10 tips When life writes incredible stories: films based on true events Movies based on real events tell the stories of those who actually experienced them. © LightField Studios / Getty Images The fascination for films has a long tradition and so it is not surprising that film fans are always on the lookout for new material. Movies based on real events have a special appeal because they are as inspiring as they are unbelievable. Movies not only offer an...
pseudonym in Hollywood Alan Smithee has directed dozens of films - and he doesn't even exist Eric Idle played director Alan Smithee in the 1997 satire 'Hell Hollywood' - characteristically an extremely bad film © Allstar / Imago Images When the name Alan Smithee appears in the credits of a film, something has usually gone terribly wrong. It is always used when a director wants nothing more to do with his product. There were also a few prominent cases. Quiz...
The Sky Striker The best movies of 2022 Both fear neither death nor the devil: Robert Pattinson (left) as the new Batman, Tom Cruise as Maverick. © 2020 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. / 2022 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved. Every year, films manage to tear us out of everyday life and take us to foreign worlds, to distant continents, to other times. Whether fantastic, funny, realistic, dramatic or simply bombastic: films can cause ecstasy and open-mouthed...
Christmas Where popular Christmas movies were filmed According to a recent survey, "Three Nuts for Cinderella" shares first place in the most popular Christmas films with "Home Alone". photo © -/Degeto/WDR/dpa Did you know that "Three Nuts for Cinderella" was filmed in Moritzburg Castle near Dresden? Or that "Kevin's" home was for rent via Airbnb? Christmas films and their locations. Cinderella, in a dusky pink hooded cloak, walks across a snow-covered terrace towards a brightly lit castle - at a...
by Oliver Creutz and Bernd Teichmann 12/24/2022, 5:19 p.m 4 mins Most people know classics like "The Little Lord" or "Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella". But Bad Santa? Or "footsteps in the sand". Here is our selection of the best Christmas films. Guaranteed subjective and worth discussing. "The life is wonderful, is not it?" Sorry, that was to be expected now, but Frank Capra's fairy tale about the suicidal savings bank clerk (James Stewart), who is put back on track by...
Barack Obama He reveals his favorite films of the year Barack Obama has shared a list of 17 films that he considered outstanding from the past year. © Frederic Legrand - COMEO/Shutterstock Former US President Barack Obama has shared a list of 17 of his favorite films from the past year. Also this year, former US President Barack Obama (61) published a list of his favorite films of the past year. The 44th President of the United States has a...
Watch the video: The best films for the holiday season: 9 alternatives to the Christmas classics. Tired of "Three Nuts for Cinderella" or "Home Alone"?The stern editorial team recommends these alternatives to the Christmas classics.Bad SantaThe swearing and stealing department store Santa Willie meets the young Thurman in the 2003 crime comedy. A film that helps against too much Christmas kitsch and a bad mood. John WickFor those who usually save themselves through the holidays with Die Hard, the John...
Apparently, high taxes can make for better films. How is that supposed to work? It has to do with the fees of the stars. Salaries in Hollywood are high: actor Dwayne Johnson earned about $87.5 million in 2020, Ryan Reynolds $71.5 million and Jennifer Lopez $47.5 million, it is estimated Forbes Magazine. And just as unimaginably high as these sums are the taxes that the movie stars have to pay. With their salaries, they potentially belong to the highest tax...
Numerous films have been released this year. Some of them are remembered for the most inglorious reasons imaginable. Twelve eventful cinema months come to an end. But as always, not everything that shone on the screen was gold - sometimes despite success at the box office. And so, in addition to hits and films that were neither fish nor meat, there were numerous real disappointments. Representing the past few months, twelve films that made you lose your appetite for popcorn....
66 years old, he had played in Die Hard - Crystal Trap and in Top Gun. The University of Nevada, where he taught, announced the news, hailing a “multi-talented” man.American actor Clarence Gilyard Jr., known for his role as Trivette alongside Chuck Norris in the television series Walker, Texas Rangerdied at the age of 66, announced this Tuesday, November 29 the College of Fine Arts at the University of Nevadain which he taught cinema and theatre.Discovered in Die Hard –...
