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After 35 years, classic Papillon gets makeover
When a film about a petty criminal who was wrongly convicted of murder and banished to a desert island colony was released in 1973, it instantly earned a place in movie folklore for the phenomenal on-screen ...
Former World Champion Unveils Steve McQueen Metisse Desert Racer
Historic British firm Metisse Motorcycles stunned thousands of enthusiasts at the recent Motorcycle World Show at Beaulieu, England, home of the National Motor Museum.
Robert Downey Jnr tipped to star in Papillon remake
Hollywood is to remake Papillon, the classic 1973 prison-break film starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman as inmates of a desert island colony.
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Prison flick Papillon is apparently set to be remade for today's audiences. The critically acclaimed 1973 film starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman will get the modern-day treatment, The Independent ...
The Classicist: Summer of Steve McQueen
Super cool movie star Steve McQueen was without a doubt one of the most stylish men of all time.
Barry Murphy returns once more trawl the TV and radio guides to find anything worth tuning into this week.
Producers team fro 'Papillon' redo
New Spanish production shingle Atlantia Canarias is teaming with L.A. producers Branko Lustig and John Kelly for a remake of "Papillon." The producers aim to finance the remake for the most part via tax-driven ...
The Great Escape: Special Edition
"It is the sworn duty of all officers to try to escape. If they can't, it is their duty to cause the enemy to use an inordinate number of troops to guard them and their sworn duty to harass the enemy to the ...
Frijj parodies The Blob in viral campaign
Frijj is to launch a series of tongue-in-cheek viral ads featuring the milkshake drink terrifying a small 1950s town in a spoof of Steve McQueen B-movie The Blob.
The news that local transit ridership is up by 24 percent in Peoria this year isn't surprising.
The Great Escape , the iTunes 99 Movie of the Week: When you hear members of the "Greatest Generation" say, "They don't make 'em like that anymore," this is the kind of movie they're talking about.
Steve McQueen, Bullitt, and San Francisco
Nothing to do with Southeast Asia, but I'm sure many readers of this blog have spent time in San Francisco and probably seen the classic car scenes in Bullitt.
Becks beaten by blast from past
Her parents are the former king and queen of daytime telly who now have polite teatime chats with celebs on Channel 4. Britain's million Poles have invented their own secret slang.
Cary Grant snatches 'Greatest Ever Male Style Icon' from David Beckham
London, July 5: British actor Cary Grant has beaten ace footballer David Beckham for the title of 'Greatest Ever Male Style Icon'. The Hollywood screen legend, remembered for his sophisticated looks, has left ...
This and That and More of the Same
Almost all gone but something lives within us
One of my all-time favorite movies is "The Magnificent Seven", John Sturges and William Roberts' apocraphal and marvelously pivotal 'western' which glorifies the willingness of men of strength to suffer that ...
TALK: What's wrong with the minivan anyway?
Look, I'm not afraid to admit it: I have driven a minivan for more than a decade.
Bullit: Steve McQueen's 68 Ford Mustang 390 on Google Map of San Francisco
Seero.com allows users to mash and sync videos with a Google map. One user mapped a car chase scene from the movie Bullitt with Steve McQueen.
Judge Dave Ryan hates it when he gets sand pebbles in his shoe. "Hello, engine. I'm Jake Holman." When Fox released its 1966 epic The Sand Pebbles in a special collector's edition format last year, you knew it ...
Cool off at Prescott's Frontier Days
Prescott's Frontier Days' celluloid fame is now 36 years old: In Sam Peckinpah's film "Junior Bonner," Steve McQueen's washed-up former rodeo star rides Sunshine, a particularly fearsome bull, in hopes of ...
Judith Ratay of Camano Island was our winner with The Top 4 at 4 trivia
Congratulations to Judith Ratay of Camano Island, the first person to answer today's Top 4 at 4 trivia challenge.