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Exclusive: Writers Jon and Erich Hoeber have sold Netflix on the pitch for The Leading Man, an action comedy based on the comic book series from Jeremy Haun and B. Clay Moore, to star and be produced by Kevin Hart and John Cena.

The project brings the Hoebers back to Netflix following the sale of their original script Fast & Loose, an actioner to star Will Smith, which is currently in pre-production and looking for a new director.

In early development, pic’s logline is as follows: When a self-absorbed movie star (Cena) discovers that his co-star/man in the chair (Hart) is an actual agent, he’s forced to swallow his pride and accept that action stars aren’t really action heroes…while trying to save the world.

Hart will produce alongside Luke Kelly-Clyne and Bryan Smiley for Hartbeat, under the company’s multi-film deal with Netflix, along with...

Quentin Tarantino‘s seminal movie, Pulp Fiction, forever changed Hollywood by shattering one of its long-held traditions, i.e., chronological storytelling, and Christopher Nolan has been a fan of it ever since. Speaking about the film, he revealed how: “There’s this era of chronological conservatism that Pulp Fiction pretty much brought to a close” [via @NolanAnalyst/X].

Considering Christopher Nolan’s range of films, from Memento to Tenet, it’s perfectly understandable how Pulp Fiction might have influenced the then-young dreamer into falling in love with non-linear structures in storytelling that later became his whole career’s modus operandi.

Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction Introduced Christopher Nolan’s Favorite Movie Plot Device Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction (1994) [Credit: Miramax Films]

Pulp Fiction may not be the first film to try on the non-linear hat, but it is certainly the most influential one to ever do so. Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 movie heralded a revolution...

A new challenger has entered the Top 10 on MGM+. Ben Affleck's 1998 sci-fi disaster film Armageddon has arrived on the streaming charts.

According to FlixPatrol, as of Aug. 7, Armageddon is ranked No. 10 on MGM+'s Top 10 Overall chart in the United States. Much like the asteroid in the movie, Armageddon has burst onto the streaming chart and will now try to climb up the ranks as a worthy group of hit shows and movies try to stop its climb. First in Armageddon's path is Jason Statham's 2024 sleeper hit The Beekeeper at No. 9, followed by the fan-favorite '80s buddy cop movie Lethal Weapon at No. 8 and Jack Quaid's action-comedy Novocaine at No. 7. Luckily for Armageddon, Lethal Weapon and Novocaine are down from where they were yesterday, which suggests that they may be on their way off the streaming chart.

Three of the final six streaming hits on...

What if Bruce Willis faced off against Patrick Stewart in a deadly game of explosions and betrayals, leading to a high-stakes showdown between the two stars? A concept trailer for Die Hard 6, created by YouTube channel Ultimate Studios, gives us a glimpse of this crazy what-if scenario.

Willis is best known for his performance as John McClane in the Die Hard franchise, which remains one of the best action film series. Meanwhile, Stewart’s stints in Star Trek: The Next Generation and the X-Men franchise made him one of the most recognizable stars on the planet. As a result, a faceoff between the two actors is an exciting prospect, and here’s what the concept trailer teases.

Die Hard 6 Concept Trailer Reveals What Could’ve Been

The Die Hard 6 concept trailer sees Bruce Willis’ John McClane returning to action after a cyber-terrorist attack. In the footage, McClane is challenged by a dangerous mastermind,...

Movies like ‘John Wick’ are now a dime a dozen. Even the franchise’s own universe has run out of steam, with the latest outing – the Ana de Armas star vehicle “Ballerina” serving up deflated hot garbage. With that in mind, Edward Drake, known for half a dozen late-career direct-to-video releases featuring Bruce Willis, offers another tired rehash of familiar tropes with “Guns Up,” a film so blatantly obvious that even the actual mob would like to revolt against it.

It follows Ray Hayes (a seriously miscast Kevin James), an ex-cop who now works as a debt collector for mob boss Michael (Melissa Leo). He had to take up this shady gig because 5 years ago (the film blatantly cuts to a flashback), Ray did not have enough money to make life easy for his wife Alice (Christina Ricci), and two dotting (if entirely irritating) children, Siobhan (Keana Marie) and Henry...

This fall sees the long-awaited release of The Running Man, Edgar Wright’s high-octane adaptation of the Stephen King novel. The action-thriller stars Glen Powell in the role of Ben Richards, a desperate everyman forced to enter a deadly game show in a not-so-distant dystopian America — and judging by our intense exclusive image, things are not going well for him. As part of Collider's Exclusive Preview event, we're delighted to reveal a new look at Powell in the film. We can also share a delightful chat we had with Wright, one of the world's most exciting directors of kinetic and stylized action.

Wright, known for genre-defining cult favorites like Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver, is promising something darker and more faithful to King’s original story — and a whole lot rougher than the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger version. The director says that when describing the movie to new audiences,...

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“I see dead people.” On August 6, 1999, The Sixth Sense hit theaters and changed movies forever. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, this quiet psychological thriller became a pop culture phenomenon, captivating audiences with its haunting story and unforgettable twist.

Directed by a then‑unknown M. Night Shyamalan, this wasn’t just another scary movie. It was a film that had people walking out of theaters in stunned silence, racing to call friends, and whispering, “You have to see it… but I can’t tell you why.”

The Sixth Sense: A Pop Culture Juggernaut

The Sixth Sense didn’t just dominate the box office — it owned 1999. It earned over $672 million worldwide (second only to The Phantom Menace that year) and snagged six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor for a then‑11‑year‑old Haley Joel Osment.

And that twist ending? It became...

Bruce Willis’s career took an unfortunate dip as he approached his retirement, with 2022’s Gasoline Alley not leaving much of an impact when it was first released. However, streaming services have a way of surprising everyone, turning seemingly bad movies into global sensations. The film seems to have found a second life on Paramount+, reaching the number 1 spot of most-watched films on the platform on August 4th, according to Flixpatrol.

This is surprising on many levels, since the film actually performed very poorly when it was first released. Even though it was released in theaters and had many big names, the film was not watched by a lot of people. Those who did watch it didn’t seem to like it, with the film possessing a 3.9 score on IMDb. Considering this, one cannot help but wonder what is causing the film to suddenly become so popular now.

One of...

“Pulp Fiction” is a modern Hollywood classic, but upon release, the 1994 Quentin Tarantino-directed offbeat crime thriller was audacious to say the least. It told a narrative in non-chronological order, casted John Travolta off of a career slump, showcased on-screen drug use and graphic violence and gave its gun-wielding characters ample time to shoot the breeze before shooting their targets.

Nevertheless, the film succeeded, so much that audiences are still discussing it over a generation later. “Pulp Fiction” producer Lawrence Bender attended the Variety 120 Series screening, presented by Barco, a summer-long program hosted by Jazz Tangcay, that celebrates Variety‘s 120th anniversary by showing iconic films such as “All About Eve,” “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Psycho.”

Bender reflected on the first time “Pulp Fiction” came into his consciousness. It was 1992 and he was meeting Tarantino in Amsterdam ahead of the Cannes Film Festival premiere of “Reservoir Dogs,” Tarantino’s...

Demi Moore is reportedly urgently calling on the Academy to honor her ex-husband, Bruce Willis, with an honorary Oscar, before his declining health robs him of the chance to accept it in person. As the beloved action star battles frontotemporal dementia, Moore and Willis’ family say the time to recognize his legacy is now.

Willis, whose iconic roles in Die Hard and Pulp Fiction helped shape modern action cinema, has never received an Academy Award, honorary or otherwise. Despite being one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars for decades, the lack of recognition has become a source of frustration for those closest to him. A source told RadarOnline.com,

Everybody knows how badly Demi wants a competitive Oscar of her own, and she’s not giving up after the near-miss with last year’s The Substance, But she’s also been waging a shadow campaign for the Oscars to recognize...

Ben Affleck will always prove popular with audiences, highlighted most recently by the stellar streaming performance of his high-octane new sequel, The Accountant 2. Now, one of the actor's more forgotten entries in a filmography stacked with big-budget projects is getting love in the streaming charts, namely the comedy movie Extract, directed by Mike Judge in a 2009 follow-up to the beloved Office Space. The film stars Affleck as the stoner friend of Jason Bateman's Joel Reynold, alongside the likes of Kristen Wiig, Mila Kunis, and more.

As of August 3, 2025, Extract is one of the ten most-streamed movies on Paramount+ in the US, joining an impressive list of other titles currently catching the eye. Extract has entered the list at #8, ahead of both South Park (Not Suitable for Children) and Matthew McConaughey’s 2011 legal thriller The Lincoln Lawyer. At #7, 2022's The Infernal Machine is proving popular, with A Walk Among the Tombstones...

Despite being poles apart in their filmmaking, Quentin Tarantino and Hayao Miyazaki developed a surprising connection. The duo fought against the same man—the infamous Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein. Before his scandals destroyed his career, Weinstein was known for forcing directors to cut scenes from their movies.

So much so that the notorious producer even earned the title “Harvey Scissorhands”. And that’s exactly the kind of inconvenience that Quentin Tarantino and Hayao Miyazaki faced. While Tarantino was asked to remove the now-iconic torture scene from Reservoir Dogs, Miyazaki faced a similar fight against Weinstein regarding Princess Mononoke’s runtime.

Quentin Tarantino Fought Harvey Weinstein With Words, Hayao Miyazaki Did With a Sword

Quentin Tarantino and Hayao Miyazaki come from completely different filmmaking worlds. Tarantino’s movies are loud, bloody, and packed with sharp dialogue, whereas Miyazaki’s stories are magical, peaceful, and often speak to nature and the human spirit.

On paper, The Whole Nine Yards had all the ingredients for box office success in 2000: Bruce Willis, fresh off a decade of being one of Hollywood’s most bankable action stars; Matthew Perry, mid-Friends fame and trying to stretch into cinematic stardom; and a glossy studio comedy premise about a hitman moving in next door to a neurotic suburban dentist. The film delivered financially in one of the year’s most competitive box office weekends — but critically? Well, that’s another story.

Now streaming for free on Pluto TV, The Whole Nine Yards is one of those high-concept oddities that feels very much of its time — not just in its style or casting, but in how it mismatches its parts so enthusiastically you almost admire the confusion. It’s a gangster comedy with barely any laughs. A buddy flick where the chemistry feels more curious than compelling. And in hindsight,...

Recently, Hollywood veteran Mel Gibson was back in the directing chair for the action thriller Flight Risk, starring Mark Wahlberg. Never far from our screens, Gibson's latest box office release fell short of success, and earned a poor critics' rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, albeit with a much stronger 62% from audiences. 25 years prior, Gibson was starring in another action flick that earned 62% on Rotten Tomatoes, this time set during the American Revolutionary War.

Directed by Independence Day filmmaker Roland Emmerich, The Patriot is considered one of Gibson's better entries in a filmography packed with ups and downs. So popular is the historical epic, it has returned to the streaming charts once again this week. As of July 27, 2025,The Patriot is one of the ten most-streamed movies on Paramount+ in the U.S., per FlixPatrol. Entering the list at #10, nine other titles outperformed it at the time of writing,...

This week, Paramount+ viewers are diving into a diverse lineup of films, from action-packed thrillers to sharp comedies and even some animated specials. The streaming platform’s most-watched list reflects a mix of recent hits and timeless classics, offering something for everyone to enjoy over the weekend.

Whether you’re in the mood for gritty crime dramas, laugh-out-loud humor, or high-flying action, these movies are keeping audiences glued to their screens. Let’s break down the top ten films that have climbed the charts, starting from the bottom and working our way up to the number one spot.

10. Extract (2009) Miramax

This workplace comedy follows Joel, a factory owner played by Jason Bateman, navigating personal and professional chaos. With a stellar cast including Mila Kunis and Ben Affleck, the film’s quirky humor and relatable struggles make it a fun, light watch for those seeking a break from heavier genres.

9. The Lincoln Lawyer...

Subhash K Jha turns the spotlight on Mel Gibson’s Signs which released 23 years ago.

Okay, so there’s something out there. But what about down here? We pine to feel something more than simulated terror, something more vital and exhilarating as we watch our own M. Night Shyamalan—Manoj, to us natives who want to claim him to be one of us—take on the other- world for the third time.

To refresh weak memories, Manoj started with a blinding bang in The Sixth Sense ,that clever little concoction about a boy who can see the dead , and the man , Bruce Willis. Then came Unbreakable. Bigger though not better. Though it didn’t create the same tehelka at the international boxoffice, in many vital ways it was a deeper more thoughtful film than the much vaunted debut. In Unbreakable, Shyamalan got to question the very basis of existence as...

Functioning as something between a modern action comedy and a homage to similar works of the past, “Guns Up” takes various elements from Bruce Willis’s movies, John Woo‘s stylistic trademarks, and the extreme, comic-like violence found in titles such as “A History of Violence.” The presence of Christina Ricci and Luis Guzmán adds to the retro tone, enhancing a style of storytelling that feels increasingly rare nowadays, and that’s meant in a good way.

Ray Hayes, once a New Jersey cop, has spent the last five years working as an enforcer for a relatively “honorable” mob crew in order to help his wife, Alice, save for their shared dream of owning a diner. However, when his old boss Michael is gunned down by a new, ruthless mob leader named Lonny Castigan, who takes over her gang, everything changes. Castigan has no regard for Michael’s code and...

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This August, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the much-anticipated release of the final season of the comedy series, Utopia, to The Terminal List‘s prequel series. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have an 85% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 7 best films that are coming to Prime Video in August 2025 with an 85% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Blow Out (August 1) Rt Score: 88% Credit – Viscount Associates

Blow Out is a neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma. The 1981 film follows Jack Terry, a sound engineer for a slasher film, who accidentally records evidence that proves that a seemingly ordinary accident is actually murder, and he soon finds himself hunted because of it.

As summer winds down, Hulu is refreshing its lineup, which means some films are exiting the platform this August. It’s a mix of genres, from horror to romance to animated adventures, so there’s something for everyone to catch before it’s gone.

We’ve got the full list of movies departing throughout the month, organized by their exit dates. Each film gets a quick spotlight to help you decide what to watch before it leaves. Let’s dive into what’s on the way out.

Skinamarink (2023) Ero Picture Company

This experimental horror film follows two kids who wake up to find their parents gone and their house acting strangely. Shot with a grainy, lo-fi aesthetic, it leans on atmosphere over plot, creating an eerie vibe that’s divisive among viewers.

Some call it a slow-burn masterpiece, others find it too abstract. Its unique style makes it a must-watch...

August 1 will be a bad day for the highest-rated movie directed by Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino is a well-known director, writer, and actor who got his start in the late 1980s. While he has both written and performed in movies that he did not direct, including Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn, Tarantino is best known for his directorial efforts.

Quentin Tarantino's first movie as a director was 1992's Reservoir Dogs, a cult classic that kickstarted a career that includes major titles such as the Kill Bill movies, Django Unchained, Inglourious Basterds, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Altogether, Tarantino's directorial efforts, none of which have splats on Rotten Tomatoes, have earned him eight Oscar nominations and two wins.

Pulp Fiction Is Leaving A Major Streamer July 31 Is Its Final Day

Pulp Fiction is about to depart from one of its most important streaming homes. Tarantino's massively influential crime movie,...

Die Hard is considered one of the greatest action movies of all-time (it hit number one on our list), but that wasn’t always the case. Prior to its release, expectations for the movie were low, but the movie became a surprise hit and made stars out of Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman. The studio quickly got the ball rolling on Die Hard 2 and tapped Renny Harlin to direct, but the production on the film, which came out twenty-five years ago this summer, was far from easy.

While speaking with Empire Magazine last year, Renny Harlin reflected on shooting Die Hard 2. “When I look back, I think, ‘Did I realise how young and inexperienced I was?’” Harlin said. “I was very passionate and confident, but not cocky, because I really had huge fears and doubts. We shot so much at night-time too, and I was just really stressed...

Actress Julia Garner made her feature film debut in 2011, playing the role of Sarah in the deprogramming drama "Martha Marcy May Marlene." She quickly landed many additional film roles for her talent and her intensity, appearing in both gentle indie dramas (like "Electrick Children") and studio schlock (like "The Last Exorcism II"). In 2014, Garner already appeared in her ninth feature film, "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For," a sequel to the 2005 film "Sin City." She was rolling high, and would only continue to become more famous.

"Sin City," as many remember, was a highly stylized, near-animated film noir directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller. It was based on Miller's 1991 comic of the same name, itself designed to be a film noir on steroids. It took the images and themes and stories of old pulp crime stories, and ratcheted up the sex and violence to a dizzying degree.

It’s about time that M. Night Shyamalan is hailed as one of cinema’s most influential voices, and now, thanks to Film at Lincoln Center, the iconic auteur’s most classic films will be presented in conversation with the works of Alfred Hitchcock, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Rob Reiner, Jordan Peele, Luis Buñuel, Sidney Lumet, and more.

IndieWire can announce that double feature festival “Night at the Movies: An M. Night Shyamalan Retrospective” will take place at Film at Lincoln Center from August 22 to September 4. The two-week series will celebrate 12 Shyamalan features presented in 2-for-1 double bills with films of his own choosing. The pairings span cult horror to studio thrillers, with many films screened on 35mm. Shyamalan will be in person for Q&As following select screenings.

“For many in my generation, ‘The Sixth Sense’ wasn’t just our introduction to the name M. Night Shyamalan, it was...

Henry Cavill Forgotten Movies (Photo Credit – Prime Video)

Henry Cavill has built an impressive filmography that blends box office blockbusters with critically acclaimed titles. His notable works include Man of Steel (2013), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Justice League (2017), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024), among others.

But before and after donning the cape as Superman, the dashing British actor also starred in a few lesser-known films you might not have heard of — and they currently all have one thing in common: below-average or poor Rotten Tomatoes scores. Read on to discover which films they are, their critics’ ratings, and their streaming platforms.

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M. Night Shyamalan’s next movie withJake Gyllenhaal recently began production, but while he’s hard at work filming the upcoming romantic thriller, fans have pushed his most maligned project back into the streaming spotlight. Shyamalan wrote and directed the 2010 critically panned adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, which ditched the first part of its title and rolled with The Last Airbender. The film is currently streaming on Paramount+ in America and on Claro Video globally, where it’s one of the most popular movies in Ecuador and other countries. It earned a disastrous 5% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and a 30% on the audience-driven Popcornmeter, but popularity of the original Avatar animated series helped the film gross $319 million on a $150 million budget, which avoided complete financial disaster for Paramount.

Shyamalan sat down for an interview with Demand Entertainment in 2013 to talk about the extremely poor reception of The Last Airbender.

When you think about comic book movies, what often comes to mind are Marvel titles like The Fantastic Four: First Steps and the new Superman movie. You can even think about lesser-known titles like Hellboy and Constantine, but your mind will rarely float towards a movie like Red 2. The action-comedy flick was first released in 2013, and if you remember nothing about it — or if it simply flew off your radar — you will have an excellent opportunity to watch it next month. The movie is debuting for free on Vizio+ on August 1.

The story of the Red franchise is uncommon but extremely entertaining. It follows a group of retired CIA agents who are forced back into action when old enemies start to resurface. The story is based on a comic book series created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, which was originally published by the DC imprint Homage Comics. The...

Bruce Willis is a mighty fine actor with two mighty fine Primetime Emmys and numerous other awards to show for it. However, if there's a criticism that could be directed toward his craft, it's that his work isn't particularly varied. He can definitely do troubled and low-key (see: "The Sixth Sense"). Willis has also been known to make a splash as a villain on rare occasions, such as his one-off "Miami Vice" turn as big-time gun runner Tony Amato and his classic role in "The Jackal." However, the vast majority of his roles are painted with some shade of "charming rogue," which is a great niche to have -- it did give us "Die Hard," after all -- but can be somewhat limiting from a thespian standpoint.

This is why it's disappointing to learn of "Wake," the Bruce Willis thriller that never was. Willis originally signed for the movie, which...

Scarlett Johansson made her film debut at the age of nine in Rob Reiner’s 1994 comedy North, playing the daughter of characters portrayed by John Ritter and Faith Ford.

The role was brief, but it placed her on a professional film set for the first time, surrounded by an ensemble cast and directed by one of Hollywood’s most recognizable names at the time. For a young actor, this could have easily been overwhelming. Johansson, however, approached it with professionalism.

While North moved quickly from one family to the next, Johansson’s performance didn’t lean into the chaos. She sat still, poised, delivering her lines with a sense of calm that felt unforced.

She wasn’t performing like a child trying to be cute. She wasn’t playing to the camera. She listened, responded, and let the scene happen around her without needing to overpower it. And at nine,...

From his first Academy Award win for Best Supporting Actor in Glory to his starring role in Spike Lee's epic biopic drama, Malcolm X, Denzel Washington has risen to Hollywood royalty status with hard graft and enormous talent. One of the finest to ever do it, his filmography is bursting at the seams with memorable projects, with an impressive portion leading to Academy Awards success. One such Academy Award winner, and one widely considered Washington's finest to date, is a streaming hit in the U.S. yet again: Training Day.

Washington stars alongside Ethan Hawke in the 2001 crime thriller Training Day, in a role that earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor against a stacked 74th ceremony line-up that included Russell Crowe's performance in A Beautiful Mind, Will Smith's titular role in Ali, and Sean Penn's devastating turn in I Am Sam. As of...

With August rolling in, Hulu will do a content sweep and bid adieu to a list of carefully selected films across genres. While this isn’t a huge list, there are a few important, critically acclaimed, indie gems, and international titles that will be dropped.

If you’re in the mood for some heartfelt comedy, offbeat horror, or action drama, these soon-to-be-lost titles are worth watching before they go poof. Here’s a breakdown of some of the most notable content that leaves Hulu this August, along with a date-wise list, so you don’t miss any of your favourites.

1. Skinamarink Leaves Hulu This August

One title we’re sad to see leave is Skinamarink, one of the most talked-about, experimental horror films, which was released in 2022. It is a surreal and slow deep dive into childhood fear.

Still from Skinamarink (Credit: Hulu)

The film is known for its disturbing visuals and almost dialogue-free screenplay.

Having completed three weeks of release in theaters worldwide, Jurassic World Rebirthis all set to pass the $700 million mark at the global box office this weekend. The film debuted theatrically just before James Gunn's Superman, and will soon face a new challenge in the form of Marvel's The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Rebirth serves as a fresh start for the long-running action adventure franchise, which recently wrapped up a trilogy of billion-dollar hits starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. Based on past results, the benchmark for success for Rebirth should also be around $1 billion. But there's still some work to be done on that front. Until then, it can enjoy the success of having overtaken major hits such as Doctor Strange and The Sixth Sense.

A landmark film of the 1990s, The Sixth Sense announced director M. Night Shyamalan as a talent to watch out for. It earned...

It has not been an easy week for members of the Gen X generation who grew up in the 1980s. The entertainment industry suffered three huge losses within days of each other. Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowned on July 20th. He played Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show.

The next loss was metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, who just played his last show earlier this month. Dolly Parton shared a wholesome tribute to the Black Sabbath singer’s last show. The details of his death are still under wraps.

Professional wrestler Hulk Hogan passed away on July 24th. He reportedly went into cardiac arrest and couldn’t be resuscitated. Dolly Parton fans may be surprised to know that there is a connection between the singer and the wrestler. She once wrote a love song for him and married him on TV. Keep reading for more details.

Dolly Parton Pens Love Song For Hulk Hogan,...

MGM+ subscribers cannot get enough of an overlooked action remake starring Bruce Willis. Death Wish, a modern-day remake of the classic Charles Bronson-led action flick, has begun climbing the Top 10 chart on the streaming service.

According to FlixPatrol, as of July 24, Death Wish is ranked No. 8 on MGM+'s Top 10 chart, up one spot from the day before. Released in 2018, Death Wish stars Willis as Dr. Paul Kersey, a Chicago-based surgeon who sets out to exact vengeance on the culprits responsible for attacking his family. The vigilante action thriller also stars Vincent D'Onofrio (Daredevil: Born Again), Elisabeth Shue (The Boys), and Dean Norris (Breaking Bad), among others.

Bronson originated the role of Paul Kersey in the Death Wish franchise, appearing in the first five films — Death Wish (1974), Death Wish II (1982), Death Wish 3 (1985), Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987), and Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994). A remake was announced in 2006; however,...

Stars: Kevin James, Christina Ricci, Luis Guzmán, Melissa Leo, Timothy V. Murphy | Written and Directed by Edward Drake

It’s not often that a modern independent action thriller surprises you in all the right ways, but Guns Up manages to do just that. Directed by Edward Drake, whose resume includes collaborations with Bruce Willis on films like the Detective Knight trilogy, this is a gritty, character-driven ride that not only fires on all cylinders but offers a surprising reinvention for one of its stars: Kevin James.

Yes, that Kevin James – the jovial, affable, sitcom everyman – takes a sharp left turn here and emerges as a legitimately compelling action lead. Playing Ry, a former cop turned mob enforcer trying to leave a violent life behind, James taps into the same well of unexpected menace and pathos that made his role in Becky such a revelation. While the movie isn’t interested in reinventing the wheel,...

Bruce Willis, the iconic figure whose legacy spans decades, is facing an unrelenting adversary: frontotemporal dementia. Since his initial diagnosis of aphasia in 2022, the once-vibrant star has reportedly lost the ability to speak and read, with motor challenges quietly advancing.

Despite the gravity of his condition, updates from July 2025 reveal a cautiously stable situation, with appreciation for the worldwide outpouring of love.

Bruce Willis reportedly can no longer speak, read, and has difficulty walking.

Denzel Washington will always be known for his work in The Equalizer franchise, which was spun off into a TV show, but long before he ever played Robert McCall, he starred alongside an Equalizer TV star in a serial killer thriller dominating streaming charts. Washington stars alongside Queen Latifah and Angelina Jolie in The Bone Collector, the 1999 film following a quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his partners who try to hunt down a serial killer terrorizing New York. The Bone Collector is currently streaming on Prime Video in America and on Rakuten TV globally, where it’s one of the most popular movies in Lithuania among other countries. The film earned 30% from critics and 63% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, and it grossed $151 million at the box office against a $73 million budget.

The Bone Collector is based on the Jeffery Deaver book of the same name, and Jeremy Iacone wrote the script...

When I turned 15, I developed a sudden compulsion to watch every 1980s and '90s action movie I could get my hands on -- not just the "Rambo" and "Terminator" films or the "RoboCop" and "Predator" movies, but also "Die Hard," "Commando," "TimeCop," and even "Cobra." The campier, the better. So, you can imagine what a delight it was to learn that the stars of all these ridiculous classics were joining forces for a throwback action flick in 2010.

I loved "The Expendables" then, and I love "The Expendables" now, but let's be honest; The franchise has been bad as often as it's been good. And even when it's good, it's that roll-your-eyes-and-laugh kind of good. Daring? Certainly. It takes a certain brazenness to throw Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Chuck Norris into a blender so many years...

Ask anyone to rank the best M. Night Shyamalan films, and there's a high chance that "Signs" will be somewhere in the top five, perhaps even taking the number one spot. It's understandable, really. Mel Gibson's search through corn fields and escape from his grief is still a nail-biting watch, with one highlight being Joaquin Phoenix recoiling from watching shaky cam footage of a kid's birthday party (which Shyamalan confessed to laughing at during filming). And yet, even with all those great moments, the one thing that "Signs" is remembered for the most is its final big reveal that also exposes its biggest plot hole.

Throughout the film, Rev. Graham Hess (Gibson) has been waiting for these space-based creatures to finally touch down on their home turf, which has been covered with half-full glasses of water thanks to his daughter, Bo (Abigail Breslin). It's only by revisiting the final...

Though now widely recognized as a seminal film with indelible cultural influence — sparking references, parodies and homages aplenty since its 1994 release — Pulp Fiction, created on a small seven-figure budget, wasn’t something star Uma Thurman initially realized would have such a watershed impact.

In a recent interview with The Times U.K., the Oscar nominee discussed her four-decade-plus career and turn alongside Charlize Theron in Victoria Mahoney’s The Old Guard 2, released July 2 on Netflix.

“I knew it was special, you could tell from the writing, the uniqueness,” Thurman said of the Quentin Tarantino- helmed and written feature, “but it was a relatively small film.”

Amid its debut at Cannes, where it won the coveted Palme d’Or, Thurman had already been acting for 10 years. At 24, she starred as Mia Wallace, the wife to Ving Rhames’ crime boss and an aspiring actress, for which she was Oscar nominated...

Erotic thrillers used to be big business. Explorers of late-night cable TV in the late '80s and throughout the '90s likely recall the cavalcade of nudity-infused neo-noirs that filled entire blocks of programming. Many of them starred Shannon Tweed. Because sex and sexuality hadn't yet been moved to the internet, erotic thrillers were vital for a generation exploring adult themes and sexual ideas, even if they were always presented as prurient. Erotic thrillers also proved to be big hits in Hollywood. Adrian Lyne made "9½ Weeks" in 1986 and "Fatal Attraction" in 1987, each of them enormous financial successes. Paul Verhoeven kicked the doors open wide with "Basic Instinct" in 1992, a film that made $353 million on a $49 million budget. Sex became a commercial powerhouse. 

In 1993, Paramount continued the trend with "Indecent Proposal," also a Lyne film, which dealt with the intersection of money and infidelity. In the film, Demi Moore...

Bradley Cooper continues to be omnipresent on the big screen, but even for the A-lister, the road has been bumpy on occasion. Cooper didn't think he would land his game-changing "The Hangover" role in 2009, and he might have completely quit acting if it weren't for Paul Thomas Anderson's 2021 film "Licorice Pizza."

The actor/filmmaker's first screen role was a 1999 guest star turn on "Sex and the City," which was by no means a small accomplishment considering the show's popularity at the time. However, Cooper originally aimed for loftier things. In fact, had the multi-hyphenate had his way, he would have scored the role of A.J. Frost (ultimately played by Ben Affleck) in Michael Bay's 1998 sci-fi disaster film "Armageddon." In a 2013 interview with NPR's Terry Gross, Cooper described his early DIY audition processes:

"There would be calls for, I remember, 'The Patriot' for the Heath Ledger role,...

Director Rian Johnson is known for making one of the most disliked Star Wars movies. However, the filmmaker is also behind one of the best sci-fi movies to feature Bruce Willis. Looper is Johnson’s 2012 sci-fi thriller starring Willis that is widely considered one of the best time travel movies.

Given how notoriously difficult the concept is to nail, it is no surprise that Johnson’s take resulted in one of the best movies in Willis’ career. Here is why Looper nailed time travel and why the sci-fi movie is worth revisiting after Johnson announced his next project.

Rian Johnson’s Looper Nailed Time Travel With One Creative Choice

Directed by Rian Johnson, Looper was released in 2012, emerging as a critical and commercial success, grossing $176.5 million against a $30 million budget (via Box Office Mojo). It also currently holds a critics’ score of 93% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.

Bruce Willis...

Joaquin Phoenix has delivered several Oscar-worthy performances in his career, but there was one that almost wrecked it all. During an interview on The Late Show With Stephen Colbertlast week, the actor talked about his decision to star in I'm Still Here, a mockumentary directed by Casey Affleck (Light of My Life) in 2010. While promoting the comedy movie, Phoenix chose to stay in character during his participation on the David Letterman show. It went terribly wrong.

During the infamous interview, Phoenix announced to a confused audience that he was "retiring from acting" to pursue a hip-hop career as a rabbi. What nobody knew at the time was that it was a hoax to promote I'm Still Here, which is a critique of fame. Looking back on it, Phoenix told Colbert that he could see that it wasn't working, but he "had to keep going" in order not to break character.

Brad Pitt’s Oscar-Worthy Movie Performances (Photo Credit – Prime Video)

Hollywood star Brad Pitt is currently riding high on the critical and commercial success of his Formula One sports drama F1, which is still running in theaters. Over the years, the dashing actor has delivered several acclaimed performances in films like Seven, Fight Club, Babel, Inglourious Basterds, Ocean’s Eleven, World War Z, and Babylon, among others.

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While he finally took home the Oscar gold for his supporting role in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Brad Pitt came very close to winning an Academy Award for three other standout performances. Wondering which films nearly earned him the coveted trophy and where to stream them on Ott? Read on to find out.

1. 12 Monkeys (1995) Director – Terry Gilliam IMDb Rating – 8/10 Streaming On...

For a film with a name like “Guns Up,” there’s surprisingly little by way of armed shootouts until the final act. For a tale of a family man moonlighting as a mob enforcer, the story and action lack the urgency suggested by its one-last-job premise, in which gruff protagonist Ray Hayes (Kevin James) hopes to leave “the life” behind. On its surface, the film is more competently assembled than previous works by writer-director-producer Edward Drake, but that’s a low bar to clear.

It becomes evident early on that something is amiss in the film’s conception of both violence and ethos, when a stash-house shootout leads to a call being placed to Ray in the middle of family dinner, presenting him with the choice of sticking around and being a good father to his kids or leaving to help his employers. Instead of maintaining this momentum and intrigue,...

It looks like Sharon Stone could be returning to the role that turned her into a Hollywood star and became the original “pause challenge” long before TikTok existed. In a surprising turn of events, Basic Instinct screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is reportedly reviving the erotic thriller franchise for United Artists and Amazon MGM Studio after closing a $4 million deal.

In what is said to be the biggest spec script sale of 2025 (as per The Wrap), Stone could reprise her role as Catherine Tramell for a third time, and according to the source discussing the deal, the film would be an “anti-woke” reboot of the franchise. Although there have been no further details revealed about what the plot could look like or how Stone’s Tramell could figure in a movie where she originally played a post-feminist icon that didn’t mind which gender she dabbled with while running rings around police.

Skip Brittenham, the legendary entertainment lawyer for Hollywood heavyweights like Harrison Ford and Eddie Murphy, died Thursday, TheWrap has learned. He was 83.

“Everyone in our industry knew of Skip’s legal prowess,” the late attorney’s Ziffren Brittenham firm said in announcing the news.

The Hollywood legal power broker was the founding parter of Ziffren Brittenham Llp with Ken Ziffren in 1978. The aggregate dollar amount of his deals averaged over $1 billion annually for the past decade, according to his company bio. The bulk of his practice involved transactional law, including the acquisition and sale of media companies, financing film slates and other media projects.

Brittenham served on the board of numerous corporations, including Pixar, Lowes Cineplex and DreamWorks Animation. He was instrumental in the launch of Pixar, Illumination Entertainment and Skydance Media and the split of DreamWorks Skg.

In addition to Ford and Murphy, the lawyer represented actors Bruce Willis,...

Skip Brittenham, the powerful Hollywood attorney who represented clients including Harrison Ford, Bruce Willis and Eddie Murphy, died Thursday. He was 83.

Brittenham founded Ziffren Brittenham, which confirmed his death, with Ken Ziffren in 1978. He worked on major deals such as the launch of Pixar, David Ellison’s Skydance Media and Christopher Meledandri’s Illumination Entertainment as well as the split of DreamWorks into two entities. The value of the deals he helped negotiate was said to be more than $1 billion annually. He also helped pioneer the famous “backend deal” with clients such as Henry Winkler, Ted Danson and Tom Selleck.

He had recently left Ziffren Brittenham and remained a partner emeritus.

Ziffren Brittenham represented numerous top entertainment clients including Drew Carey, Michael Keaton, Ridley Scott, Shawn Levy, Kevin Feige, Toby Emmerich, Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman.

Rothman, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures, said, “Singular is an overused word: it...

Skip Brittenham, the forthright Hollywood attorney and power broker who represented A-listers from all corners of the industry, from Kevin Feige, Harvey Weinstein and Toby Emmerich to Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks and Eddie Murphy, died Thursday. He was 83.

“Everyone in our industry knew of Skip’s legal prowess,” Ziffren Brittenham Llc., which he founded in December 1978, said in a statement. “But some may not have known of his quiet generosity, his ability to find humor and opportunity in the darkest moments and his unwavering belief that media and the entertainment industry must serve people, not the other way around.” (Read the firm’s full statement here.)

A Hollywood Reporter “Legal Legend,” Brittenham launched the boutique firm Ziffren Brittenham with Ken Ziffren, and his clients over the years also included Richard Pryor, Tony and Ridley Scott, Joe Eszterhas, Glen A. Larson, Warren Littlefield, Ted Danson, Tom Selleck, Tim Allen, Bruce Willis,...

One of Bruce Willis’ final movies before he retired from acting in 2022 has shot up the streaming charts and is a number one hit on Prime Video. As the iconic star of the Die Hard series, Willis is one of the most recognizable action heroes of all time, having shot, kicked, and punched his way through countless blockbusters.

With an impressive career, Willis’ work stands for itself, and there are plenty of hidden gems that showcase his range beyond the action genre, as he’s taken on everything from horror classics like The Sixth Sense to quirky whimsy in Moonrise Kingdom. With so many roles to his name, audiences are now revisiting one of his final films on streaming.

Gasoline Alley Is Number 1 On Prime Video Bruce Willis Starred As Detective Bill Freeman

The action thriller Gasoline Alley has found belated success as a top hit on Prime Video in the United States this week.