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>> i think the congo was, without question, the most dangerous place we ever made the show. something that couldnt be done, that was a big part of it. we were always trying to figure out a way to do something that couldnt be done. >> everyone gets everything he wants. i wanted to see the congo. and for my sins, they let me. this is a place i read about as a boy. in heart of darkness, conrad described it as a twisting snake with its head in the atlantic ocean and its tail buried deep in africas h...

Reality check. >> we need to talk about war crimes. thats what president biden accused russia of committing as horrific images of civilians in mass graves and bodies strewn along the streets of bucha come to life. lets be clear, the deliberate targeting of unarmed civilians is a war crime by any definition. the evidence being collected could one day lead to a war crimes trial at the hague for vladimir putin and his commanders. but true to form, the kremlin is trying to say it is all fabricated, ...

Benjamin Svetkey recalls hiding out from William Hurt on the set of 1998's Lost in Space -- and then having a "wiggy" interview with the late, great star

R-Rated Movies That Went Too Far R-Rated Movies That Went Too Far United Artists By Douglas Laman/May 14, 2021 3:00 pm EDT R-rated films are supposed to push your buttons. With the freedom to deliver a truckload of language, blood, nudity, and drug use, you can provide all kinds of provocative material. Sometimes, this results in movies like "Deadpool" or "The Matrix," where the ribald or violent material pleases moviegoers across the planet. Other R-rated titles are in the ve...

In our Star Wars The Bad Batch Aftermath breakdown, we take a look at the tiny details you may have missed in the latest Star Wars adventure.

John Quin , April 10th, 2021 14:13 Medic turned critic, John Quin recalls his time at Glasgow Royal Infirmary in the early 80s in an exclusive extract from his new book, Dr Quin Medicine Man Photo by: Daniel Naczk. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 Glasgow has had a gang problem for years, razor boys like the Tongs and the Fleet. There’s maybe a hundred or more with daft names like the Sighthill Mafia, the Young Shettleston Tigers, the Carmyle Tahiti. Back in the 80s the top gangst...

Saturday: Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut (1979) BBC2, 11.00pm - Director Francis Ford Coppola added 30 extra minutes to his Vietnam war epic, and now theres a chance to see it in all its glory. Martin Sheen plays Captain Willard, an assassin assigned to find and kill the renegade Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who is believed to have descended into insanity. Winner of two Oscars, including Best Cinematography, and two Baftas, it has gone on to influence countless movies, from Tropic Thunder and ...

Where’s it on? BBC2, Sunday, 1.55am Never one for staying still, French director François Ozon rivals our own Michael Winterbottom for the sheer variety of projects on his CV and the speed with which he seems to bang them out. Not to get stuck in the rut making the erudite comedies and erotic thrillers that had shaped his 2010s up to this point, he turned his attentions to this very sober, mournful and elegant romantic drama set in the immediate aftermath of the First World War. Shot...

20 Things You Somehow Missed In Apocalypse Now A film as surreal and complex as Apocalypse Now is bound to have many fascinating secrets. United Artists Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppolas epic Vietnam War film, was notoriously difficult for the director to complete. With major cost overruns, demolished sets, and the near death of one of the primary actors, the film serves as a metaphor for the war itself: a massive undertaking that spiralled out of control, with no clear end in sight. Loose...

Forever from everything you had known once." so conrad described the congo after piloting steam ships in the early days of belgian colonialism. ive had something of a multi-decade obsession with the congo. its been kind of a, a personal dream, if you will, to travel the congo river. and now, for better or worse, i get that chance. weve rented a trusty vessel, and i shall dub thee the captain willard. all right, did you maggots load the chickens? finding food along the way, its anticipated, will ...