass” to repeat nearly every curse word that exists, and a few years later, Jacob Tremblay appeared in one of horror’s…