Netflix is continuing to roll out its celebration of iconic films, this time turning the page to 1984.
As part of the streaming platform’s “Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection,” Netflix has unveiled the 1984 films celebrating their 40-year anniversary in 2024 with classics like “Footloose” and “Sixteen Candles” alongside Oscar contenders “Amadeus” and “Iceman.”
The Milestone Movies hail from Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, and Sony — the distributors that license content to Netflix.
Starting today, April 1, 2024, Netflix subscribers can revisit Brian de Palma’s erotic noir “Body Double” and Kevin Bacon’s breakout performance in “Footloose.” How about a double feature? There’s also “Repo Man” and “Beverly Hills Cop,” streaming just in time for franchise reboot “Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F” out this summer.
In addition to the cinematic celebrations in your Netflix queue, in-person special screenings of select films will continue at the Paris Theater in New York and Los Angeles...
As part of the streaming platform’s “Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection,” Netflix has unveiled the 1984 films celebrating their 40-year anniversary in 2024 with classics like “Footloose” and “Sixteen Candles” alongside Oscar contenders “Amadeus” and “Iceman.”
The Milestone Movies hail from Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, and Sony — the distributors that license content to Netflix.
Starting today, April 1, 2024, Netflix subscribers can revisit Brian de Palma’s erotic noir “Body Double” and Kevin Bacon’s breakout performance in “Footloose.” How about a double feature? There’s also “Repo Man” and “Beverly Hills Cop,” streaming just in time for franchise reboot “Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F” out this summer.
In addition to the cinematic celebrations in your Netflix queue, in-person special screenings of select films will continue at the Paris Theater in New York and Los Angeles...
- 4/1/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Who's ready for a whole new season/reason to be singing that catchy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt theme song? With season 2 of the hit Netflix show bowing at midnight on Friday, who better to check in with about the impending season than star Ellie Kemper?
People recently caught up with Kemper to discuss a number of important subjects like which of Kimmy's outfits she'd like to keep and/or toss, plus her surprising and endearing memories of high school drama teacher Jon Hamm.
Is there one Kimmy outfit you wish you owned yourself?
I'm going to tell you one I wish I didn't own,...
People recently caught up with Kemper to discuss a number of important subjects like which of Kimmy's outfits she'd like to keep and/or toss, plus her surprising and endearing memories of high school drama teacher Jon Hamm.
Is there one Kimmy outfit you wish you owned yourself?
I'm going to tell you one I wish I didn't own,...
- 4/15/2016
- by Kara Warner, @karawarner
- People.com - TV Watch
Who's ready for a whole new season/reason to be singing that catchy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt theme song? With season 2 of the hit Netflix show bowing at midnight on Friday, who better to check in with about the impending season than star Ellie Kemper? People recently caught up with Kemper to discuss a number of important subjects like which of Kimmy's outfits she'd like to keep and/or toss, plus her surprising and endearing memories of high school drama teacher Jon Hamm. Is there one Kimmy outfit you wish you owned yourself?I'm going to tell you one I wish I didn't own,...
- 4/15/2016
- by Kara Warner, @karawarner
- PEOPLE.com
Actor and lead singer with the Flying Pickets during the early 1980s, he went on to take roles in several popular TV series, including Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale
Brian Hibbard, who has died of prostate cancer aged 65, first found fame as a member of the Flying Pickets, a group of actors who left the socialist playwright John McGrath's 7:84 theatre group to woo audiences through their a cappella singing. They topped the pop charts in 1983 with a cover version of Only You, trumping Yazoo, the duo of Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke, who had reached No 2 with their original recording. This Christmas No 1 single and the group's flamboyant look – gaudy suits, large hats and Hibbard's massive sideburns – led to brief stardom for the Flying Pickets, a name coined because some of them had supported the miners during their strikes of 1972 and 1974. They hit the Top 10 again with another cover,...
Brian Hibbard, who has died of prostate cancer aged 65, first found fame as a member of the Flying Pickets, a group of actors who left the socialist playwright John McGrath's 7:84 theatre group to woo audiences through their a cappella singing. They topped the pop charts in 1983 with a cover version of Only You, trumping Yazoo, the duo of Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke, who had reached No 2 with their original recording. This Christmas No 1 single and the group's flamboyant look – gaudy suits, large hats and Hibbard's massive sideburns – led to brief stardom for the Flying Pickets, a name coined because some of them had supported the miners during their strikes of 1972 and 1974. They hit the Top 10 again with another cover,...
- 6/19/2012
- by Anthony Hayward
- The Guardian - Film News
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