When Townsend returned from Belgium in October, Margaret said that if she were to marry him, she would have to renounce her right to succession, her annual £6,000 Civil List income, her HRH title, and status as a member of...
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That theatrical bravado, somehow transplanted onto the screen, means that as Re-Animator rockets to a bloody climax, it becomes "not just a gore film which delivers splattery mayhem also a wildly effective dark comedy", says Duffy.According to Combs, however, Gordon...
You can't risk that kind of long-term strategy unless your other films are profitable, of course, but luckily for Warner, some of 2025's biggest money-spinners have been on the company's slate: as well as Sinners, these include A Minecraft Movie,...
Getty ImagesWhen Little Richard played at The London Rock and Roll Show in 1972, he was considered a golden oldie (Credit: Getty Images)Early recording sessions in New Orleans failed to capture the magic. Producer Robert "Bumps" Blackwell said he didn't...
Like the guard injured during the Worcester Art Museum robbery, security employees rarely carried arms – and, as portrayed mockingly in The Mastermind, they could often be dozy "retirees" or "acid heads", as Reichardt says, with limited training. She adds:...
Our mantra as a film team was really 'show and not tell'. You don't have to beat audiences over the head with advocacy – Geeta GandbhirDirector Geeta Gandbhir's reconstruction of events has no narration, and doesn't rely on witness interviews,...
As MTV takes its last gasp, shuttering its final music channels in the UK, it feels strangely nostalgic to look back to the days when multiple television channels streamed music videos for hours each day, but it gave rise to...
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