Yahoo Home Ben Falk is a freelance writer for Yahoo Entertainment UK. He started out writing for Empire and has since authored the definitive biography of Robert Downey Jr as well as setting up Press Association's Hollywood bureau. Highlights of his professional career include getting recognised by Naomi Watts, almost spilling a drink on Natalie Portman and nearly getting punched by Mickey Rourke.
Yahoo Movies UK2004 was year of epic flops, super sequels, and sleeper hits
Hits from nowhere, award-winning snogs, giant flops and the end of Brando. Yahoo looks back on the cinematic summer of twenty years ago.
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Saving Private Ryan cast almost quit before filming began: 'Worst experience of my life'
When the cast of the 1998 WWII movie was sent to boot camp to prepare by Steven Spielberg, things almost went spectacularly pear-shaped.
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From Bond and Batman to Speed and Spielberg - Hollywood’s unforgettable 1994
There was a real changing of the guard for cinema in 1994, from new Bonds and Batmans, to new Hollywood stars being added to the A-List
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How the Prisoner of Azkaban became the ‘dark’ Harry Potter film we know today
The third Harry Potter movie marked a big shift for the franchise – both in tone and personnel. But what was it like to make?
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Climate disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow faced criticism across the political spectrum
Roland Emmerich’s disaster epic launched 2004’s summer blockbuster season with extreme temperatures and a flood taking out New York City.
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The disturbing real life of the actor from the Ghostbusters II painting
A new portrait of King Charles III has drawn comparisons with the portrait of Vigo the Carpathian in the 1989 film Ghostbusters II.
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Why 1984 was one of the most fascinating years for blockbusters
From Gremlins and Indiana Jones to Prince and PG13, 1984 was the year that changed blockbuster cinema.
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Actors who criticised their own Marvel superhero films
Many actors would leap at the opportunity of appearing in a Marvel movie, but some actors didn't enjoy the experience.
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Ace Ventura at 30: 'We thought we were making the biggest piece of rubbish'
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective launched Jim Carrey into the stratosphere. Three decades on, the movie’s cinematographer reveals what made it such a sleeper hit.
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Why are there no female Minions?
Originally conceived as robots, the banana-hued critters have always distinctly male, but have you ever wondered why?
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Four Weddings and a Funeral at 30: 'We didn't pander to American tastes'
30 years after making a star of Hugh Grant, its cinematographer looks back at the making of the seminal British comedy.
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The many failed attempts to adapt Frank Herbert's 'unfilmable' Dune
It’s hard not to wonder what all the other potential attempts at the iconic novel would have looked like.
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Controversial James Bond moments that deserve trigger warnings
There are several times when, in retrospect, the filmmakers’ choices in 007 have been a little suspect.
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What Love Actually child star Thomas Brodie-Sangster did next
From the Richard Curtis romcom to The Maze Runner, the former child star spills the beans.
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Carlito's Way at 30: 'Back in those days it was coke, alcohol, a lot of parties'
Actor Luis Guzmán and producer Michael Bregman look back at Brian De Palma's under-appreciated Al Pacino movie.
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Santa Claus: The Movie producer was 'baffled' that the 1985 film flopped on release
The 1985 Dudley Moore film, produced by the team behind Superman: The Movie, survived flopping at the box office to become a family favourite.
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Speed is Expensive: The motorcycling pioneer who changed the world and died in poverty
Stories about slightly odd iconoclasts make for great documentary fodder and that is true of Philip Vincent, the iconic bike designer and manufacturer behind Vincent Motorcycles.
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Underworld at 20: It began as 'Blade for werewolves' but evolved into an unlikely franchise
The movie that put Kate Beckinsale on the map is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
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The X-Files: The truth about its greatness was there right from the pilot episode
10 September sees three decades to the day since the first episode of the long-running sci-fi show was broadcast. We take a look back at its impact.
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Blade at 25: How they made the superhero classic and that crazy blood rave scene
Blade was originally intended to be a small-budget, gritty little superhero movie. Producer Peter Frankfurt and others explain how it changed into a smash hit.