By Mike Johnson on 2021-05-05 21:34:00
Actor Frank McRae, who had a long film and television career, passed away today the age of 80 following a heart attack, Deadline.com reported.
After a career in the NFL, McRae pivoted to acting and was featured in the 1978 Sylvester Stallone film
Paradise Alley, which Stallone wrote, directed and starred in. Set in New York City s Hell s Kitchen in the 1940s, the film tells the story of two brothers who get involved in professional wrestling. Named for a club in the film in which a wrestling ring is set up, the film featured McRae playing the role of Big Glory, the in-house wrestling champion in the club, who, if beaten, can earn Stallone and his brothers $100.
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Frank McRae, Character Actor From Last Action Hero & 48 Hrs., Dead at 80
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Frank McRae, a former defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears in the 1960s who rose to prominence as a character actor in the 1980s, has passed away.
Variety brings word of his death, reporting that McRae died last Thursday, April 29 in Santa Monica, California from a heart attack with his daughter-in-law confirming his passing. A Memphis native, McRae only played in that National Football League for a few games but his double-major in drama and history no doubt lead to his successful career in Hollywood where he would appear opposite multiple A-list actors throughout his many roles.
The history of animation in the Star Wars universe is . checkered. For every transcendent show like
The Bad Batch, there’s a wisely forgotten pockmark on the franchise like
Star Wars: Ewoks. Sure, you can watch Ewoks and its contemporaneous cousin,
Droids, on Disney Plus, but you could also hit yourself in the face with a hammer tonight. Choices, choices.
Despite how awful some Star Wars cartoons are, the modern incarnations are universally fantastic. The Genndy Tartakovsky
Clone Wars, and
Rebels are arguably as beloved, if not more so, than half the actual live-action Star Wars films. They’re dramatic, well-written, and genuinely exciting where the prequels, to be blunt, weren’t. This is in spite of the fact that the prequels were borderline cartoons themselves. George Lucas eschewed real locations whenever possible, creating alien landscapes and massive space battles through computer-generated imagery.
May 6, 2021 · 0 Comments
by BRIAN LOCKHART
There is an old movie (1983) called Under Fire, that stars Joanna Cassidy, Gene Hackman, Nick Nolte, and Ed Harris, about war correspondents covering some of the hot-spots around the world.
It’s a good movie with a stellar cast and a great story.
Early in the movie, journalist Nick Nolte hooks up with mercenary Ed Harris in an African county that is experiencing a revolution.
Harris is fighting for either the government or the rebels – even he doesn’t seem to be sure, but as long as he’s getting paid, he’s in the field.