Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
The Hollywood dream teams...
Movies crammed with the most A-list stars
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
AGATHA Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express is a real whosinnit as 10 of the biggest names in Hollywood keep cinema-goers guessing which one is the dastardly killer.
Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Derek Jacobi and Michelle Pfeiffer rub shoulders with Daisy Ridley, Olivia Colman and Tom Bateman onboard. Kenneth Branagh directed the ensemble movie and plays Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who
MARS ATTACKS (1996)
Tim Burton is known for his quirky films and this is no different, only it boasts an all star cast. He offered the role of reporter Jason Stone to Johnny Depp, but he rejected it. It went to Michael J. Fox instead. must hunt for clues before the fiend strikes again. It is a remake of the acclaimed 1974 version, which received six Academy Award nominations, and also had a glitzy all-star cast including Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave and Anthony Perkins to name but a few.
Forthcoming flick Avengers: Infinity War boasts even more big names – an incredible 28 – but will it
dazzle like these star-studded hits...
LOVE ACTUALLY (2003)
Huge ensemble cast with 10 interconnecting storylines. Has since become a TV Christmas favourite.
A BRIDGE TOO FAR (1977)
Another epic war film, another epic cast list. Told the story of Operation Market Garden when the Allies tried to capture bridges in the Netherlands.
KENNETH BRANAGH’S HAMLET (1996)
Kenneth Branagh obviously likes filling his movies with A-listers. This 4hr 20 epic is famed for being the first unabridged theatrical film version of the Shakespeare play.
THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974)
The real inferno going on here were the squabbles between Mcqueen, Newman, and Holden as they all wanted to have their names mentioned first. Despite this, it was a massive commercial success and won three Oscars.
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (2018)
And the award for the most star-studded film goes to... next year’s superhero flick.