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The veteran actor reflects on some of his signature performances in "Badlands," "Apocalypse Now," "The Departed" and more.
From Saving Private Ryan to Apocalypse Now and Pearl Harbor, here are the best Memorial Day movies to watch this weekend (and beyond!)
CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. Ah, the 1970s - a revolutionary era for technology, social awareness, and, especially, the movies. Among the best â70s movies, we saw the birth of the blockbuster with Jaws, the birth of a celebrated franchise with Star Wars, and, depending on who you ask, cinemaâs finest achievements with Francis Ford Coppolaâs two-part adaptation of Mario Puzoâs Part II surpasses the first film is up to you). If we...
Cinema Spelunking: War films (What are they good for?) In Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now,” the air thickens with smoke as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore (Robert Duvall) orders a helicopter strike on the nearby Viet Cong-controlled coastal village. Sharp gunshots pierce the rattling groans of whirling helicopter blades. Kilgore, wearing a cowboy hat and no shirt, stands in the bruised sands littered with broken branches, bellowing commands to his frazzled soldiers. The camera cuts to an aerial shot of airplanes flying over a vast forest; towering trees suddenly erupt into flames...
The Greatest Movie Scenes That Almost Never Happened The Greatest Movie Scenes That Almost Never Happened By Sam Scott/Dec. 10, 2020 12:27 pm EDT/Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 11:31 am EDT A lot of us like to think movies spring fully formed from the imaginations of great filmmakers. If not that, maybe you enjoy the thought that it's the results of filmmakers working their hardest to reshape reality around their visions. But the truth is, every movie requires so many people and resources to get funded, made, edited, and released that it's almost a miracle any of them ever reach the screen at all....