1/4/2023 0 Comments Movies like obsessed![]() ![]() From Podovsky in Rambo: First Blood Part II and Nikolai Rachenko in Red Scorpion to Viktor Rostavili in Red Heat and Georgi Kosov in The Living Daylights. Making Ruskies the baddies in scores of action movies. But thanks to the Cold War between America and Russia becoming every-more chilly in the 1980s, Hollywood followed suit. Russian Villains Rocky IV.įor decades, Nazis had been the go-to guys when it came to movie villains. ![]() Every few years the genre gets resurrected, most recently via remakes of Clash and Conan, but the heyday of swords, sandals, and sorcery is long gone. The decade also gave us Clash of the Titans, The Beastmaster, Krull, Hawk the Slayer, Deathstalker, Fire and Ice, The Warrior and the Sorceress, and The Sword and the Sorcerer. The biggest and best of the bunch was Conan the Barbarian, the movie that made a star of Arnold Schwarzenegger and spawned sequel Conan the Destroyer and spin-off Red Sonja. The 1980s were absolutely filled with films about muscular folk brandishing huge swords to do battle with evil sorcerers. With the following 11 of the best… Swords, Sandals, and Sorcery Clash of the Titans. Many of which are rarely seen in cinemas today. The decade also featured its fair share of strange movie trends, tropes, genres, clichés, and conventions. Paul Thomas Anderson’s next movie, Licorice Pizza, comes out this month.The 1980s weren’t just filled with big hair, big phones, big power ballads, and big shoulder pads. “But I also think he’s given us more than enough, and we should stop being so greedy. I want more Daniel Day-Lewis performances,” he said. Wouldn’t it be great? When Phantom Thread came out, I was asked about it a lot, and I feel the same way now that I did then. “We can all get together and hope he’ll come back. PTA was also quizzed on whether he thinks Daniel Day-Lewis, who he worked with on There Will Be Blood and Phantom Thread, will come out of retirement. I was holding on tight for dear life, and that is a terrific feeling.” I don’t know entirely how I feel about it, but, my God, you are in the hands of a real filmmaker. “Proceed with caution: I have no idea how to recommend it, because it’s certainly not everyone’s cup of tea. He expanded on his feelings for the Julia Ducournau film: There’s a terrific energy about it, but I also live in a Marvel-obsessed household, so continuing the journey of these Marvel stories is exciting to us.” He also said that he liked Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage and Titane, one of the best movies of the year. ![]() When asked by Variety what movies he’s enjoyed recently, Thomas Anderson replied, “ Shang-Chi was good fun. ![]() That’s a typical night at the Rudolph / PTA household, based on an interview with the Oscar-nominated (but somehow never Oscar-winning!) filmmaker. Picture, if you will, Maya Rudolph coming home after a long day at work saying “bubble bath.” Waiting for her is her long-time partner Paul Thomas Anderson, their four kids, and a Marvel movie. ![]()
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