James Cameron originally based the movie on a nightmare he had of a robot skeleton emerging from a fiery explosion and coming after him. Cameron’s original choices to play the Terminator were Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone, who both turned down the role. It was Michael Biehn’s idea that Kyle should go up to the […]
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Pulp Fiction Trivia
Making the movie The movie cost only $8 million to make. The initial budget was reportedly even lower until Bruce Willis was added to the cast. Five million dollars went to pay the actors’ and actresses’ salaries. The film was already profitable when its worldwide rights were sold for $11 million (again, mainly on the […]
Best Quotes from The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Stranger: “Now this here story I’m about to unfold took place back in the early ’90s – just about the time of our conflict with Sad’m and the I-raqis. I only mention it because sometimes there’s a man… I won’t say a hero, ’cause, what’s a hero? But sometimes, there’s a man. And I’m […]
The Films of Arnold Schwarzenegger Ranked
As a child of the 80s and 90s, I’ve always enjoyed watching the films of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Here I’ve decided to rank the films of his that I’ve seen to date. I still have Conan the Destroyer (1984), Raw Deal (1986), Red Heat (1988), Eraser (1996), The Last Stand (2013), The Expendables (2010), The Expendables […]
The best quotes from Withnail & I (1987)
Marwood: Speed, is like a dozen transatlantic flights without ever getting off the plane… Time change. You lose, you gain… Makes no difference so long as you keep taking the pills. But sooner or later you got to get out, because it’s crashing. And all at once those frozen hours, melt through the nervous system, […]
My Film Bucket List
I’ve been a big fan of cinema for a long time but there remain many well renowned films that for various reasons I still haven’t got around to watching. In 2025 I hope to cross quite a few of these off my list. Here’s a collection of some of those films that I intend to […]
My top films of all time
As an initial article on my cinema section, I wanted to post a list of my top 30 films of all time. Since there’s so many films I enjoy, it was quite a difficult task to narrow them down to just 30! These are listed in no particular order. Feel free to comment about entries […]