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A Retrospective on Al Pacino's Iconic Role in Scarface On this day in 1983, scarface had it's movie premiere. ‍ Scarface was among the earliest films in which the expletive F@#k is used persistently, 226 times in total! In movie history, there is no character quite like Tony Montana. The ruthless drug dealer from Scarface made a lasting impact on the cinematic landscape, inspiring countless imitators and becoming a central figure of pop culture. Apart from being one of the most quoted characters ever in film (Say hello to my little friend), he also stands out as one of the...

So it's Black Friday today the anti Christ..mas for all independent retailers and craftsman. John Carpenter was always ahead of the curve and made movies which had deeper meanings aside from being a blast to watch. One of this lesser known ones was They live, a brilliant take on consumerism and a critique of how the public don't question authority. It follows Nada (Roddy Piper), a wanderer without a purpose in life, who discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of revealing the truth about the world. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media...

On this day in 1942 Martin Scorsese was born There is perhaps no other director in the history of cinema who has made such a lasting impact on not just the film industry, but pop culture as a whole as Martin Scorsese. Widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time, Scorsese has spent his life challenging himself and his audiences. Even if you don’t know much about Scorsese or his work, there’s a good chance you’ve still seen some of his films. After all, this man is responsible for some of cinema’s most memorable and influential works:...

We love go travelling and we have been very fortunate to have explored many parts of the world. A few years ago a little thing called covid-19 hit the world and caused a pandemic and the end of our travels for a bit or so we thought. In 2020, we decided to buy a campervan (actually a micro camper made from a fiat doblo). Now we had some transport and some accommodation on wheels, we needed to find somewhere to go go and the perfect place we found was Scotland and the nc500 route.  So the three of us and...

On this day in 1932, Roy Richard Scheider was born. He became well-known for his main and supporting performances in well-known movies from the 1970s through the early to mid-1980s. He received two Academy Award nominations. Among his most well-known roles are Chief Martin Brody in Jaws (1975) and Jaws 2 (1978), NYPD Detective "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection (1971), NYPD Detective "Buddy" in The Seven-Ups (1973), and Doc Levy in Marathon Man (1976) The Seven-Ups (1973), a quasi-sequel to The French Connection in which Scheider's character is based on Grosso once more, was Scheider's first starring role. In...