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Dec 22, 2020 · Cutthroat Island is one of a handful of "big" female-led offerings over the last 25 years (see also: Charlize Theron's Aeon Flux) that failed for understandable reasons but were nonetheless...
Apr 9, 2024 · Cutthroat Island is one of a handful of “big” female-led offerings over the last 25 years (see also: Charlize Theron’s Aeon Flux) that failed for understandable reasons but were nonetheless used to designate an entire gender as box office poison no matter the many exceptions to the rule.
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Geena Davis has been a reliably superb screen presence throughout her storied career, and the later Renny Harlin collaboration The Long Kiss Goodnight proved that the actor had serious chops as an action movie leading lady (in fact, Davis’ tough-as-nails performance was one of few bright spots singled out by critics in that later dud, alongside Sha...
While Pirates of the Caribbean wasn’t an out-and-out horror movie, every installment in the series knew that pirate movies needed a little help from other genres to be engaging. Much like fellow famous "pirate" movie, The Princess Bride mixed fantasy, fairy tale, and romance tropes to make its satirical story more involving, The Curse of the Black ...
Of course, no discussion of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise can take place without considering the secret weapon of the series. Despite the initial objections of Disney executives, who fretted over the actor’s decision to play the character as a camp charlatan, Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow has come to define the Pirates of the Caribbean franch...
As flawed as Cutthroat Island is, and as solid as The Curse of the Black Pearl is, part of the difference between the two movies simply comes down to timing. Cutthroat Island was released shortly after The Three Musketeers had pushed audience interest in pseudo-historical action blockbusters to its limit, whereas the lack of pirate movies in the wa...
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Feb 23, 2023 · The movie that spurred this alchemy is now 25 years old. Timed to the anniversary, a remastered version of Titanic has returned to theaters; a new documentary about both the tragedy and the...
Cutthroat Island is a 1995 adventure swashbuckler film directed by Renny Harlin and written by Robert King and Marc Norman from a story by Michael Frost Beckner, James Gorman, Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon.
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Feb 2, 2023 · Titanic: 25 Years Later With James Cameron premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on National Geographic, and streams the next day on Hulu. SPOILER ALERT: Do Not Read Past This Line If You Wish To...
Jan 18, 2023 · For a new documentary, Titanic: 25 Years Later, National Geographic and Cameron did an in-depth experiment to test the long-held fan theory that Jack would've survived if Rose had just shared the...
