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‘He was a very dear friend’: Cary Elwes on life after The Princess Bride – and losing Rob Reiner

silverguide.site – The actor worked as Marlon Brando’s PA, and received crucial career advice from Al Pacino. But it’s for the catchphrase-strewn classic that he’ll be best remembered. He talks about the film’s legacy, and its director Reiner, who he will ‘miss terribly’…
‘He was a very dear friend’: Cary Elwes on life after The Princess Bride – and losing Rob Reiner

Chuck Norris, prolific action star and martial arts champion, dies aged 86

silverguide.site – Actor and martial artist who rose to fame after starring in Bruce Lee’s The Way of the Dragon also became a TV fixture with Walker, Texas Ranger…
Chuck Norris, prolific action star and martial arts champion, dies aged 86

Don’t mention the m-word: are mutant X-Men about to show up en masse in Spider-Man: Brand New Day?

silverguide.site – An intriguing chat about warped DNA in the record-breaking trailer for the new Spider-Man movie could mean a host of long-awaited arrivals in the MCU…
Don’t mention the m-word: are mutant X-Men about to show up en masse in Spider-Man: Brand New Day?

Breakfast with Gosling, grilled by Spielberg, burned by Star Wars: Lord and Miller are cinema’s hottest duo

silverguide.site – From directing The Lego Movie to becoming a single entity, Phil Lord and Chris Miller have had quite the ascent. Now, sending one of the globe’s best actors to his cosmic doom in Project Hail Mary, they’re aiming for the stars…
Breakfast with Gosling, grilled by Spielberg, burned by Star Wars: Lord and Miller are cinema’s hottest duo

The Oscars red carpet was in a skip. Then a woman took it home for her flat. What else could be repurposed?

silverguide.site – A dumpster-diving TikToker struck gold the morning after the Academy Awards. But why are they binning carpets after one brief use? And where can we find the uneaten chocolate Oscars?…
The Oscars red carpet was in a skip. Then a woman took it home for her flat. What else could be repurposed?

Indian film board blocks release of Oscar-nominated Gaza drama The Voice of Hind Rajab

silverguide.site – Distributor says authorities warned screening Tunisian film-maker Kaouther Ben Hania’s docudrama could harm India–Israel relations…
Indian film board blocks release of Oscar-nominated Gaza drama The Voice of Hind Rajab

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come review – comedy horror sequel goes big and you should stay home

silverguide.site – There’s even more screaming, running, swearing and exploding rich people in a follow-up to the 2019 sleeper hit that expands mythology we didn’t need expanded…
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come review – comedy horror sequel goes big and you should stay home

‘My taste is superb. My eyes are exquisite’: Dianne Wiest’s 20 best film performances – ranked!

silverguide.site – The Oscar-winning star of Bullets Over Broadway and Hannah and Her Sisters has three major movies coming up. To mark her 78th birthday, we cast an eye over an (almost) immaculate back catalogue…
‘My taste is superb. My eyes are exquisite’: Dianne Wiest’s 20 best film performances – ranked!

The Killer review – John Woo’s gun-filled melodrama remains a blood-soaked classic

silverguide.site – The director’s 1989 Hong Kong action touchstone is a wild melding of maximalist violence and surreal sentimentality – with added harmonica…
The Killer review – John Woo’s gun-filled melodrama remains a blood-soaked classic

Midwinter Break review – sad, spiky and brilliantly acted portrait of rupture and rapture

silverguide.site – Polly Findlay’s barnstorming drama about interpersonal and religious tumult in late middle age is a triumph, swerving any sense of sentimentalism…
Midwinter Break review – sad, spiky and brilliantly acted portrait of rupture and rapture

‘The world was hard – this movie was meant to be a hug’: Ugo Bienvenu on his heartwarming eco-fable Arco

silverguide.site – The polymath French film-maker might be a pessimist, but his Oscar-nominated animated film is one of light and hope – even if he did have to fund it himself…
‘The world was hard – this movie was meant to be a hug’: Ugo Bienvenu on his heartwarming eco-fable Arco

Trains review – sober documentary explores the liberation of the locomotive

silverguide.site – The advent of the steam age ushered in a great social revolution, but as Maciej Drygas’s film points out, the technology also took us off the rails…
Trains review – sober documentary explores the liberation of the locomotive

Hunky Jesus review – a hot, oiled-torso Easter from San Francisco’s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

silverguide.site – Cavorting around the cross and sexualising the saviour, a group of queer drag nuns, performance artists and activists satirise the religious festival in Jennifer M Kroot’s documentary…
Hunky Jesus review – a hot, oiled-torso Easter from San Francisco’s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

Val Kilmer set to be be resurrected with AI for new film

silverguide.site – As Deep As the Grave, the true story of 1920s archeologists, will bring late actor back with support from his estate…
Val Kilmer set to be be resurrected with AI for new film

Oscars 2027: who might be up for next year’s awards?

silverguide.site – First-time winners Michael B Jordan and Jessie Buckley might have just been crowned but here’s a too-early look at who might be winning this time next year…
Oscars 2027: who might be up for next year’s awards?

Oscars ratings in US dip to four-year low, defying expectations

silverguide.site – Hopes that Sinners and One Battle After Another would bring in a big audience dashed as viewers fell to 17.9m, a 9% drop on last year’s 19.7m…
Oscars ratings in US dip to four-year low, defying expectations

Arco review – Natalie Portman and Mark Ruffalo lead rainbow-hued eco animation

silverguide.site – Portman and Ruffalo join the English voice cast of this film about a time-travelling boy from Earth’s drowned future and a girl with a robot nanny…
Arco review – Natalie Portman and Mark Ruffalo lead rainbow-hued eco animation

Sean Penn receives ‘Oscar’ made from damaged Ukrainian rail carriage after Zelenskyy meeting

silverguide.site – The actor skipped Academy Awards ceremony to travel to Ukraine, where he was presented with alternative prize…
Sean Penn receives ‘Oscar’ made from damaged Ukrainian rail carriage after Zelenskyy meeting

Abode review – Irish quintet of linked short films burrows deep into stereotypes

silverguide.site – The humour falls flat, the twists are weak, the plotlines are absurd and it’s soaked in booze and gambling. The only thing that saves this film are the actors’ performances…
Abode review – Irish quintet of linked short films burrows deep into stereotypes

Apnas review – slick British-Asian crime drama mixes family tensions with familiar thrills

silverguide.site – A Manchester-set tale of money laundering and divided loyalties pairs slick visuals with well-worn genre beats, an engaging if uneven stab at a sweeping gangster epic…
Apnas review – slick British-Asian crime drama mixes family tensions with familiar thrills
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