Funnily enough, Gene Hackman was the first to be offered his role on Apocalypse Now (a similarly incandescent cameo). (View Post)

RIP Robert Duvall. Great actor who never got the number of lead roles he deserved, Magnificent in Lonesome Dove. (View Post)

This ought to be a prestige series for Apple or Amazon. We were promised a whole ocean of sequels drawn from Patrick O’Brian's twenty-book treasury, yet we were left with only this one magnifice… (View Post)

Yep, apologies. Should have noted the unseasonal appaearance. (View Post)

Bloody stupid Troy government, wasn't it ? (And it's actually about £6k each, which is par for the course.) Labour have since changed the rules so that they can legally seize phones. (View Post)