Aliens (1986)
The Poster: Sigourney Weaver’s survivor cradles Newt in her arms as she faces something horrific off-poster. Meanwhile, the eggs are starting to open…
Coolest Detail: Weaver, obviously – the coolest action chick there ever was.
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40 Best Death Scenes Of 2011
Final Destination 5
The Death: Candice (Ellen Wroe) practises her gymnastics routine as numerous horrible hazards get our paranoia well and truly burning. Then all hell breaks loose and Candice flips off the high bars, landing, well, really awkwardly.
Look Away When: Candice lies in a crumpled heap on the floor, legs over head…
30 Greatest Dark Knight Rises Posters
The Official One
The Poster: A chill-inducing one sheet that has the mighty Bane striding away from a shattered Bat mask. Couldn’t be cooler if it tried.
Cool Detail: The broken Bat mask, which hints that Rises could feature Bane’s infamous back-breaking comic-book moment.
50 Greatest Heath Ledger Movie Moments
50. Paddle Me This
The Moment: Ledger and Julia Stiles have a little paddle, and discuss why they’re so rebellious and stuff. It’s mostly good because of their fantastic chemistry, which really sparkles here.
Ledger Magic: Sure, Ledger has chemistry with a spoon, but he really works it with Stiles in 10 Things I Hate About You.
30 Greatest Movie Heists
The Sting (1973)
The Heist: Ah, revenge. Paul Newman and Robert Redford are out for it, against slippery gangster Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). And they’re gonna get it – by humiliating Doyle and taking all of his money.
Coolest Detail: It’s brilliantly complex, involving numerous instances of deception, close shaves and the creation of an entire fake betting shop.
50 Performances That Ruined Movies
Nicolas Cage – The Wicker Man (2006)
The Performance: “OH, NO! NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! AAAAAHHHHH! OH, THEY’RE IN MY EYES! MY EYES! AAAAHHHHH! AAAAAGGHHH!” That pretty much sums it up.
How It Could’ve Been Rescued: It’s perfect(ly awful) as it is. A world without that bee helmet scene would be a sadder place indeed.
The A-Z Of Quentin Tarantino
A is for American Idol
While Quentin Tarantino is beyond any reasonable doubt an American idol, we’re actually talking about the TV show. Yes, the colourful karaoke headache that is the search for America’s next best singer.
Tarantino made a guest appearance on the show to ‘direct’ the final seven competitors. His encouragement that contestant Anoop Desai “kill” Bryan Adams’ ‘Everything I Do’ was a particular highlight.
Like Stephen Fry and Ian McKellen dabblings in pop culture, Tarantino’s appearance on Idol wasn’t just a nod-wink joke – it was a sign of his love for all kinds of culture. No matter how glitzy.
40 Greatest Spider-Man Moments
40. Rear Window
A fantastic ending for Spider-Man 2. The cat (or spider) is out of the bag, Mary Jane knows Peter’s Spider-Man, and she’s good with it (what girl wouldn’t like a superhero for a boyfriend?).
Then Spidey’s called away on a mission, and MJ watches him from the window as he swings off through the city. It’s a moment pregnant with the possibilities of the future – what could possibly happen next?
30 Best ’90s Movie Posters
Fargo (1996)
Representative Of The Film? The Coen Brothers’ film is a murder mystery marvel that cleverly pairs a police procedural with a homespun heroine whom everybody underestimates. The poster’s a warm send-up of that twee nod-wink.
Coolest Detail: It’s a scene from the film re-created in cross-stitching – low-tech cool.
40 Videogames That Need Movies
Fallout 3
The Game: Emerging from Vault 101, the nameless player must search through a post-nuclear Washington DC where the world has become little more than a graveyard.
Movie Version: Another post-apocalypse thriller, in which Mike (Matt Damon) breaks free from Vault 101 when his father goes missing, only to enter a dangerous new world as he searches for his pops.
Directed By: Paul Greengrass knows action and smarts, and we’d kill to see him working with Damon again.
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