A lot of cinephiles like to think of Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle as the quintessential Gene Hackman performance, but the truth is, ...

Colin Maynard has been a fan of Popeye the Sailor his whole life. Maynard said, “There was a picture of me when I’m like three or four just glued to the TV with my hat and my dad’s pipe.” ...

The easy thing to do with Popeye is have him kill a bunch of teenagers. That's what a few filmmakers did with Mickey Mouse last year, when the first version of Walt Disney's moneymaking rodent ...

More than half a century after William Friedkin’s revolutionary action film stunned viewers, Geoffrey Macnab looks at how the rogue cop at its centre manages to be so perversely sympathetic ...

for playing Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in William Friedkin’s 1971 action thriller “The French Connection” and for his role as antagonistic sheriff in Clint Eastwood’s 1992 Western “Unforgiven.” He was also ...

Hackman is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the tough and vulgar New York cop Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in the 1971 crime thriller "The French Connection." Its five-and-a-half-minute car chase ...

Thanks to the generosity of sponsors and donors, Heart Month, presented by Freson Bros. raised $952,409, bringing the total funds raised for the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute (Maz) and other ...

Gene Hackman, who was found dead on Feb. 26, along with his deceased wife, shared the screen with an admirable list of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...