It’s the kind of event you’d never expect to see, except maybe in the deepest recesses of the wildest, cheese-fueled dreams of Star Wars fans.
A parade of pugs dressed as Star Wars things has happened – and judging by the Twitter coverage it was the ‘best day’ of all the attendees’ lives.
Bug-eyed pugs of all shapes, colours and sizes trotted along the street at the annual Pug Crawl in Portland, Oregon – dressed as Wookies, space crafts and other more specific Star Wars settings and characters.
Thelma and Louise turned Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis into feminist icons, launched Brad Pitt’s career and gave the buddy movie genre its most spectacular finale, and today (May 24) it celebrates the 25th anniversary of its release in the States.
In honour of the occasion, here’s a look at 15 things you may not know about Ridley Scott’s classic road trip.
1. It’s gone down in the Oscar history books
Sarandon and Davis’ equally spirited performances earned them both Oscar nominations for Best Actress.
No other pair from the same film have been recognised in the same category since, and Thelma and Louise is only… Read the full story
Disney are being asked once again to show more representation of the LGBT community in their films.
Following the social media support of the #GiveElsaAGirlfriend hashtag, a fresh trend has been dominating Twitter urging the studio to give Captain America a boyfriend.
The Marvel superhero, whose most recent outing was in his third film Captain America: Civil War, has long been a darling of the LGBT community, with many shipping him with best friend Bucky Barnes.
Tumblr is a sea of fan fiction and images of Bucky and Cap as an… Read the full story
He might have had all the gadgets, all the ladies and all the knowledge to defeat the bad guys hell-bent on world domination, but there’s one thing Sean Connery’s James Bond didn’t have.
His hair.
Sean Connery played the famous spy for seven movies, including Dr. No, Goldfinger and Thunderball, beginning his career as Bond in 1962.
And his Bond always had perfectly coiffured hair. In real life though, that one element was missing.
Halloween is the horror film franchise that just won’t quit.
After 10 films that have grossed nearly $400 million at the worldwide box office, yet another sequel is being developed.
Variety is reporting that John Carpenter, creator of the original Halloween films, will return to the franchise as executive producer.
At a press conference last night to announce the new project, Carpenter said: ‘Halloween needs to return to its traditions.
Graham Norton might the BBC’s most popular chat show host, but he wasn’t always rubbing shoulders with celebrities.
Ten years ago, the Irish comedian was dominating some teenagers in a gay comedy film.
Graham had a small role in the 2006 American Pie parody, Another Gay Movie, as a Russian maths teacher called Mr Puckov, who really taught those kids a lesson.
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Forget about Idris Elba and Tom Hiddleston – the next Bond will be Gillian Anderson, if she has anything to do with it.
The 47-year-old actress threw her name into the mix after coming across a fan-made poster of herself as the new 007.
She tweeted the artwork along with the caption: ‘It’s Bond,… Read the full story
Jodie Foster has revealed which of her films she likes best.
The actress-turned-director has appeared in many gripping and memorable films throughout her career.
So when Metro.co.uk asked the woman herself which of her films she loved the most we were surprised she could pick just the one.
Here’s our interview with… Read the full story
The BBC’s new adaptation of classic novel Swallows And Amazons has come under fire after one of its lead characters underwent a subtle – but controversial – name change.
The original Arthur Ransome novel follows the adventures of the Walker children as they set up camp on an island in the Lake District – with second youngest… Read the full story
Burt Kwouk, most famous for his role as Cato in the Pink Panther films, has died aged 85.
The news was confirmed in a statement from his agent.
It read: ‘Beloved actor Burt Kwouk has sadly passed peacefully away 24th May.
‘The family will be having a private funeral but there will be a memorial at a later date.’
Leading Scottish actor Brian Cox has commenced filming on a new biopic of Winston Churchill – and we have the say, the resemblance is uncanny.
Wearing what looks to be facial prosthetics along with Churchill’s classic trilby hat, a long overcoat, and a cigar in hand, Brian looks the part of one of Britain’s most loved… Read the full story
Mark Hamill has revealed how they made Luke Skywalker’s severed head in The Empire Strikes Back.
The Star Wars 7 actor’s Twitter has become a great place for trivia relating to the original Star Wars movies (the newer ones he’s being a bit more coy about).
This time Hamill has shared a lovely bit of info from The Empire Strikes Back.
The iconic Dagobah cave scene from Episode V features Skywalker having a vision of himself beating Darth Vader by cutting his head off with a lightsaber. When the head falls on the ground Luke is horrified to see his own head inside Vader’s split helmet.
Usually when a new Jane Austen adaptation comes out it’s just another tired re-tread of Emma or Pride and Prejudice.
But this latest film, Love & Friendship, is an adaptation of Austen’s Lady Susan, a book written early on in her life (before her masterpieces) but not published until long after her death.
In it, the widowed Lady Susan (Kate Beckinsale) schemes her way towards making a good match for her timid daughter while also trying to find a new husband for herself. Preferably a young, handsome and incredibly rich one.
This is the… Read the full story
Move aside Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston and Aidan Turner… a new Brit has entered the 007 race.
Fantastic Four star Jamie Bell is the latest actor to be linked to the role of James Bond after Daniel Craig reportedly turned down £68million to return to the role.
Jamie – who first found fame in Billy Elliot – is working with 007 producer Barbara Broccoli on new film Film Stars Don’t Die and apparently she’s eyeing him up for Bond.
‘Barbara has been a fan of Jamie for a long time and has even thought about him playing another role in the franchise before,’ a source told… Read the full story
The Kardashian movie is on its way, folks.
Not content with dominating the small screen with their numerous reality shows including Keeping Up With The Kardashians, the Kardashian clan are planning on a move to the big screen after they were made a whopping offer.
Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian West, Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and Rob could all be starring in the venture that is said to… Read the full story
Matthew Lewis has recalled the moment he learned of Alan Rickman’s death and it has left us all teary-eyed.
The Harry Potter star – who played Neville Longbottom opposite Alan’s Professor Snape in the film franchise – was talking to Fault magazine about the late great actor’s death.
Alan passed away on January 14th of this year, after… Read the full story
Alexander Skarsgard took a battering during a Tarzan sex scene with Margot Robbie.
Before your minds go any further into the gutter, we mean he got injured.
Skarsgard plays the titular character in the live-action film and revealed Margot ‘beat him up’ while they went at it.
He told Closer magazine: ‘Even though I’m fighting apes, the only injury I got was from a sex scene with Margot – she hit me!
‘Our director David Yates wanted our sex scene to be really animalistic, so he was behind the camera saying things like, “Hit him harder! Come on!”
Here’s another early look at the goings-on on the Star Wars Episode VII set as filming continues in Ireland.
The snaps from the set in Kerry might not give away much, but have offered fans a brief glimpse of what appears to be a Jedi-style temple under construction.
The Force Awakens ended with Rey finding Luke Skywalker living on a planet that shared similarities with the terrain in these new photos so potentially the location could be used as a setting to… Read the full story
At the moment there’s been a lot of talk about gender-swapping popular characters.
Most recently Gillian Anderson tweeted a picture of herself as spy James Bond, prompting fans to call for the X Files star to take over as 007.
Now online bookseller Book People have revealed the male characters they would like to see played by women.
Their research found that… Read the full story
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the iconic sci-fi thriller Independence Day hitting our screens and with it the anniversary of Bill Pullman’s legendary speech, as President Thomas Whitmore, which rallied the troops in the face of an alien invasion.
This epic speech has gone down in movie history as one of the best speeches in a disaster movie – it has become so iconic that the internet has even created mash up’s of President Obama reciting the speech word for word.
Fingers crossed Whitmore gets another decent speech in the upcoming Independence Day: Resurgence!
But to celebrate the re-release of the first Independence Day adventure on Blu-ray and DVD, we are taking a look back at other groundbreaking Presidential speeches from some of our favourite films and some of that were definitely not.
The president’s heartfelt speech over a slo-mo montage of kids… Read the full story
