Tag: Val Kilmer
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Val Kilmer Was In A Different Kind Of Batcave When He Was Cast In Batman Forever
Throughout the mythos concerning the character of Bruce Wayne aka Batman, there is a strong theme of predestination. While made explicit in only a few tales of the Dark Knight throughout the character’s 84-year existence, there exists the idea that the orphan Bruce Wayne was able to mold himself into the figure of Batman partially…
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Kurt Russell Isn’t What Makes ‘Tombstone’ a Great Western
Tombstone is one of the last great Westerns, a rousing slice of old-fashioned pulp fun that would make Sam Peckinpah proud, and the last gasp of a type of Western snuffed out by modern blockbuster Hollywood and the ripple effects of Unforgiven. Leading the charge (and secretly directing the film) is Kurt Russell in a…
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Watch Val Kilmer Beef Hard with David Mamet in Resurfaced ‘Spartan’ Audio Commentary
The 2004 film “Spartan” has largely been forgotten, but the thriller will always have a place in history as the movie that made Val Kilmer hate David Mamet.A viral Twitter thread has sparked renewed interest in the film’s DVD commentary track, in which Kilmer repeatedly insults his director Mamet for what Kilmer saw as pompous…
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Top Gun: Maverick: How the Filmmakers Brought Back Val Kilmer’s Voice
While it was speculated that original Top Gun star Val Kilmer would be a part of last year’s Top Gun: Maverick, his exact role and how he would appear was kept tightly under wraps. While the star has overcome a battle with throat cancer which has affected his speech, an illness that Kilmer confirmed in…