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’It Was A Failure’: Seal Shares How Batman Forever Saved His Career

Seal's iconic "Kiss From a Rose" was already a failure before it became a massive hit in Batman Forever.

Cinemablend · Nov 28, 2023

How to improve your communication with someone with a speech impairment

October marked alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) awareness month. AAC includes all means of communication that a person may use besides talking. Low-tech methods include means of interaction like hand gestures, facial movements, or pointing, while more high-tech tools might include a speech generating device accessed through pointing or a…

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2023

“We wanted to challenge all the ideas. We had no rules, no limits, no laws”: why Oliver Stone’s The Doors is the most influential rock biopic ever made

Oliver Stone’s The Doors divided the critics – and the surviving band members. But it made Jim Morrison a star all over again and laid down the template for the modern rock biopic

Louder · Aug 20, 2023

Heat 2 Is Finally In The Works From The Original Director, And He's Eyeing A Star Wars Favorite As Robert De Niro’s Character

Michael Mann is taking steps to adapt Heat 2 for the big screen, and he’s reportedly looking at a Star Wars actor to play Robert De Niro’s character.

Cinemablend · Apr 4, 2023

Cairns artist David Hudson recalls Island of Dr Moreau experience with Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer

David Hudson has led an extraordinary life, but his stint as a half-human, half-bison hybrid alongside the Godfather star and Val Kilmer while filming The Island of Dr Moreau remains his strangest claim to fame.

ABC News · Apr 3, 2023

Why Top Gun: Maverick should win the best picture Oscar

The film that even Steven Spielberg has called ‘the saviour of cinema’ deserves credit for reviving the industry – but more than that, it’s a genuinely great blockbuster that truly hits deep

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2023

Tom Cruise was ‘crying’ during reunion with Val Kilmer on Top Gun: Maverick

‘He’s such a powerful actor that he instantly became that character again,’ Cruise said of his co-star

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

Warwick Davis, Gen X hero

An action hero with a baby in every scene, Davis taught the loneliest generation how to parent ourselves

Salon · Dec 3, 2022

The reason Val Kilmer is missing from the cast of Willow on Disney+

The Hollywood actor played Madmartigan in the original 1988 film

Wales Online · Dec 1, 2022

Willow: Why Val Kilmer had to be written out of reboot TV series ‘late in the process’

Showrunner opened up on ‘insurmountable’ reason for actor’s absence

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022