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10 Most Fun Action Movies of All Time

  • Collider ranks the ten most enjoyable action films ever made
  • List favours "fun" over critical prestige or importance
  • John Wick: Chapter 4 and Kung Fu Hustle among films featured

Collider has published a ranked list of the ten most fun action movies of all time, distinguishing "most fun" from "best" or most critically acclaimed. The author, Jeremy Urquhart, frames the ranking as inherently subjective, noting that what one viewer finds enjoyable may not resonate the same way…

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Sex, beds and grisly executions: what Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey changed, invented – and left out

  • Nolan's Odyssey film trims many characters and scenes from Homer's poem
  • Only Athena appears among the gods, as a vision to Odysseus
  • Nausicaa, the Phaeacians and several underworld ghosts are cut

Christopher Nolan's forthcoming adaptation of The Odyssey makes significant changes to Homer's ancient Greek epic, trimming characters and scenes to fit the sprawling 12,000-line poem into a three-hour film. The Guardian outlines the most notable alterations, from omitted deities and famous encounters to invented plot details, showing how…

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Sadie Sink Opens Up About Her Secret ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Role

  • Sadie Sink discusses her secret role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day
  • She says the secrecy exceeds even Stranger Things' final season
  • Fan theories include Jean Grey, Spider-Girl, Firestar and Gwen Stacy

Sadie Sink has spoken to Collider about her closely guarded role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the upcoming Marvel film in which she makes her secretive on-screen debut. The Stranger Things star said the secrecy surrounding her character surpasses even the tight-lipped production of Stranger Things' final season,…

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Born 82 Years Ago Today in Tennessee, the Honey-Voiced Country Crooner With 22 No. 1 Hits to His Name

  • Country singer T.G. Sheppard turns 82, born in Humboldt, Tennessee in 1944
  • He scored 22 US country number-one hits, including 14 in a row
  • Now tours and hosts a SiriusXM Elvis Radio show

T.G. Sheppard, born William Neal Browder in Humboldt, Tennessee, on 20 July 1944, is being celebrated on his 82nd birthday for his impact on country music during the country-pop era that preceded Nashville's neo-traditionalist shift led by artists such as George Strait and Randy Travis. After leaving home…

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The 1971 song that Led Zeppelin refused to perform live

  • ‘When the Levee Breaks’ was too complex to recreate live.
  • Its famous drum sound came from Headley Grange’s stairwell.
  • Led Zeppelin only used parts of it in performance.

Led Zeppelin’s ‘When the Levee Breaks’, released in 1971 on their fourth album, became one of the band’s most influential recordings but was largely absent from their live set. The song’s studio sound relied heavily on techniques that were difficult to reproduce on stage, illustrating the gap between…

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‘Satluj’ Review: A Moving Indian Activist Drama Pulled From Circulation

  • Indian film "Satluj" dramatises 1990s Punjab extrajudicial killings investigation
  • Pulled from Toronto festival in 2023, then removed from streaming days after release
  • Stars singer Diljit Dosanjh as real-life activist Jaswant Singh Khalra

A review in Variety examines "Satluj," an Indian activist drama directed by Honey Trehan starring Punjabi pop star Diljit Dosanjh, whose troubled release history mirrors the film's own themes of state suppression. The film was pulled from Toronto International Film Festival's lineup in 2023 without explanation under its…

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UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS Announce New Album ‘Shapes Of Midnight’, Share Title Track

  • Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats announce seventh album "Shapes of Midnight"
  • Title track released; album recorded live at Abbey Road Studios
  • UK tour dates confirmed for November 2026

Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats have announced their seventh studio album, "Shapes of Midnight", and released its title track as a first taste of the record. The Cambridge band's return marks their first full-length since 2024's "Nell' Ora Blu" and sees them revisit the guitar-driven sound of their…

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Five iconic musicians Paul McCartney couldn’t stand

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Henry Cavill’s Netflix Spy Movie Sets Major Production Update

  • Henry Cavill and Kevin Hart to star in Netflix's "Spy Duo"
  • Filming set to run from August to November 2026
  • Follows Cavill's recent spy roles and Hart's turn in "Lift"

Henry Cavill is set to reunite with the spy genre once again, this time teaming up with Kevin Hart for a Netflix Original action comedy titled "Spy Duo". The film pairs Cavill, a veteran of espionage roles in franchises such as Mission: Impossible, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and…

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day director reveals how the Insomniac games influenced his movie

  • Cretton says Insomniac's Spider-Man games inspired Brand New Day's stunts
  • Stunt team used game screen grabs to test replicable moves
  • Wingsuit and parkour footage shaped the film's webslinging camera work

Director Destin Daniel Cretton has discussed how the Insomniac Games Spider-Man titles helped shape the action in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the fourth MCU Spider-Man film starring Tom Holland and the first he has directed after Jon Watts helmed the previous three. Speaking to Polygon after an early…