Francis J. Quirós

Dixélico y de la AristoGracia.
@cuckoclown @filis4films

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

JAMES CAMERON’s action-comedy opened 32yrs ago today and killed at the box office ($380million).

TRUE LUES (1994)

#ArnoldSchwarzenegger #JamieLeeCurtis

[𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔬𝔯 @SelectedCinema]

U Turn. (1997) Oliver Stone

[Mike David @mikemovies]

THE GODFATHER PART II [1974]

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

63 Candles 🎂 today for the Academy Award winning HELEN HUNT

TWISTER (1996)

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

The explosion in THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997) was supposed to be big. It ended up becoming the largest indoor explosion ever filmed at the time, reportedly setting Gary Oldman’s wig on fire and forcing production to shut down.

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

“That’s Frankensteen”

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)

#GeneWilder #MelBrooks

[Best Movie Moments 🍿 @BestMovieMom]

It's easy to forget that Brad Pitt was considered a risky choice before 12 Monkeys (1995). His performance as Jeffrey Goines earned him his first Oscar nomination and helped convince Hollywood he was much more than a traditional leading man.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Sergio Leone once joked that Clint Eastwood had only two expressions: “with hat” and “without hat.”

The funny part is that Leone then built an entire Western trilogy around those two expressions and turned Eastwood into a movie star.

[Best Movie Moments 🍿 @BestMovieMom]

Francis Ford Coppola wanted every major character in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) to have a distinct visual identity. Eiko Ishioka responded by creating costumes that often felt more like works of art than traditional wardrobe pieces.

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R. Lee Ermey in FULL METAL JACKET (1987) is one of those castings where authenticity does most of the heavy lifting. A former Marine drill instructor, he wasn’t imitating the role. Stanley Kubrick ended up expanding his part after seeing what he could do.

[Love Classical Music and Movies 🎺🎻💖🎥🎬 @AlexTran677026]

Michael Douglas’s line “I am the bad guy?” in Falling Down (1993) always strikes deeply. In the film, he embodies a man who collapses under the weight of daily frustrations and injustices.

It leaves behind a chilling reflection: sometimes there isn’t a true villain—only another person adrift in the struggle of life.

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

The late great ALAN RICKMAN making his movie debut aged 42 in

DIE HARD (1988)

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In Léon: The Professional, Gary Oldman shocked the cast.

“I told the sound guys, ‘I’m going to be really, really loud,’” he said, then improvised the iconic “Everyone” line - originally a joke for the director.

“It was just me having fun,” he recalled.

[Stephen Gibbons @Gibboanxious]

Few directors could captivate an audience from the start like Hitchcock.

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The diner scene in PULP FICTION (1994) is one of the greatest “you picked the wrong person” moments ever put on film. Pumpkin thinks he’s robbing a diner. He has no idea he’s sitting across from Jules Winnfield.

[Best Movie Moments 🍿 @BestMovieMom]

Danny DeVito spent hours in makeup every day for Batman Returns (1992), but what makes the performance memorable isn’t the prosthetics. It’s how much humanity he brings to a character who could have easily been a cartoon.

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RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK was released 45 years ago today.

George Lucas was initially reluctant to cast Harrison Ford as Indiana because he didn’t want Ford “to become my Bobby De Niro”. Lucas was worried about repeatedly working with the same actor. 

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"You sir are a cowardly son of a bitch. You just shot an unarmed man!"

"He should've armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend."

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

It’s the 35th anniversary of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
Kevin Costner was the star, but Alan Rickman ran away with the movie. He turned the Sheriff down twice, then demanded full creative control. Once he got it, he went all-in and made a top-tier ’90s villain. Legend.

[Unique Movie Moments 🐬 @uniquemoviemom]

I think he would have played deadpool effortlessly back in his heyday