Reviews by Kyle Ellis

Appearance: [Link removed - login to see] (1998)

Creators: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Performer: John Goodman

Defining moment: Responding to a perceived bowling foul with thermo- nuclear intensity. “Mark it zero!” Walter is a stickler for rules.

Fascinating fact: The airline version changed, “You see what happens, Larry, when you fuck a stranger in the ass?” to, “You see what happens, Larry, when you find a stranger in the Alps?”

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Appearances: The [Link removed - login to see] series (1980-2005)

Creators: George Lucas, Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan

Performer: Frank Oz

Defining moment: Lifting a sunken X-Wing out of a swamp. “I don’t believe it,” says Luke. “This is why you fail,” replies the crestfallen Jedi master, never quick to encourage.

Fascinating fact: In early drafts the so-called Minch Yoda kept his house spotlessly clean.

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Creator: John Hughes

Performer: Matthew Broderick

Defining moment: Parading through Chicago lip-syncing Danke Schoen while the crowd goes wild. Ever noticed that Ferris is a faker?

Fascinating fact: The ill-starred TV adaptation featured Diagnosis: Murder star Charlie Schlatter taking a chainsaw to a cardboard cutout of Matthew Broderick. It was cancelled after 13 episodes.

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Appearance: [Link removed - login to see] (2014)

Creator: Gillian Flynn

Performer: Rosamund Pike

Defining moment: The most telling glimpse inside Amy’s mind comes via her meticulously filled wall planner – here is her master plan, her final revenge, her psychopathology. She has even set a date to kill herself.

Fascinating fact: To deal with how “uneasy” she felt playing Amy, Pike would regularly dissolve into giggles. She realised it was a coping mechanism.

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Appearance: [Link removed - login to see] (1990)

Creators: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese

Performer: Joe Pesci

Defining moment: The shinebox to-do is pretty iconic but the knife-edge tension of DeVito’s improvised drinking confrontation with Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) remains unmatchable. “Funny how? What’s funny about it?”

Fascinating fact: The above exchange was based on something that actually happened to Pesci.

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Creators: Philip K. Dick, Hampton Fancher, David Webb Peoples

Performer: Harrison Ford

Defining moment: Deckard’s place as futuristic gumshoe/assassin is defined by his brutal shooting of replicant snake dancer Zhora and the bitter look that goes with it.

Fascinating fact: When Ridley Scott first met with Ford he was shooting Raiders and arrived in Indy’s hat. Scott ditched the idea of Deckard wearing a fedora immediately and gave him the buzz cut.

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Appearance: [Link removed - login to see] (1999)

Creator: Alan Ball

Performer: Kevin Spacey

Defining moment: Visually the rose petals peeling off Mena Suvari was the image of the film, but it is Lester’s touching voice-over that really lingers: “I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life.”

Fascinating fact: The original script was bookended with Lester’s daughter and her boyfriend being arrested for his murder.

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Appearances: The [Link removed - login to see] series (1971-1988)

Creators: Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, Dean Riesner

Performer: Clint Eastwood

Defining moment: Best summed up by District Attorney Rothko to Harry: “Where the hell does it say that you’ve got a right to kick down doors, torture suspects, deny medical attention and legal counsel… that man had rights.”

Fascinating fact: Dirty Harry was used as a training film by the Filipino police.

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Appearances: The [Link removed - login to see] series (1977-2015)

Creator: George Lucas

Performer: Mark Hamill

Defining moment: “But I was going into Tosche station to pick up some power converters.” Luke Skywalker: cinema’s greatest whiner.

Fascinating fact: In the scene where Luke introduces himself to Leia on the Death Star, Hamill referred to himself as Luke Starkiller, the character’s original name. It was nixed by execs and reshot with the more aspirational Skywalker.

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Appearance: [Link removed - login to see] (2004)

Creator: Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg

Performer: Simon Pegg

Defining moment: Shaun finally ditches the kitchen appliances and picks up a cricket bat. The sporting way to lay waste to the undead.

Fascinating fact: While filming the climactic pub mêlée, Pegg’s arm actually caught on fire.

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