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Sir Sean Connery did not start out playing James Bond. His first acting role was in a West End production of Rogers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, and his first on-screen lead (after working as an extra and supporting player) was in Blood Money, a BBC version of Requiem for a Heavyweight...

Those were the last words of Roy Batty, played by Dutch actor Rutger Hauer in the eighties s-f classic Bladerunner. Now Hauer himself has taken his leave of the world, passing away at the age of 75. I was a fan of Hauer back in the day, enjoying his performances in a variety of roles and films...

The man who gave us the living dead has gone to join the dead himself. In 1968, a small budget horror film called Night of the Living Dead debuted. It's a creepy, atmospheric, black and white thriller about a group of people trapped in a house as carnivorous animated corpses wander about...