Yahoo Home Ben Falk is a freelance writer for Yahoo Entertainment UK. He started out writing for Empire and has since authored the definitive biography of Robert Downey Jr as well as setting up Press Association's Hollywood bureau. Highlights of his professional career include getting recognised by Naomi Watts, almost spilling a drink on Natalie Portman and nearly getting punched by Mickey Rourke.
Yahoo Movies UKCliffhanger: How cinema's most expensive aerial stunt was made
1993's Cliffhanger - 30 years old this week - features the most expensive aerial stunt committed to film.
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Return of the Jedi production manager spills the beans on unruly Ewoks, Leia costume worries and more
As Star Wars: Return of the Jedi turns 40, the film’s production manager Robert Latham Brown shares behind-the-scenes secrets.
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Godzilla 1998: The monster-sized struggle to remake Japan's Kaiju in America
Godzilla was a huge in Japan - literally - but filmmakers faced a gigantic battle to make a US-language version.
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Why did Harry Potter never win any Oscars?
Eight movies, twelve nominations, billions at the box office, but no Oscar wins for the Harry Potter films. What gives?
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Indecent Proposal author looks back on the changes Hollywood made to the book
Jack Engelhard’s 1988 bestseller was the basis for the classic romantic dilemma, but it’s very different from the movie.
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Wild Things: Why this steamy 1998 film is an underrated noir classic
Wild Things is good. Very good. Rewatching it only calcified a belief that for what it is intended to be – a postmodern film noir with the sexiness you can show in 1998 versus 1948 – it’s nearly perfect.
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Falling Down: The Michael Douglas thriller that could never be made today
The 1993 movie about a man at the end of his tether caused a stir when it came out. But how does it hold up three decades later?
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Francis Ford Coppola: A history of his crazy, troubled movie productions
The news that Francis Ford Coppola has run into production issues on his latest epic, Megalopolis, shouldn’t come as much of a surprise.
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Thomas Brodie-Sangster: What the kid from Love Actually did next
From the Richard Curtis romcom to The Maze Runner, the former child star spills the beans.
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Cary Elwes on Bram Stoker’s Dracula at 30: ‘Gary Oldman spent most of the time sleeping in a coffin’
The vampire epic starring Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder is being re-released in cinemas in 4K.
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Jan de Bont interview: The man who shot the Nineties from 'Flatliners' to 'Twister'
We speak to the cinematographer-turned-director who was part of the some of the most iconic movies of the Nineties.
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Why are there no female Minions?
Originally conceived as robots, the banana-hued critters have always distinctly male, but have you ever wondered why?
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The sad, crazy life of Tim Allen, original voice of Buzz Lightyear
Tim Allen is a wealthy, well-loved star and is happily married, but it wasn't always plain sailing for the original Buzz Lightyear.
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'Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey' director surprised by viral fame for 'alternative universe' horror film
In May this year, Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey — a previously unheard of film — became a viral sensation based off a handful of promotional stills.
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Dune's makeup designer 'put his reputation on the line' to create Baron Harkonnen (exclusive)
Stellan Skarsgård's transformation in the morbidly corpulent Baron is just one of the reasons Donald Mowat has already been longlisted for BAFTA and Oscar glory.
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'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' at 10: The filmmakers on crafting a classic from a 'grey block of stone' (exclusive)
Director Tomas Alfredson and writer Peter Straughan look back at their acclaimed John Le Carré adaptation.
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'The Rescue' director on Thai cave divers: 'It's like they prepared for thirty years for this one moment' (exclusive)
“That idea of a hobby or weekend warrior, pursuing a passion in this very esoteric minority sport, suddenly it’s like they’ve been preparing for thirty years for this one moment,” says Vasarhelyi.
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'Donnie Darko' turns 20: Ten classic films which had completely forgettable sequels
We live in an era of sequels and reboots, but some follow-ups are so bad or misjudged, they soil the memory of the fantastic original. Read a comprehensive list here.
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Denis Villeneuve on 'Dune' and its sequel: 'I don’t know how Peter Jackson did it' (exclusive)
"These movies are gigantic," Villeneuve tells Yahoo about Dune. "Frankly, I don’t know how Peter Jackson did it."