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Malcolm Tucker, he stole the show…and got a movie.

This article will contain spoilers It started with a show. In case you’re not familiar with the British comedy series The Thick of It, I’ll get you in the loop (you’ll see what I did there). It´s a satire with a very dark humour about the ins and outs of a department in the British government and how the whole political ecosystem works: the advisers, civil servants, ministers, the media and spin doctors. Malcolm Tucker, played by Peter Capaldi, is officially the director of communications for th

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Malcolm Tucker, he stole the show…and got a movie.

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THE AUNT NOBODY WANTS...BUT WE LOVE

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The art of stealing the show

Some supporting characters leave such a profound impact with their strong performances that they end up overshadowing the main characters. In just a few scenes, they capture the audience's attention thanks to their charisma, humor, or memorable performances that enrich the overall narrative. These characters not only become unforgettable, but are often the most memorable in films. From show-stealing villains to eccentric standouts, there's something special about these supporting actors that mak

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How 2000’s Cartoons Created the Modern Obsession with Goth Girls

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SKIPPER: "WE'RE GOING TO UPSTAGE THE PROTAGONISTS! PRIVATE, YOU MIGHT NOT SURVIVE!

Hello, fellow cinephiles! I’m back again to talk about the characters who steal the show in those highly anticipated movies. If there's one thing we love, it's that one character whose special charisma makes us laugh, cry, reflect, and transports us to another world. I'm not just talking about a "cameo" like Stan Lee's or any old "sidekick." I'm talking about a character who might not even make it onto the main poster but walks away with all the credit for the film. When this challenge came my w

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The Paris Geller Effect

Paris Geller is many things: intellectually formidable, singularly driven, and frequently terrifying. When she first storms onto Gilmore Girls, she appears almost like a caricature, the quintessential overachieving antagonist to Rory Gilmore. She’s dazzlingly smart but abrasive, so tightly wound she’s on the verge of combustion, and constantly switching between brilliance and breakdown. She’s the type of person who would deliberately tank a group project just to prove she could’ve done it better

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12 Monkeys is Peak Brad Pitt

When you think of Brad Pitt, you probably think of a movie star. Or maybe you think about his abs in Fight Club. In most of his roles, he plays the suave and confident guy. There's the cool detachment of Ocean’s Eleven, the angry heroics of Troy, the Pepsi drinking of World War Z. He’s a leading man, always front and center. But the irony is that his best performances might be the ones where he steps to the side. He is hilarious as the clueless Chad in Burn After Reading. He jumped to fame as th

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The New Core Emotion Who Stole The Spotlight: Anxiety in Inside Out 2

A supporting character who I think took the centre stage and taught the audiences an important lesson is Anxiety from Inside Out 2, voiced Maya Hawke. Inside Out 2 is the sequel movie to the first film which captured so many people's attention. Whether they were children, parents, young adults, and grandparents; this film easily hooked anyone watching since Anxiety is a character who displayed a phenomenal visual representation of what it feels like to experience anxiousness. In the first film,

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Dear Diary, What About Betty Finn?

April 3 Dear Diary, Who the fuck does Veronica think she is? She was so nice before the Heathers got their claws in her. We were friends! I found some old pictures of us from grade school, and do you know how they made me feel? It's positively gag-worthy. Sad! I brought them all the way to school, like the friendless loser I am. I miss the old Veronica almost as much as I hate the new one. I thought maybe she still had a heart (deeeep down), so I showed her the pictures. And guess what? She thre

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Hans Landa: Bastardly unforgettable.

I remember exactly the first time I saw Hans Landa on screen. I felt both fascination... and fear. Christoph Waltz wasn’t just playing a villain; he seemed to be redefining what a villain could be. His polite smile, his friendly tone, his command of language — everything about him was charming and sinister at the same time. Today, years later, I still wonder why we admire him so much, even knowing what he represents. The Power of Words In the world of Inglourious Basterds, filled with explicit v

Doc Holliday Will Meet You In Tombstone

I don't really like Western movies about lawmen, and Kurt Russell's Wyatt Earp is an altruistic cornball. His love story with Josephine is dreadful. "That mare is in season." Gross. Plus it's adultery, but it's okay because Wyatt's common-law partner is addicted to laudanum. Morally dubious, cringe to watch, Tombstone should only exist at the bottom of discount bins everywhere, if it weren't for the performance of Val Kilmer. With his southern drawl, sickly skin, and sweat-beaded face, Kilmer's

Don Ramón: better known as "Rorro".

"What a lovely thing! What a well-made thing! What a beautiful thing!" These days, Max's new series, "Chespirito: Sin querer queriendo" (Chespirito: Without Meaning To), which tells the story of the life and career of actor Roberto Gómez Bolaños, creator of "El Chavo del 8," "El Chapulín Colorado," and "Chespirito," has taken centre stage in the news and the media in general. This is an opportune moment to talk not only about the characters, but also about the new series based on the autobiograp

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SOUL BEYOND THE PROTAGONIST

The Most Human Character Who Outshined the Hero Without Disrupting His Story In the landscape of cinema we have encountered variety of cinematic structure , be it the commercial cinema , the character driven narrative , the superhero narrative ,the archetype of single character and many more .. Oftentimes, we are met with stereotypes that were once new to cinema, but later on they influenced an entire genre to follow their structure . One of such influential narrative that created a new wave of

The Stoic Killer: How Anton Chigurh Stole No Country for Old Men Through Perfect Detachment

There's a moment in No Country for Old Men where Anton Chigurh sits across from a gas station clerk, flipping a coin, and you realize you're watching something unprecedented: a perfect Stoic philosopher who happens to be a remorseless killer. Javier Bardem's Chigurh doesn't just steal scenes from Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones. He embodies ancient philosophical principles so completely that he becomes the moral center of the entire film. The Stoics believed that wisdom came from accepting the u

Rocky: The Most Lovable Supporting Chaos in Yesterday

What if The Beatles suddenly ceased to exist, and you were the only person on Earth who remembered their music? If it were up to you to give their music back to the world, would you pass it off as your own? The whole ethical dilemma of this movie could've been solved with a few preemptive songwriting credits. But then we wouldn't have character growth, a love story, or the movie, for that matter. Personally, I wouldn't have just given them credit. I would've created a whole lore around them. Lik

You Can’t Handle That Colonel Nathan Jessup Owns A Few Good Men

In a courtroom drama filled with powerhouse performances and sharp legal exchanges, one character stands out not for his screen time, but for his unforgettable presence. Colonel Nathan R. Jessup, portrayed by Jack Nicholson, is the film's moral antagonist, its source of tension, and arguably, its emotional climax. The Power of Less: How Jessup Commands with Minimal Screen Time Colonel Jessup appears in only a handful of scenes, yet every moment he's on screen feels seismic. His late arrival (wel

Perrito, the antithesis of the Wolf and enjoying life

We all know the highly acclaimed movie “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.” In this new adventure, our beloved character (who, interestingly, was originally a supporting character who totally stole the show in “Shrek 2”) is faced with the harsh reality of being down to his last life, having carelessly wasted the previous eight. Unwilling to give up a daring lifestyle and his reputation as a living legend, Puss in Boots refuses to retire. He boldly claims that he laughs in the face of Death… until Dea

Cosmo: The Genius of Silliness in The Fairly OddParents

Whenever I think of "The Fairly OddParents," my mind doesn't go to Timmy Turner and his kid problems first, nor even to the sensible Wanda. No, my head immediately fills with the goofy laugh, nonsensical comments, and catastrophic decisions of Cosmo. Even though he's a secondary character, one of Timmy's godparents, I've always felt he was the true comedic heart and, often, the reason the show was so funny. For me, Cosmo wasn't just a character; he was a force of nature, a whirlwind of well-inte