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Remember those good old buddy action comedies from the 90s? So do we. Bad Boys, Rush Hour, and The Last Boy Scout are just a few that fill us with a deep sense of nostalgia, and from the looks of it, director Ilya Naishuller is a fan as well, based on the trailer for Prime Video's new action comedy, Heads of State. Starring John Cena and Idris Elba, the film follows two world leaders who must set aside their rivalry to thwart a global conspiracy and save the world — if they can work together. If that doesn't scream "buddy action comedy," we don't know what does.

Filled with explosions, comedy, and an epic voice over, the Heads of State trailer (seen below) showcases what we can expect next month when the film hits Prime Video on July 2. There's Cena's trademark deadpan comedic delivery, Elba's charm, and even Priyanka Chopra Jonas kicking some serious butt.

CBS has canceled Poppa’s House and The Summit after just one season apiece.

Poppa’s House brought Damon Wayans (My Wife and Kids, The Last Boy Scout) and his son Damon Wayans Jr. (New Girl, The Other Guys) together. The senior Wayans played talk-radio host “Poppa” who “has his point of view challenged at work when a new female co-host is hired, and at home where he finds himself still parenting his adult son, a brilliant dreamer who is trying to pursue his passion while being a responsible father and husband,” as the logline reads.

Wayans Jr. played Junior, Essence Atkins played Ivy, Poppa’s new co-host, and Tetona Jackson played Nina, Junior’s wife; Poppa’s House was produced by CBS Studios.

Reality competition The Summit set 16 strangers on a journey through the New Zealand Alps in an attempt to reach the peak of a distant, giant mountain within just two weeks.

Bruce Willis has made a career out of playing men who look like they haven’t slept since the late ‘80s, and The Last Boy Scout is no exception. Released in 1991, this action-packed, expletive-riddled, buddy-cop-adjacent flick directed by Tony Scott and written by Shane Black was basically Die Hard‘s rowdier, more foul-mouthed cousin. And yet, despite its A-list talent and explosive action, it somehow ended up as one of the most overlooked gems of the early ‘90s.

Now, let’s get one thing straight—I loved this movie growing up. So much so that I practically ran my VHS copy into the ground, forcing the poor tape to endure countless rewatches until it finally tapped out. Rip to that beautiful, plastic relic. Hopefully, the DVD holds out a little longer.

So, what the f*** happened? How did this film, with all its star power and razor-sharp dialogue, become more...

Damon Wayans started his career as a stand-up comedian before starring in several shows. In the 1990s, Wayans transitioned to films, establishing himself with hits such as Bulletproof, The Last Boy Scout, and Major Payne.

Despite his impressive resume, Wayans has never come close to winning an Academy Award. However, the actor-comedian might have had a shot at the prestigious award had he landed a part in a Tom Cruise movie of the 1990s.

Damon Wayans on the Club Shay Shay podcast (Credit: YouTube).

During a recent podcast appearance, Wayans reflected on losing out on the supporting role in Cruise’s sports comedy-drama Jerry Maguire. The role eventually went to Cuba Gooding Jr., who won an Oscar for his performance. Here is what Wayans had to say about missing out on the Oscar-winning role.

Damon Wayans lost out on an Oscar-winning role in Tom Cruise’s Jerry Maguire

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Mark Wahlberg stars in Shane Black’s first film in seven years, the upcoming Play Dirty. Surprisingly, it’s getting an R rating.

Writer, producer, director and sometime actor Shane Black has left a potent mark on modern cinema, not least directing Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and The Nice Guys. Furthermore, has a $1bn hit to his name with Iron Man 3, and his screenplays for the likes of Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout are quite something to do.

I want to start this story with the good stuff, as the last film that he made to date was 2018’s The Predator. I wasn’t fond of it at all, but still: since then, Shane Black has neither written nor directed a film, and that’s been seven years. He’s been away from the screen too long.

Let us welcome, then, Play Dirty. This was a movie...

Heart Eyes is a winning romance and a killer slice of slasher movie fun. Not an easy balance to pull off. The team behind the hit—which made even more money in its second weekend at the box office—succeeded with sincerity. Not for a second do genres clash in the hands of director Josh Ruben and cinematographer Stephen Murphy.

Murphy is a seasoned pro behind the camera, having shot excellent episodes of Atlanta and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Romantic comedies aren't usually in his wheelhouse, so Heart Eyes gave him the opportunity to stretch his talents and explore a new aesthetic.

Recently, Murphy spoke with Daily Dead about shooting a rom-com, crafting some lovely kills, and recalled his first gig on set—working with horror legend Stuart Gordon.

[Editor's Note: This interview covers major Heart Eyes plot points and spoilers.]

I assume you wanted to make every shot of Heart Eyes as dynamic as possible.

A Predator movie directed by Shane Black, written by him and the director of The Monster Squad. This sounded like the recipe for an awesome sci-fi action horror film, but what Black delivered was one of the least popular films in the Predator franchise, with a third act that was completely different from what was originally written and a variety of bad ideas being filmed as potential endings. Critics were unimpressed. Fans were disappointed. And now, we’re going to dig into what happened to The Predator.

1987 was a huge year for Shane Black. His original screenplay Lethal Weapon was turned into an action classic by director Richard Donner. His friend, director Fred Dekker, brought their script for the creature feature The Monster Squad to the screen, creating a film that is now considered to be a cult classic. And he was cast alongside the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers,...

Atonement director Joe Wright is set to direct the AI thriller Alignment, whose script was bought last year for $3.25m. We take a look at why it sold for so much.

Reading the news was like travelling back in time. A spec script, said to be written by someone with few Hollywood connections, had sold for over $3m. In an industry where filmmakers and producers often talk about the death of original screenplays, and where huge sums of money tend to go to big-name showrunners rather than writers, the sale of Alignment in December 2024 harkened back to a different era for movies.

In 1986, Shane Black sold his first script, Lethal Weapon, for $250,000. He was just 25 years old at the time. Four years later, his screenplay for another thriller, The Last Boy Scout, sold for $1.75m. As sale prices for scripts blew up in the 1990s, millionaire writers were created seemingly overnight.

If you grew up in the 90s like I did, Damon Wayans was one of the biggest names in comedy. He became famous for his run on Fox's sketch comedy show In Living Color before becoming a leading man in feature films like The Last Boy Scout and Blankman, but prior to all of that, he was a cast member on Saturday Night Live. For so many successful comedians, SNL is the starting point that launches them into fame, but for Wayans it was a disaster. You'd be forgiven for not even knowing he was ever on the show. This is because Damon Wayans barely appeared on air, and frustrated with how he was being treated, he took it into his own hands to get Lorne Michaels to fire him for something he did on live TV.

As he came to the forced end of his career, Bruce Willis starred in more than 20 straight-to-dvd movies that, at the time of their release, were panned by critics and saw the actor temporarily being given his own Razzie award category. Many of those movies were seen in a different light following the revelation of Willis’ dementia diagnosis, and two of them are now streaming on Hulu for fans to evaluate for themselves.

Fortress and its sequel, Fortress: Sniper's Eye, were released in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Willis plays Robert Michaels, a former U.S. intelligence officer now living in a top-secret resort away from the world and his life of danger. That is until his estranged son Paul (Jesse Metcalfe) tracks him down, bringing with him a figure from Robert’s past, and they end up fighting for survival inside the high-tech bunker known as the fortress.

Fortress did receive a limited theatrical release,...

When Bruce Willis became a television star 40 years ago via the hit ABC comedy "Moonlighting," no one in the entertainment industry thought he was primed to become the next great action movie hero. As wisecracking private detective David Addison, he seemed poised to be a romantic comedy lead in the old-fashioned vein of Cary Grant or, at the very least, a rakish successor to Paul Newman. He did not, however, give off the gun-toting beefcake vibes of guys like Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger. So when he snared a then-unthinkable $5 million payday to star in "Die Hard" after just about every star in Hollywood passed on the role of John McClane, a folly appeared to be in the offing.

All Willis did with "Die Hard" is completely readjust the industry's expectations for action films. Instead of a musclebound killing machine, he was an everyman cop who uses his wits as...

The Walking Dead has brought fans a lot of tremendous villains over the years. From The Whisperers and The Governor in the main series, to the Croat and Dama in the first season of Dead City, the spinoff which focuses on Negan and Maggie. Ahead of the Season 2 premiere later this year, we now have a glimpse into the latest bad guy thanks to star Kim Coates, who teases his new villain as one of the most vicious yet.

MovieWeb caught up with Coates to discuss his new Netflix series American Primeval, and the subject of Dead City Season 2 came up. When asked to share a little about his villainous role in the sophomore outing, Coates teased that the character of Brugal was definitely written for him.

"Eli Jorné, the showrunner, picked me and said 'You have to play this guy,' and I said 'Send me some of the scripts,...

Kim Coates is one of those actors people rarely know the name of but always recognize their face, at least until Sons of Anarchy became a television phenomenon in 2008. Lasting for seven seasons, the action crime drama found Coates playing Tig Trager, a character who was somewhat of a sadistic loose canon yet brought a lot of heart to Samcro. Now, Coates is back on our screens in the Netflix series American Primeval, but before we get there, the Canadian-born actor took time to reflect on Sons of Anarchy in a new interview with MovieWeb.

Coates mentioned at the time Soa came along, he wasn't necessarily looking to sink his teeth into a lengthy television role. Up until then, he'd been enjoying success appearing in the likes of Open Range, Waterworld, Black Hawk Down, and The Last Boy Scout. He was – and still is – a great character actor doing what character actors do.

Dane DeHaan and Kim Coates represent two very different sides of Mormon culture in the Old West in American Primeval. Since having found his breakout turn in Josh Trank's Chronicle, DeHaan has found success on both the big and small screens with everything from the biographical drama Kill Your Darlings to The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Oppenheimer, Lisey's Story and HBO's The Staircase adaptation. Coates, meanwhile, is a popular character actor whose work extends back to the likes of Tony Scott's The Last Boy Scout, with some of his popular roles including Tig in the Sons of Anarchy universe and Goon.

Coates stars in American Primeval as the real figure Brigham Young, with the show following him in his efforts to acquire more land in Utah in the hopes of further expanding the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. DeHaan stars as Jacob Pratt, a man who sets...

If you were a young writer with dreams of making it big in Hollywood, you couldn’t have a much better origin story than Shane Black. Just out of film school in his early 20s, Black famously sold his spec script Lethal Weapon to producer Joel Silver and Warner Bros., nabbing over $200 thousand for his work. Lethal Weapon was a significant hit in 1987, effectively putting Black on the map; combine that with the fact he also co-wrote The Monster Squad and starred in and script-doctored Predator that same year and you have a very nice start to a career.

In the 90s, Black became famous—or infamous—for two blockbuster screenplay sales. The Last Boy Scout sold for a record $1.75 million, a record at the time. A couple of years later, his script for The Long Kiss Goodnight made history when he got paid a whopping $4 million for it, still...

The holidays are upon us, so you'd expect the major streaming services' top titles to be yuletide classics that the whole family can enjoy. This is hilariously not the case, however, and it's either a sign of broadening tastes or coarsening sensibilities.

I'm not going to take issue with viewers getting into the Christmas spirit by watching such violent delights as "Die Hard," "Silent Night, Deadly Night" or any of the Shane Black classics set around the holiday. I might just plop down and run a marathon of "Lethal Weapon," "The Last Boy Scout," "The Long Kiss Goodnight," and "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" myself on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day is when you bust out "It's a Wonderful Life" (a remarkably dark movie itself) or any one of the adaptations of "A Christmas Carol."

But if FlixPatrol's report on the most popular movies currently streaming on Max is to be believed,...

Last year, when Renny Harlin was promoting his film, The Bricklayer, JoBlo asked him about the making of Die Hard 2: Die Harder, and he had high praise for star Bruce Willis, who he compared, favourably, to the new generation of action stars, who seem reluctant to ever allow themselves to get beaten up on-screen, Willis never had this issue, said Harlin: “I really wanted Bruce Willis to get really screwed up. His face is a bloody mess by the end of the movie, and like you said, it really does make the character more heroic. They are really taking punishment and keep going.”

However, as we reported a little while back, there was one line Willis didn’t love in Die Hard 2: Just the fax, ma’am…

It’s a line that made audiences laugh, but, in his book “The Last Action Heroes,” writer Nick de Semlyan interviews Harlin,...

Christmas has long been a favorite setting for action movie directors, as there’s something about the juxtaposition of holiday cheer against the hardcore violence of an R-rated action movie that makes the whole thing too tempting an opportunity to pass up. Indeed, there have been some Christmas action movie classics (many of which are written by Shane Black), which we dug into here, but now the time has come for you folks to have your say. What’s the greatest Christmas action movie? Is it a heavyweight like Die Hard or Lethal Weapon, or something more off the beaten path?

In making these lists, I was surprised at just how many action flicks take place around the holiday season. Granted, some of them are more obvious than others. I never realized First Blood was set at Christmas until watching it in 4K, where you can see how the police...

Bruce Willis, one of Hollywood's finest, made wearing a vest during a hostage situation seem perfectly acceptable. Many of his most beloved roles saw him wielding a squint like Clint Eastwood and a level of sass that other actors just couldn't deliver. But much like Willis himself, his top three rated films on Rotten Tomatoes are a surprising package that would certainly make for an interesting unofficial trilogy to watch over a weekend. That includes what Rt has deemed the best of the bunch: a movie about a decidedly vexed New York City cop with no shoes and a partiality to Roy Rogers films.

Indeed, it should come as absolutely no shock that "Die Hard," Willis' breakout vehicle and a bullet-riddled pillar of the action movie genre, is the actor's highest rated film on Rt among critics. Earning a well-deserved 94% from the website, "Die Hard" broke the mold that so...

Although Ridley Scott could have directed Top Guns sequel, the legendary director was right to turn down Top Gun: Maverick. By Top Gun: Mavericks ending, it was tough for viewers to remember just how long the gap between the original movie and its sequel was. The follow-up recaptured the tone of the original cult classic so successfully that it was like Maverick had never left, and viewers left the theater ready for Top Gun 3s story. However, the production of the sequel was a long, difficult process behind the scenes, and Tony Scott's untimely death was one reason for this.

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Although Top Gun's original cut ending would never have worked, Top Gun 3 can revisit this scene thanks to Top Gun: Maverick's Iceman death.

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A little bit ago, I discussed Hardware from 1990 and how it became a little lost to time. Today’s movie is no different as it’s pretty hard to come by and actually has three different versions to look out for. To that end, Richard Stanley can definitely be considered the best horror director you never saw. While he had a resurgence with the Nic Cage cosmic Lovecraft horror Color Out of Space, the rest of his catalogue is either a wonderful hot mess like his incomplete version of The Island of Dr. Moreau where he was fired or his first two movies that just don’t get talked about enough. While Hardware is loosely based on a comic, Dust Devil is what I would call a wholly original South African supernatural slasher flick. It has lore based in both legend and the creative mind of its writer/director Richard...

Bruce Willis has worked incredibly hard throughout his Hollywood career, and hed still be pushing himself to the limit if help complications hadnt popped up. In the 2020s, the actor had made himself comfortable in the B-movie space, lending about 20 minutes of his precious time to several movies each year. For example, Willis had a whopping 12 film credits in 2022 alone. Unfortunately, this was the same year he was diagnosed with aphasia, which was later revised to frontotemporal dementia.

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*Availability in US Release Date September 10, 1994Director Quentin TarantinoCast John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Eric Stoltz, Bruce WillisRuntime 154Main Genre Crime

The elderly Willis might have been content that he was no longer a box office draw, but the younger Willis wasnt happy. Shortly after landing his breakout role in Die Hard, the actor starred in several unsuccessful films, placing the future of his career in doubt.

Bruce Willis might be known for such action hits as Die Hard, Armageddon, The Fifth Element, and The Expendables, but sadly, as his health declined, he appeared in a number of low-budget movies that some say tarnished his legacy. Not Quentin Tarantino, however, who recently defended Willis decision to nab a few quick paychecks shortly before word broke that hed been diagnosed with aphasia, going so far as to say he was "really impressed" by the films.

Speaking on his Video Archives Podcast, Tarantrino admitted to watching at least six of the direct-to-video flicks, including Vice (2015), Trauma Center (2019), and Deadlock (2021), calling them "very easy to watch" and "entertaining." The Pulp Fiction director also said he doesnt see what critics see, and praised Willis performances.

"These movies that hes been making for these companies have really gone under fire in a really big way, and theres been these kinds of expose...

Were you as surprised as we were with that twist on the season 12 premiere of “The Masked Singer” when one Buffalo turned into a herd? We were wowed by their harmonies on the classic Cutting Crew track “(I Just) Died In Your Arms.” These three clearly make their livings by raising their voice in song. But we don’t think that they are one of the groups mentioned by the judges: B2K (Jenny), Earth, Wind & Fire (Rita) or 3/4 of 98 Degrees (Robin).

We’ve been reviewing the clues and that stand-out performance on September 25 as well as their encore appearances on October 2 and October 9 and have all your “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the answer to the question, “Who is Buffalo”?

We think that Buffalo is Boyz II Men. Don’t agree with our verdict? Well considering the following evidence from their first and second appearances:

The Buffalo costumes...

Jimmy Carter, who turned 100 years old Oct. 1, has lived quite a life, on and off screen.

Aside from his presidency during 1977 to 1981, the former president had many iconic pop cultural moments both before he became leader of the United States as well as during and after.

Carter shared moments with cultural figures like Andy Warhol, the Allman Brothers, Johnny Cash, Lucille Ball, Walter Cronkite and more. His real speech was featured at the beginning of 1978’s Americathon before a fictional mob attacks the White House and hangs Carter and his cabinet because of the energy crisis. The Bruce Willis movie The Last Boy Scout is based on Willis’ character being the Secret Service agent who saved Carter from a fictional assassination attempt, and there is an out of focus actor playing Carter in a flash back.

Follow along below for a list of pop culture moments Jimmy Carter cemented into...

The long-awaited unveiling of Gary Dauberman’s Salem’s Lot, the west coast premiere of Terrifier 3, a 30th anniversary Speed reunion with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, and focus on filmmakers Sam Raimi and Shane Black are among the many highlights of the 12th edition of Beyond Fest, which will hit Los Angeles starting Sept. 25.

Other big-name titles include the international premiere of Toho’s My Hero Academia: You’re Next and the west coast premieres of The Brutalist, the immigration thriller that is coming off a Silver Lion award for best director at the Venice Film Festival. Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner Anora, Donald Trump origin story The Apprentice, and Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch are also on the docket And there will be the U.S. premiere of Sarah Paulson’s suspense thriller Hold Your Breath.

Billing itself the largest genre film festival in the United States,...

Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry took on the challenge of a lifetime with her sports film, Bruised. The movie was also her directorial debut, and the actress was deeply passionate about it. Though it received mixed reviews from critics, her filmmaking and acting garnered praise.

But what fans don’t know is that the actress gave her all to realistically portray the role of an athlete. Undergoing practice fight sessions gave her not only the experience of a fighter, but also the physical marks to back it up. The actress suffered multiple injuries to her body but refused to let this halt her passion project.

Unbreakable spirit: Halle Berry’s refusal to give up

Bruised follows the story of a former Mma fighter who seeks redemption in the octagon. The script attracted Halle Berry not only because of the story, but also because it was the sport she loved. She...

Nostalgia, when it comes to reviving an old movie series, can be axiomatic. Every so often you see a genuine great piece of nostalgia — like “Creed” or the 2009 “Star Trek” reboot or the 2014 “Godzilla.” But then there’s the kind of nostalgia represented by “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.” Plotted like a generic police-corruption thriller, lit with cruddy efficiency, pausing every 10 minutes or so for a “light” moment, the movie is no “Beverly Hills Cop.” But it’s better than the ballistic noise orgy that was “Beverly Hills Cop II” (1986) or the clunky retro mess of “Beverly Hills Cop III” (1994), so I guess we should be grateful. And I suspect that a lot of viewers who grew up in the ’80s will be.

Let’s be clear, though, about the level of nostalgia this movie is aiming for. “Axel F.” is studded with moments that are designed to be time-machine triggers,...

When was Bruce Willis at the peak of his popularity? It’s hard to say because, truth be told, the man has been a superstar for almost as long as I’ve been alive. When I was in Kindergarten, he was rockin’ the airwaves on Moonlighting and cutting an album, peddling Seagram’s Wine Coolers and starring in hit movies like Blind Date, and this was Before Die Hard. Yet, that 1988 movie took him to another level, with Die Hard 2 and The Last Boy Scout solidifying him as a major, major action star. Yet, one movie almost always overlooked in his filmography is a thriller he did for Sony Pictures that was sandwiched between two against-type turns, one being in Death Becomes Her, the other being in Pulp Fiction. The movie is Striking Distance, and it’s the subject of this month’s The Best Movie You Never Saw!

Filmmaker Shane Black is known for directing the MCU film Iron Man 3 as well as black comedies such as Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and The Nice Guys. The director shot to fame as a writer, creating the Lethal Weapon franchise and also writing the Arnold Schwarzenegger starrer Last Action Hero. He also played a role in the star’s action film Predator.

One of Black’s most expensive sales was the screenplay of the Samuel L. Jackson starrer The Long Kiss Goodnight. The film also starred Geena Davis and Brian Cox and the screenplay reportedly sold for $4 million at the time. However, the failure of the film at the box office reportedly made Shane Black a Hollywood pariah.

Shane Black Irked Fellow Screenwriters After Selling The Script For The Long Kiss Goodnight Shane Black in Predator | Credits: 20th Century Fox/Lawrence Gordon Productions/Silver Pictures/Davis Entertainment/Amercent Films...

Iron Man 3 director Shane Black initially pursued an acting career before he became a renowned screenwriter and director in Hollywood, just like Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan. Before he directed the fourth movie in The Predator series, little did fans know that he had an acting role in the first movie alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was during this time that he sold the script for the classic buddy cop movie Lethal Weapon.

Shane Black in a still from Predator | 20th Century Fox

It took little time for Black to get the hint from his acting and screenwriting gigs that he was not suited for the former career. Black doubled down on his screenwriting works and became one of the highest-paid screenwriters at the time.

Iron Man Director Shane Black Believed Himself To Be An Actor Before Finding His True Calling

Shane Black in a still from Predator | 20th Century Fox...

In the ever-evolving world of cinema, even the most prominent stars occasionally encounter harsh and disappointing receptions of their work. While this is often unavoidable, numerous Hollywood icons like Tom Cruise, Robin Williams, Keanu Reeves, and others have defied the odds with some of the most remarkable performances of their careers. The following list explores such movie stars who have proven the critics wrong.

Tom Cruise – Vanilla Sky

Renowned for his action-packed roles, Tom Cruise showcased his versatile acting prowess in the 2001 psychological thriller Vanilla Sky. The film follows him as a wealthy publishing magnate David Aames, who finds himself in a complex web of romance, betrayal, and existential mystery after a life-altering car accident.

Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky | Credit: Paramount

Upon its release, the film received mixed reviews with criticism directed towards Cruise’s performance. Despite the disappointing critics’ reviews, the film soared at the box office, grossing over $200 million worldwide,...

Few types of movies sum up the 1990s quite like “dad thrillers.” A term popularized by the brilliant Max Read a few years ago, the dad thriller is a subgenre of thriller movies that was largely designed to appeal to older male viewers or otherwise featured thematic elements associated with that demographic. Yes, such movies often feature men being really good dads, but it’s about more than that. Dad thrillers were often closer to ’70s paranoia thrillers like Three Days of the Condor, which pitted crusaders of truth against staggering odds in a slow-burn narrative. They typically featured lawyers, law enforcement officers, military personnel, and dads in other thoroughly professional fields who were very good at their jobs. Many were based on books or otherwise inspired by the fictional and non-fictional texts dads of that generation loved to read. Some were theatrical hits but most of them found a home in living rooms everywhere.

In 1993, James Gandolfini was a completely unknown actor. He had an uncredited role in the Bruce Willis film The Last Boy Scout and a small role as a petty criminal in the Melanie Griffith-led drama A Stranger Among Us in 1992. So, when he got the part of Virgil in the Quentin Tarantino-written and Tony Scott-directed classic noir thriller True Romance, it would serve as a pivotal moment in the young actor's career. With only a handful of small credits to his name, suddenly, he was part of an enormously talented and star-studded cast that included Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, and Val Kilmer. Even though Gandolfini was way down on the marquee and appeared in only one scene, his turn as a ruthless and hulking mafioso assigned with getting a valuable package back from the two protagonists is still one...

Some Hollywood stars not only shine on-screen but also radiate kindness off-screen. Keanu Reeves and Bruce Willis exemplify this. The Matrix star, who is known as the nicest guy in Hollywood, is also celebrated for showering his Matrix crew with thoughtful gifts.

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However, he might not be the only actor with such thoughtful gestures toward his crew. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer recently shared that the Die Hard star added money to the film crews’ cash giveaways to ensure that they had some extra cash by the weekends while working on the 1998 film Armageddon.

Bruce Willis’ Heartfelt Gestures on the Set of Armageddon

Bruce Willis starred alongside Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler in Michael Bay’s 1998 film Armageddon. The film focuses on a team of oil drillers who are sent to space to stop an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Jerry Bruckheimer...

Hollywood stars Halle Berry and Bruce Willis have joined forces in various movies like Perfect Stranger and The Last Boy Scout. However, the actress has shared that she did not have a very pleasant experience working with the action star in their first film together, Tony Scott’s The Last Boy Scout.

The Last Boy Scout

The film follows Willis as a washed-up private investigator who teams up with a disgraced football star to uncover a potential conspiracy. Berry, who was still carving her path in the industry, portrayed the role of a stripper, Cory. And she later expressed feeling overlooked and unnoticed by her co-star.

Halle Berry Opened Up About Her First Time Working with Bruce Willis

Halle Berry reflected on her experience working with the 69-year-old actor Bruce Willis in the 1991 film The Last Boy Scout. The Oscar winner, who was in her initial years in Hollywood, was...

Even as he collected his martini, the burly stranger who introduced himself as “Joe” exuded an aura of belligerence. We were standing on the fringe of a post-screening reception, so, hand extended, I blurted, “Did the movie work for you?”

“It was blah,” he replied. “Given what they spent for the script, they should have made a powerful f*ckin’ movie.”

At the time I didn‘t realize I was talking with Joe Eszterhas, who had made $4 million from sale of his script — more an auction than a sale and hardly “blah.” Joe and several estimable writing colleagues were participants in what came to be known in the mid-‘80s as the “Writers Rebellion,” a moment when top screenwriters decided to reinvent what they considered a broken system for propagating their creative product.

The rebellion was not as momentous as, say, the French Revolution, but its drama and rhetoric for...

Tubi’s upcoming titles for April include five new Tubi Originals:

YA comedy Crushed, starring Bebe Wood Two titles timed to the 110th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking – a documentary, Mysteries From The Grave: The Titanic, and a horror film, Titanic 666, starring AnnaLynne McCord (“90210”), Keesha Sharp (“Empire”) and Jamie Bamber (“Battlestar Galactica”) Action movie Lord Of The Streets, featuring

Mma stars Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Anderson Silva.

The action sci-fi film Corrective Measures, starring Michael Rooker (“The Walking Dead”), Bruce Willis (“The Sixth Sense”) and Tom Cavanaugh (“The Flash”)

Unless otherwise noted, all titles below will begin streaming on April 1.

Tubi Originals

Crushed – 4/1 – After the hottest guy in school likes her Instagram photo, a high-achieving, high-strung high school girl carries out totally crazy schemes to hook up with him before the senior class trip ends. But things spiral when her obsession gets out of control.

Mysteries From...

Exclusive: Paradigm has signed Kim Coates, the actor and producer best known for a major role on FX’s Emmy-nominated crime drama Sons of Anarchy, for representation.

In Kurt Sutter’s series focused on the lives of outlaw motorcycle club members, which ran for seven seasons between 2008 and 2014, Coates plays one of the lead characters, Tig Trager, who serves as the sergeant-at-arms and is often involved in the club’s most challenging and controversial activities.

Most recently recurring on Max’s White House Plumbers, Coates has also been seen on series including Netflix’s Godless and Bad Blood, CBS’s CSI: Miami, and Fox’s Prison Break, to name a few.

Over the course of his decades-long career, he’s also been seen in more than 40 films, most recently appearing in Double Down South, a thriller written and directed by Academy Award winner Tom Schulman. In addition to Academy Award...

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Danielle Harris reveals that Quentin Tarantino planned to reference the Bruce Willis cult classic The Last Boy Scout in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Harris was lined up for a role in the movie, but gave birth on the day of filming and couldn't participate. Tarantino and writer Shane Black's similar sensibilities and unique sense of writing would make for a very promising collaboration in the future.

With the movie already full of cultural nods and recreations, Danielle Harris reveals Once Upon a Time in Hollywood nearly featured a reference to the Bruce Willis cult classic, The Last Boy Scout. The 2019 dramedy served as the ninth movie from Quentin Tarantino in the director's chair, centered on a former movie star and his stunt double/friend coming to terms with the end of Hollywood's Golden Age. Part of the plot saw Brad Pitt's Cliff Booth head to Spahn Ranch,...

Danielle Harris feels sad to see her former The Last Boy Scout co-star, Bruce Willis, struggle with ongoing health issues. Harris is writing a book that includes stories about her experiences with Willis on the set of the 1991 film. Harris reveals that Willis once told her, "Kid, this is my movie, don't upstage me," which she now sees as a compliment.

Danielle Harris can’t help but feel “sad” for her one-time co-star, Bruce Willis. As a child actor, Harris starred alongside the Hollywood icon in director Tony Scott’s The Last Boy Scout. 33 years later, though, Harris finds it “devastating” to see Willis struggle with his ongoing health issues. Harris said in an exclusive interview with Screen Rant:

“Devastating, it's sad. I feel the same way about Christina Applegate, to see these stars that, in your mind, are going to be there forever, and then you start to see them age or pass.

Danielle Harris is an absolute legend in the horror space, having been a part of the genre for nearly 40 years. She always stuck out as a child actor in films such as Halloween 4 and The Last Boy Scout. But she continued that success into her adulthood with films like Hatchet and the Rob Zombie Halloween films. I was lucky enough to talk with Danielle about her latest horror film, Project Dorothy. She plays a rogue AI, so she’s just a voice here, but that’s also something she has plenty of experience with (she was Debbie on The Wild Thornberrys). While she’s a small part of the film, I was also able to talk with her about her podcast with Scout Taylor Compton and their planned trilogy of films. This was a great conversation; she gave some nice insight into the difficulties of acting in something you’re also directing.

Dark Obsession is a psychological thriller centered around a painter navigating her husband's sudden departure and the haunting presence in the woods. Danielle Harris, who stars and produces the film, was drawn to supporting indie filmmaking, the lead female role, and the film's themes of shame and trauma. The film utilizes dialogue-less acting in some scenes to create discomfort and explore the unspoken emotions between characters, adding a unique dimension to the story.

A woman's idyllic life comes crashing down in Dark Obsession. The psychological thriller revolves around a painter whose husband abruptly leaves her in the middle of the night, and as she tries to come to terms with his decision, she finds herself tormented by an ominous voice in the woods nearby.

Blaine Morris, who also co-wrote the movie, leads the Dark Obsession cast alongside Mena Suvari, Halloween alum Danielle Harris, Adriana Barraza, Leonard Amoia, Anwar Wolf, Lucy Werner,...

Shane Black’s next film will be the hard boiled noir Play Dirty, with Lakeith Stanfield and Mark Wahlberg taking the lead roles.

It’s been a few years since we’ve heard anything about Black’s next film, Play Dirty. Originally, the plan was to reunite Black with Robert Downey Jr. While it seems Downey Jr is still involved as a producer through Team Downey – the production company he founded with his wife Susan Downey – The Hollywood Reporter has the story that Mark Wahlberg will now play the central role, and we now learn too that Lakeith Stanfield is on board.

The plot follows “a hardened professional thief who is, naturally, double-crossed and left for dead. His hunt for revenge, however, brings with it a shot at the biggest heist of his career. But, per the studio, even with the help of his partner, an actor-slash-con artist named Grofield...

Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element" certainly has one of the most eclectic casts of any '90s blockbuster. On one hand, you have a variety of established actors. Then-beloved action hero Bruce Willis was the film's centerpiece, propped by British thespians like Gary Oldman and Ian Holm, both of whom had garnered recognition in major Hollywood blockbusters. On the other hand, you have a variety of unknown variables: Milla Jovovich, a young Russian model just getting her start on film; Chris Tucker, a hyperactive comedian slowly on the rise after "Friday," which also just so happened to feature "Fifth Element" co-star Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., an actor-turned-wrestler-turned-actor-again. Besson's call sheet of obscure talents goes on and on. However, it is exactly the director's ethno-galactically diverse, if often aesthetically disparate, vision for the film that makes the cast of "The Fifth Element" fit surprisingly well together.

By extension, the places...

"Tis the season..." is often used as a salutation, an introductory phrase that announces the arrival of Christmas merriment and any litany of festive, yuletide holiday traditions. One such holiday tradition that many people like to partake in is the viewing of seasonal movies. While there are many Christmas and holiday movies where the season itself is a focal point, some "Christmas" movies actually aren't about the holiday at all — but if their stories take place during the holiday season, they may still be classified as a Christmas classic.

Some of these non-straightforward Christmas movies are chock-full of action, as opposed to all jolly celebrations and holiday cheer. Christmas action movies are extremely popular, with some fans likely believing they require annual viewing season after season alongside traditional holiday flicks like Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, A Christmas Story, A Charlie Brown Christmas, or any similar offerings. However, the question of...

Jeremy Adams has steadily and unabashedly infused his film and comic book projects with the pop culture sensibilities he grew up loving. This approach is especially apparent in the animated movie Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match, the latest written by Adams and a love letter to all the '80s pop culture that has informed Adams' life. The movie follows Johnny Cage as he's roped into the machinations of a sinister cult looking to unleash Shinnok on EarthRealm and plunge the City of Angels into Hell.

In an exclusive interview with Cbr, Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match writer Jeremy Adams talked about returning to the Mortal Kombat Universe, explained the movie's pairing of Johnny Cage and Ashrah, and delved into why Cage Match is the most personal Mortal Kombat project he's worked on.

Related: Mortal Kombat: Onslaught Is Available Now on iPhone and Android

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Bruce Willis burst onto the American entertainment scene as the glib, smart-alecky detective David Addison Jr. opposite Cybill Shepherd’s Maddie Haynes in ABC’s Moonlighting, a show that helped launch the dramedy genre. Willis was not long for the small screen, though, with his his sharp tongue and sarcastic wit destined for bigger things.

More than 90 films and $5.3 billion later, Willis has played a smart-aleck New York detective in the Die Hard series, a smart-aleck oil driller-turned-astronaut in Armageddon, a smart-aleck cop in The Last Boy Scout, a smart-aleck gangster in Last Man Standing, a smart-aleck soldier in Tears of the Sun … well, you get the picture.

When he wasn’t cracking wise, Willis played many other memorable roles in films that included The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), Billy Bathgate (1991), Color of Night (1994), 12 Monkeys (1995), The Fifth Element (1997), The Sixth Sense (1999) The Story of Us (1999), Looper (2012) and Motherless Brooklyn...

Dick Butkus, the legendary Hall of Fame NFL linebacker and character actor, has died at age 80.

Butkus was a linebacker for the Chicago Bears from 1965 to 1973 and was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 1979.

“The Butkus family confirms that football and entertainment legend Dick Butkus died peacefully in his sleep overnight at home in Malibu, California,” the family’s statement shared to X read. They asked for “prayers and support” for Butkus’ wife, Helen.

He was remembered on social media by Bears chairman George H. McCaskey as “the ultimate Bear” and “one of the greatest players in NFL history.”

The statement shared to the team’s X account read, “He was Chicago’s son. He exuded what our city is about… toughness, smarts, instincts, passion and leadership.” McCaskey went on to say, “Dick had a gruff manner, and maybe that kept some people from approaching him, but he actually had a soft touch,...