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Just like in regular jobs, actors get fired from major Hollywood movies for all sorts of reasons, be they "creative differences" with the director or because they weren't quite right for a role after all. Often, we can look back at these decisions with the benefit of hindsight and think, "Yeah, that was definitely the right choice." Take two high-profile cases from the '80s. "Back to the Future" may well have been a hit even with Eric Stoltz playing Marty McFly, but it would've lacked the breezy comic energy that Michael J. Fox brought as his replacement; and the alien hunter in "Predator" certainly wouldn't have been as terrifying with Jean-Claude Van Damme in the suit instead of the towering Kevin Peter Hall, despite the physical prowess of the relatively diminutive Belgian. On the flip side, we all have actors who we think should have been given their marching orders,...

It's been months since the latest guests checked out of The White Lotus. But if you’re still thinking about Season 3’s biggest moments, you’re not alone. While we await the July 15 Emmy nominations, we’ve compiled the highlights from our awards-season chats with the cast — from the moments they suggested, to the scenes they were sad to see cut, to Leslie Bibb’s threats of what she’ll do if she doesn’t hear Sam Rockwell’s name called. Here are 20 things we learned:

1. Sam Rockwell’s monologue could’ve sounded very different

And not just because Woody Harrelson was originally going to play Frank, the 10-month sober and celibate friend of Walton Goggins’ Rick, before a scheduling conflict arose. Rockwell initially thought about using an accent. “I guess because Woody was gonna do it, I had a kind of very sort of masculine Southern accent in my head,...

Kevin Costner became a huge star in the 1980s and 1990s. He embodied a good, dependable All-American kind of guy, often playing golden boys in sports movies like "Bull Durham," "Tin Cup," and "Field of Dreams." He also has a passion for Westerns, winning Academy Awards for his sweeping romance between a Union solider and Native American woman, "Dances with Wolves." In recent years, he starred in "Yellowstone," a modern drama about a powerful ranching magnate. Most recently, he released his passion project, "Horizon: An American Saga -- Chapter 1," which flopped at the box office, but gained some traction on VOD.

Like many up-and-coming actors, Costner's career began with a lot of bit parts or Z-grade movies with shoestring budgets. There was one role that could have opened the door to his eventual stardom earlier, but unfortunately, his scenes ended up on the cutting room floor. "The Big Chill" was...

Tom Hardyis no stranger to war movies. In fact, that’s how the actor got his start. Back in 2001, the actor joined an insanely stacked call sheet alongside legends like Ewan McGregor and Josh Hartnett in Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down. Perhaps that’s part of the reason why, when he was asked about his favorite films, the actor responded with a classic war pic at the top of the list. According to Far Out, Hardy previously heralded Oliver Stone’s iconic Vietnam War-centered feature, Platoon, as his number one picture. Now, audiences can head to Prime Video to check out the film, as it finds itself streaming alongside the platform’s extended list of content.

During his interview, Hardy was sure to mention the near impossibility of picking a favorite flick, naming other filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Gaspar Noé, and more as the best in the biz.

Christopher Nolan Almost Made Inception A Horror ( Photo Credit – Prime Video )

Celebrated Hollywood filmmaker Christopher Nolan is known for several blockbuster hits, including The Dark Knight trilogy, Interstellar, Dunkirk, and Oppenheimer. While most of his movies involve complex storytelling, one of them particularly stands out as a truly mind-bending cinematic experience. Interestingly, the same film was first imagined by the Oscar-winning filmmaker as a horror movie. Can you guess which film it is? Read on to find out.

The Christopher Nolan Film That Was Imagined As a Horror Movie

We are talking about the 2010 sci-fi heist action flick Inception, which redefined the idea and execution of a modern sci-fi film. Before it became one of the most talked-about blockbusters of the 21st century, Christopher Nolan’s Inception began as something very different. A horror film that centred around dreams. Can you believe it?

According to an earlier interview as per Telegraph about Inception,...

Will Smith Turned Down Major Nolan Movie (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Hollywood actor Will Smith has delivered countless stellar performances over his prolific acting career. The 56-year-old star has impressed cinephiles worldwide in films like Independence Day, Men in Black, The Pursuit of Happyness, I Am Legend, Aladdin, and with his Oscar-winning role in the biographical sports drama King Richard. But there are also some iconic films he could have starred in. One such movie was a mind-bending Christopher Nolan sci-fi flick. Read on to find out which film he turned down and why.

The Christopher Nolan Film That Will Smith Turned Down

Will Smith has revealed in a recent interview with the radio station Kiss Xtra as reported by HuffPost that he turned down a role in Christopher Nolan’s hit sci-fi heist action film Inception (2010). Although it’s not confirmed, the role he rejected was most likely the lead part,...

Will Smith famously turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix, a casting that helped make Keanu Reeves a bigger star than ever while spawning a major movie franchise. It's one of two major roles that Smith regrets rejecting, as he similarly turned down a chance to star in one of Christopher Nolan's biggest films.

Smith shared the story of his near-casting in an interview with Kiss Xtra. He was asked about turning down The Matrix, admitting that it still "hurts" when thinking about how successful the movie went on to become without him. Smith then shared how the only other role he rejected that still really bothers him in retrospect is Inception, Nolan's sci-fi action movie that was released to immense success in 2010.

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Frederick Forsyth, a British author of thrillers who frequently made the bestseller lists, sold 70 million books and saw his novels “The Day of the Jackal,” “The Odessa File” and “The Dogs of War,” among others, adapted into films, died on Monday at his home in Jordans, England. He was 86 years old. The New York Times confirmed Forsyth’s death, which his literary representative, Jonathan Lloyd, said “followed a short illness.”

“The Day of the Jackal” was adapted into a 1973 film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale. Fox played the professional assassin known only as the “Jackal” who is hired to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963. The film was a critical and box office success, and was also turned into a series in 2024 starring Eddie Redmayne.

Roger Ebert said of the feature version: “I wasn’t prepared for how good it...

Frederick Forsyth, the British novelist behind The Day Of The Jackal, The Odessa File, The Dogs Of War and several other books that were turned into movies or TV shows, died today in Kent, England, his agent Jonathan Lloyd told the BBC. He was 86.

Forsyth called on his experiences as a fighter pilot, spy and journalist to bring authenticity to his novels — the first of which, 1971’s The Day of the Jackal, was penned while he was unemployed. It was adapted into a 1973 film director by multiple Oscar winner Fred Zinneman and a 2024 TV series starring Eddie Redmayne. Set in the turbulent year of 1963, it followed an assassination plot against French president Charles de Gaulle. The 1973 movie also was remade as The Jackal (1997), starring Bruce Willis and Richard Gere.

Born on August 25, 1938 in Kent, Forsyth was a pilot for the UK’s Royal Air Force and later worked as a...

Action movies have a way of gripping us—fast-paced, tension-filled, heavy on adrenaline. Among these, the Sniper franchise stands out. It first hit bull’s-eye in 1993, positioning Marine sharpshooter Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger) as a cool, calculated force in the jungles of Panama. Since then, it’s grown into an 11-film saga carrying action fanatics through covert ops, betrayal, and explosive missions. The 2017 entry, Sniper: Ultimate Kill, has found fresh fame on Netflix, reigniting interest in the franchise.

These movies pack precision sniping, suspense, father-son dynamics, and globetrotting mayhem. This guide explores the series chronologically—where it all began, how it evolved, why each entry matters, and where to stream the current hit (hint: Netflix).

1. Sniper (1993) | Director: Luis Llosa

Main Leads: Tom Berenger as Master Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Beckett, Billy Zane as Richard Miller

Set in the Panama jungle, the film introduces us to veteran sniper Thomas Beckett. He’s...

Before NCIS became the procedural powerhouse it is today, the role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs was up for grabs, and boy, was it a star-studded showdown. Imagine walking into an audition room and seeing not one, but two Oscar-winners eyeing the same role. But Mark Harmon didn’t just walk in, he owned it.

While the others had shiny trophies, Harmon brought that quiet intensity and those “don’t mess with me” eyes that’d define Gibbs for nearly two decades. And just like that, Hollywood’s most unexpected casting twist was sealed. Curious who the A-listers he beat were? Let’s find out…

Mark Harmon beat Chris Cooper and Tom Berenger for NCIS role Mark Harmon as Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs in NCIS | Credits: CBS

Before Mark Harmon locked down the role of Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS, two Oscar-winning heavyweights almost got the part. Adaptation’s...

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This June, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the much-anticipated streaming release of Robert Eggers‘ Nosferatu to all the beloved K-dramas coming to Prime Video next month. 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 10 best films that are coming to Prime Video in June 2025 with an 85% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

12 Angry Men (June 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100% Credit – United Artists

12 Angry Men is a legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet from a screenplay by Reginald Rose. Based on Reginald Rose’s 1954 television play of the same name, the 1957 film revolves around twelve men serving as jury members on a murder trial, but their prejudices and doubts get...

Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 classic is an unquestionable pillar of the film industry. Few movies have ever stomped so freely between genres and tones like RoboCop does. Picking up a bevy of blood on its mechanical boots along the way. You won’t find many, if any, films in history that can simultaneously sell toys like hotcakes, critique corporate greed, and feature a bad guy getting shot in the junk. Even the B-movie moments feel like spectacle, fueled by a brazen disrespect for the status quo, we just can’t get enough of. Kinda sounds like we’re talking about a punk rock horror movie. In some ways… we are. RoboCop’s journey has been documented six ways from Sunday. Including the impressively in-depth, four-hour-and-then-some 2023 documentary RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop. Today, we’re going to look at the classic under a bloodier lens. And answer the question: does Robo really want an Oreo?...

The long-running action war franchise Sniper has been around for over two decades. The first entry, 1993's Sniper, starred Tom Berenger as expert American gunner Thomas Beckett, alongside Billy Zane as Richard Miller.

Although the original film received poor reviews from critics and audiences, it was a commercial hit and kicked off a franchise of direct-to-video movies that currently includes 11 installments. The latest entry, Sniper: The Last Stand, was released on Jan. 21, 2025 and it didn't make a splash.However, following its recent release on Netflix, the action film debuted in ninth place on the platform's U.S. streaming charts, per Tudum.

Sniper: The Last Stand hit Netflix on May 6, a few months after the film's release on digital. The movie's success in its first week, between May 5 and May 11, proves there's still interest in the action franchise, although the movie didn't have a huge impact during its January release. Since...

Back in 2023, two films from a franchise you'd probably never heard of hit the Netflix Top 10: "Sniper: Assassin's End" and "Sniper: Ultimate Kill." These movies constitute just a small part of a long-running saga that began with 1993's "Sniper," a Tom Berenger actioner that created a sprawling direct-to-video franchise that now comprises 11 films. Even though Berenger departed after the third instalment, Sony has been churning out "Sniper" movies with alarming consistency ever since 1993.

Berenger played Master Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Beckett, an elite sharpshooter who in "Sniper" loses his partner Doug Papich (Aden Young) on a mission in Panama. Papich is replaced by another sniper in the form of Richard Miller (Billy Zane), who is Beckett's superior but has nowhere near his subordinate's level of real-world experience. The pair is then forced to work together as they embark on a mission to kill Panamanian rebel Miguel Alvarez (Frederick Miragliotta). Ever since,...

Terrific sniper scenes can be found in all kinds of movies, from action and war films to thrillers and even comedies. There are fun scenes like the ridiculous curved bullets in "Wanted" and wild train shot in "Gemini Man," and there are gut-wrenching sequences like the ones in "Saving Private Ryan" (one of the most brutal  scenes in the movie) and "Full Metal Jacket." They're just scenes, though, in films focused elsewhere -- but there are other movies where the sniper sits as an integral element throughout.

Sniper movies put the shooter and their rifle front and center as main characters. Some are heroes, some are villains, and others can exist in the nebulous space between. All of them, though, are integral parts of the story being told. Now, keep reading for a look at the 15 best sniper movies of all time, ranked.

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Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.

Today we talk about the great Debra Winger! Our B-Sides include Legal Eagles, Betrayed, The Sheltering Sky, and Forget Paris. Our guest is the inestimable Murtada Elfadl, Culture Writer, Critic, and Film Curator.

We discuss Winger’s stratospheric rise to stardom, her indescribable performance in Terms of Endearment, and her (unfair?) reputation for being “difficult.” There’s also plenty of discussion about Rosanna Arquette’s documentary Searching for Debra Winger, a film in which Arquette speaks with many famous actresses about aging in Hollywood. The motivation of the piece was partly motivated by Winger’s exodus from the business for over half a decade in the mid-1990s.

There’s also conversation about Shirley MacLaine’s 1984 Oscars speech, Tom Berenger being...

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This May, Max is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated premiere of the new J.J. Abrams series Duster to the streaming release of The Brutalist. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Max next month and have an 80% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 5 best films coming to Max in May 2025 with an 80% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

A Private War (May 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87% Credit – Aviron Pictures

A Private War is a biographical war drama film directed by Matthew Heineman from a screenplay by Arash Amel. Based on the 2012 Vanity Fair article titled Marie Colvin’s Private War by Marie Brenner, the 2018 film follows Marie Colvin, a war correspondent suffering from Ptsd after losing an eye. On her next assignment,...

One of action movies’ most underrated stars is all set to continue to bring the thrills in a new horror action foray. Chad Michael Collins, who remains one of the most elite action stars after leading (and continuing to lead) the long-running Sniper franchise since 2011, will star in Recoil, which combines action thriller with supernatural horror for what’s sure to be a genre gem.

Recoil is set to be directed by Nick Robertson (The Pack) with Michael Robertson and Chris Wheeldon serving as producers following their previous collaboration on the survival thrillerBlack Water, which boasts a score of 80% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. As per a report by Deadline, Recoil will be set in an “unforgiving desert” and is described as a “relentless war thriller with a mind-bending supernatural twist that will grip you from the first frame and never let go.”

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A while back, we shared a Best Movie You Never Saw video on the action thriller Sniper, which was given a theatrical release in 1993 and spawned a direct-to-video franchise that is continuing to this day. In fact, the eleventh film in the franchise, Sniper: The Last Stand, was just given a digital release this past January – and last month, we learned that Sniper 12 was already in production! While the first three Sniper movies starred Tom Berenger, Chad Michael Collins became the lead of the franchise as of the fourth film… and now, Deadline has revealed that Collins also has a lead role in a supernatural war thriller called Recoil!

Alliance Media Partners and production company Prodigy Movies will be presenting Recoil to potential distributors at the Cannes Market. Directed by Nick Robertson (The Pack), the film is set in an unforgiving desert and described as a relentless war thriller with...

The latest installment in one of the longest-running action franchises of all time is all set to land on Netflix. The streamer has excelled in the realm of action thrillers in recent years with the likes of the Extraction franchise, the acclaimed Rebel Ridge, the surprise hit The Shadow Strays, and more, with the platform now set to host the 11th installment in the Sniper series.

Directed by Danishka Esterhazy, this year’s Sniper: The Last Stand stars Chad Michael Collins alongside Ryan Robbins and Sharon Taylor, and finds ace sniper Brandon Beckett going up against an arms dealer who plans to unleash a deadly superweapon. Sniper: The Last Stand is now all set to land on Netflix on May 6, 2025, just a few months after the action movie was released on Digital. You can check out the official synopsis for the latest Sniper movie below.

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War films are often built around spectacle or honorability. But Oliver Stone’s Platoon rejects both. Released nearly four decades ago, the film still stands as one of the most disturbing and personal depictions of war ever put to screen. Based on his own experiences in the Vietnam War, Stone shows what happens when people are placed in extreme conditions and left to figure it out for themselves.

There’s no hero’s journey here, just a young soldier trying to survive an environment designed to break him down. Platoon doesn’t ask what war means but shows what it does. How it divides, dehumanizes and reshapes those caught inside it. And how, for some, the greatest threat isn’t the enemy, but the people standing beside them.

Platoon Offers a Brutal Look at the Vietnam War

Platoon follows Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen), a young American who volunteers to fight in the Vietnam War,...

One of the longest (and most underrated) action movie franchises is about to enter its 12th installment. The likes of James Bond, the Fast and Furious, and more have delighted audiences for years and years with their ever-growing lore and multiple sequels, but many action fans continue to sleep on the Sniper series. Now, following the release of the 11th outing, Sniper: The Last Stand earlier this year, lead actor Chad Michael Collins has now revealed that another explosive installment in the SniperVerse is already locked and loaded.

Thanking fans for their ongoing support, Collins took to X/Twitter to make the announcement. Appearing on the set of the new Sniper movie, and looking like he’s already seen plenty of action, the actor revealed that the next chapter in the ongoing saga, which first started all the way back in 1993 with the Tom Berenger-led Sniper, is already “halfway through production.

A while back, we shared a Best Movie You Never Saw video on the action thriller Sniper, which was given a theatrical release in 1993 and spawned a direct-to-video franchise that is continuing to this day. In fact, the eleventh film in the franchise, Sniper: The Last Stand, was just given a digital release this past January – and two months later, franchise star Chad Michael Collins has taken to social media to confirm that the next sequel, which we’ll just refer to as Sniper 12 for now, is already in production!

The details – plot, director, writer, etc. – are all still under wraps. As of right now, all we know is that Sniper 12 is currently filming and Collins is back in the role of sniper Brandon Beckett and is joined in the cast by Ryan Robbins, who co-starred in the last four sequels as Agent Zero.

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Philip Rogers, a producer with credits including the 1960s ABC sitcom Love on a Rooftop and the 1988 action film Shoot to Kill, starring Sidney Poitier, has died. He was 90.

Rogers died Feb. 27 of leiomyosarcoma at his home in Las Vegas, his wife of 49 years, Stephanie Rogers, told The Hollywood Reporter.

As president of Century Park Pictures, Rogers served as an executive producer on Shoot to Kill, which was directed by Roger Spottiswoode and also starred Tom Berenger and Kirstie Alley.

Later, he headed the PhiliPiCo Pictures banner, where in 1996 and ’97 he developed and produced for Lifetime the telefilms The Haunting of Lisa, starring Cheryl Ladd, and The Hired Heart, starring Penelope Ann Miller.

After moving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in 2000, he produced another telefilm, the 2001 straight-to-video thriller Blind Terror, starring Nastassja Kinski.

Born on July 26, 1934, in Oxnard, California, Rogers as a youngster was signed to an acting contract at 20th Century Fox.

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Netflix is one of the best places to find the best movies and TV shows you can watch on any streaming service. Every month, it adds hundreds of new titles to its content library, but some titles have to go. So, today, we are here to tell you about the best films and TV shows you should watch before they leave Netflix in March 2025.

Due Date (March 1) Credit – Warner Bros.

Due Date is a dark comedy film directed by Todd Phillips, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, and Adam Sztykiel. The 2010 film follows Peter Highman, who must get to Los Angeles before the birth of his child, but when he gets put on the no-fly list because of an eccentric man named Ethan Tremblay. To get to Los Angeles in time, Peter is...

War dramas often fall into the same traps, focussing on emotional moments, love stories amidst chaos, and soldiers dealing with personal losses. While these elements can be powerful, they often risk overshadowing the essence of war – the strategy, battles, and the sheer brutality of it all. That’s where Gettysburg stands apart. Running over four hours, this Civil War epic doesn’t get bogged down in clichéd moments. Instead, it delves into the Battle of Gettysburg, portraying every strategic move and life-altering decision in detail.

Adapted from Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Killer Angels, Gettysburg doesn’t waste time on subplots or romantic distractions. What it does offer is an authentic portrayal of one of the bloodiest conflicts in American history, bringing to life the soldiers and generals that changed the course of the Civil War. In a genre often known for its melodrama, Gettysburg boldly stands as an exception.

A divisive action thriller is now climbing its way up the Prime Video charts three years after it was first released. Starring action movie icon Michael Jai White, best known for the likes of The Dark Knight and Spawn, As Good As Dead has now found its way at #6 in the top 10 movies on the Amazon streaming platform as audiences and action fans tune in to watch the action movie superstar once again demonstrate why he is one of the best martial arts actors in the business.

Directed by R. Ellis Frazier and written by Michael Jai White himself, As Good as Dead stars Inception and Sniper star Tom Berenger alongside White, with the rest of the cast comprised of Louis Mandylor, Gillian White, Michael Copon, Gabriela Quezada Bloomgarden, Luca Oriel, Roberto 'Sanz' Sanchez, Mauricio Mendoza, Guillermo Iván, S.E. Perry, Mario Zaragoza, Vincent Di Paolo, Andrew Dasz, and Dillon Wilson.

In hindsight, it's impossible to imagine anyone but Mark Harmon in the role of gruff "NCIS" boss Leroy Jethro Gibbs. It wasn't exactly a career-reigniting role for the actor, who had already built a legacy on shows like "St. Elsewhere" and "Chicago Hope" before joining the CBS military police procedural's inaugural 2003 season. However, it soon became apparent that Gibbs would be his defining role. Harmon embodied the character in a way that made him the unquestionable centerpiece of the ensemble cast throughout his 19 seasons with the show. He left "NCIS" in 2021, but Gibbs perseveres: In 2024, CBS rolled out the prequel show "NCIS: Origins," with Austin Stowell playing young Gibbs while Harmon narrates, "Young Sheldon"-style.

Knowing Harmon's importance to the "NCIS" franchise, it may be surprising to find out that the people behind the show didn't call his agent the second they conceived the character of Gibbs. In 2023, the makers...

Hey there, fellow movie enthusiasts! If you’re anything like us, you’ve probably spent countless hours getting lost in Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending masterpieces. While we’d love to have his entire filmography at our fingertips on Netflix, the streaming service currently hosts just two of his incredible works.

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But don’t let that discourage you – these two films are absolute gems that perfectly showcase what makes Nolan such a groundbreaking director. Whether you’re a longtime fan or just diving into his work, you’re in for a treat with these visual spectacles that’ll have your brain doing somersaults long after the credits roll.

Disclaimer: This is updated as per the data available in January 2025 for Netflix US, streaming rights are subject to change.

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Netflix is one of the best places to find the best movies and TV shows you can watch on any streaming service. Every month, it adds hundreds of new titles to its content library, but with that, there are also some titles that have got to go. So, today, we are here to tell you about the best film you should watch before it leaves Netflix in February 2025.

Plus One (February 1) Credit – Rlje Films

Plus One is a romantic comedy film co-written and co-directed by Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer. The 2019 film follows Ben King and Alice Mori, two young friends who attend multiple weddings together but they soon fall for each other. Plus One stars Jack Quaid, Maya Erskine, Beck Bennett, Rosalind Chao, Perrey Reeves, and Ed Begley Jr.

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When it comes to bringing the Western genre to television, perhaps the most consistent medium for success is the miniseries. These productions often contain visuals and performers of feature film-level quality, with a story and length that surpass them. A miniseries allows a story to develop over an extended (albeit still limited) time frame but without the long-term commitment of standard television. Western miniseries are great explorations of the scope and scale of the genre and can offer a distinct outlook on historical events. As such, the Hallmark Channel miniseries, Johnson County War, retold the infamous titular Wyoming conflict back in 2002, with a stellar cast that included Tom Berenger, Burt Reynolds, and Luke Perry. While this two-part event has largely fallen out of the public eye, it's one worth revisiting for a few reasons...

In a pivotal scene from Dario Argento's thriller, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, Sam Dalmas is helpless as he stands behind a glass door, watching a victim writhing in agony from what appears to have been an attempted murder. The aspect of voyeurism is closely tied to the thriller, especially in classics such as Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. Sliver, released in 1993 during the short-lived run of erotic thrillers that found varying levels of success following Basic Instinct, encompassed themes of voyeurism and obsession that have always been prominent in the genre.

Dismissed by many critics at the time of its release, Sliver is one of many erotic thrillers that deserves far more praise than ridicule. Some who had seen Sharon Stone's performance as femme fatale Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct were taken aback by what some described as a more "passive" role. While Stone's portrayal of...

When David S. Ward's "Major League" slid into multiplexes on April 7, 1989, a lot of people wrote it off as a pro baseball clone of the minor-league-set "Bull Durham." A wise veteran catcher (Tom Berenger) with bad knees looking down the barrel of a forced retirement? Check. A screwy rookie pitcher (Charlie Sheen) with a flamethrower for an arm and no semblance of control? Check. A superstitious slugger (Dennis Haysbert) who demands to sacrifice a live chicken to get him out of a hitting slump? Check.

The very existence of these familiar elements was enough for many of the nation's critics to dismiss "Major League" as a meatheaded comedy. Moviegoers did not concur. The film grossed $50 million in the U.S. on an $11 million budget, and earned an A- CinemaScore before turning into a home video/pay cable sensation. By the time the next baseball season rolled around, "Major League" was considered a full-fledged,...

One of baseball’s most iconic voices is now silent after Bob Uecker, the famous Baseball Hall of Famer, Milwaukee Brewers announcer, and actor, died on Thursday. According to Uecker’s family, he dies after losing a battle with small-cell lung cancer. He was 90.

The Brewers announced Uecker’s passing on Thursday, releasing the following statement:

“Today, we take on the heaviest of burdens. Today, we say goodbye to our beloved friend, Bob Uecker.

“Ueck was the light of the Brewers, the soundtrack of our summers, the laughter in our hearts, and his passing is a profound loss. He was the heart and soul of Wisconsin and a dear friend. Bob loved people; his presence warmed every room, and he had a way of welcoming all of us into his world as if we were lifelong friends.

“Saying goodbye to Bob shakes us all. He was so much more than a Milwaukee Brewers icon.

Bob Uecker, a a Baseball Hall of Famer who spent 54 years as the Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play man, starred in the 1980s sitcom Mr. Belvedere and had a memorable roles in the movie Major League and in Miller Lite ads, died Thursday. He was 90.

His family said Uecker had battled small-cell lung cancer since early 2023.

The Brewers announced the news, saying in part: “Ueck was the light of the Brewers, the soundtrack of our summers, the laughter in our hearts, and his passing is a profound loss. He was the heart and soul of Wisconsin and a dear friend. …. He was a national treasure.” Read the team’s full statement below.

Known for his often self-deprecating wit and warm smile, Uecker had an uneventful six-year MLB career with the Brewers and three other teams in the 1960s. He worked briefly as a scout before joining the Atlanta Braves broadcast team for two seasons.

The subgenre of sports comedy is one that audiences have enjoyed for decades. They blend the excitement of athletic competition with humor, delivering stories that are both entertaining and heartwarming. It's a happy marriage between two somewhat differing genres that has resulted in several standout hits becoming beloved classics.

From underdog triumphs to absurd antics, these films celebrate the spirit of sports while keeping audiences laughing. The best of these films bring unique charm to every story, proving why sports and comedy make the perfect team.

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Directed by David S. Ward who would go on to make several other classic sports films, Major League is a quintessential sports comedy that captures the chaotic charm of America’s favorite pastime. The film follows the Cleveland Indians, a struggling baseball team assembled by its new owner,...

The upcoming Sniper: The Last Stand is the eleventh(!) entry in the series, and I am weirdly excited about it. So, a quick history lesson on the Sniper movie franchise. It began with the original film in 1993, where Tom Berenger played a veteran sniper taking Billy Zane's rookie under his wing for an assassination mission. Sniper is the kind of film you would catch late at night and half remember in the years ahead, but when Sniper 2 arrived nearly a decade later, it kicked off a seemingly unstoppable cult saga.

Berenger's Beckett was the lead for the first two sequels before handing the keys over to Chad Michael Collins as Brandon Beckett, the estranged son of Berenger's character. I'm proud to say I've been with the series the whole way through, with the seventh entry - which finally united Berenger, Collins and Zane - feeling like the Avengers: Endgame of the Sniper series.

NCIS has long raged as one of the most praiseworthy crime dramas of all time, and one of the major reasons behind its success besides its outstanding plotlines is the star-studded cast the show sported. Throughout the time it has been on air, the series cast the most perfect actors in the most accurate roles, with Mark Harmon leading it as Leroy Jethro Gibbs for almost two decades.

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That said, Harmon’s casting, for one, continues to sit finely with fans worldwide, even after almost half a decade since the actor’s departure from the show in 2021. But the surprising part is that showrunner Don Bellisario wasn’t 100 percent on board from the start for casting Harmon as Gibbs, even though even the casting director had her eyes on the actor right from the start.

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I'm doing this for nostalgia's sake, cause over thirty years I watched the very first Sniper movie with Tom Berenger and Billy Zane and was completely in love with it. Before there was airsoft there was paintball and I'd organize annual trips to local fields. The first Sniper movie was kind of my hype film, something I'd watch to get jazzed up before running through the woods playing G.I.Joe for the day.    I've since lost track of the franchise so color me surprised when approached to share with you a trailer for an eleventh film in the series, Sniper: The Last Stand. Eleventh!!! Check it out down below. It's budget is evident but there's some ambition going on here, trying to make it as...

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A while back, we shared a Best Movie You Never Saw video on the action thriller Sniper, which was given a theatrical release in 1993 and spawned a direct-to-video franchise that is continuing to this day. In fact, a trailer for the eleventh film in the franchise, Sniper: The Last Stand, has just arrived online and can be seen in the embed above. The film is set to receive a digital release on January 21st.

Tom Berenger took on the lead role of sniper Thomas Beckett in the original film, and came back for Sniper 2 (2002) and Sniper 3 (2004). As of 2011’s Sniper: Reloaded, Thomas’s son Brandon, played by Chad Michael Collins, became the lead character in the franchise, and his story has continued through Sniper: Legacy (2014), Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016), Sniper: Ultimate Kill (2017), Sniper: Assassin’s End (2020), Sniper: Rogue Mission (2022), Sniper: G.R.I.T. – Global Response & Intelligence Team (2023), and now Sniper: The Last Stand.

Fire up your ultra-high-definition televisions and Blu-ray players. One of the spicy films from the 90s’ most notorious screen vixen, Sharon Stone, is getting a new 4K remaster. Blu-ray.com has just revealed that the 1993 thriller, Sliver, which stars Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Polly Walker and Colleen Camp. Vinegar Syndrome will be distributing the physical media release and it’s been scheduled to hit retailers on January 28.

The description reads,

“Carly Norris, a new resident of the chic, high-tech, and ultra-thin (like a sliver) Manhattan apartment building 113, is a divorcee looking for a good time. She finds that in her neighbor Zeke, a wealthy video game designer-cum-playboy who harbors a dark secret which her other neighbor Jack is all too willing to go into detail on. As Carly navigates her sexual tryst with Zeke and Jack’s increasing paranoia, deaths in 113 begin to pile up as do revelations about...

Yellowstone fans are still divided about the show’s finale, and whether Kevin Costner ought to have been around until the very end. Behind-the-scenes disputes were to blame as the actor wanted to be granted ample time to finish filming Horizon: An American Saga, but Taylor Sheridan and his team wouldn’t stop everything for him. So, how does the actor feel about how things turned out? When The Daily Mail asked him about it, he gave a straightforward answer.

“I’m not thinking about it. I don’t think I’ve given it any thoughts. We’ll just let it go.”

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*Availability in US Release Date May 28, 2012Cast Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Matt Barr, Tom Berenger, Powers Boothe, Andrew Howard, Jena Malone, Sarah...

If you’re a fan of Denzel Washington's work, we have some big news for you. Training Day, the movie that earned Washington his single Best Actor Academy Award, will arrive on the streaming service Peacock starting January 1.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Ayer, Training Day follows Washington's Alonzo Harris and Ethan Hawke's Jake Hoyt as they navigate the rocky territory of South Central Los Angeles as LAPD narcotics officers. Hoyt is about to be promoted, but there's a previous requirement: he must join Harris for an evaluation that will show him the reality of being a narcotics officer in the city's most dangerous place.

After a few hours of being together and visiting a few of Harris' "allies," Hoyt realizes the job of being a narc isn't very glamorous. Harris shows signs of corruption, and Hoyt is forced to take a stand, but the...

Hollywood is full of war movies filled with the gallantry and fiery combat viewers have come to expect with the genre across numerous conflicts throughout history. However, not as many of these films are based on true stories as one might expect, instead taking a historical battle and fabricating a story around it. Whenever a war movie has a real-world basis inspiring it, there is a greater emotional weight in knowing that some version of these events were experienced by actual people. That isn't to say that every war movie based on true stories is necessarily historically accurate, but the heightened verisimilitude still elevates the narrative.

Beyond direct adaptations of historical events and accounts, there are also many war movies inspired by anecdotes from incidents in actual armed conflicts. Though the stories derived from these experiences are largely fictional, there's enough of a real-world basis that grounds the movies in history and genuine emotion.

The Haunting of Hill House features an ensemble cast of many talented actors, and two of the stars surprisingly worked together eight years before Mike Flanagan's hit horror miniseries. Netflix's 2018 supernatural drama TV show is loosely based on Shirley Jackson's 1959 book of the same name. It follows the Crain family, who lived in the haunted Hill House in the 1990s, and their supernatural encounters both in the past and present. Of course, that description only brushes the surface of what The Haunting of Hill House is about, as its complexity and fascinating storytelling are why it was so successful.

Mike Flanagan has said that The Haunting "chapter of [his] life is closed," per Bluesky. As of the writing of this article, the horror filmmaker is working on a new series for Amazon Prime Video, the next Exorcist film, and an adaption of Stephen King's Carrie.

The Haunting...

An intrinsic part of popular culture, war movies have featured some of the biggest stars in Hollywood since the earliest days of cinema. From emotionally impactful war movies that stick with the viewer forever to offerings that feature the most horrific depictions of war imaginable, the genre has played host to some of the silver screen's most celebrated and instantly recognizable faces, from Laurence Olivier to Idris Elba. Thankfully, this is a status quo that shows no sign of letting up any time soon.

From the best war films of all time to more recent genre offerings, war movies have a habit of flashing an A-lister when audiences least expect it. These roles can even precede the individual in question hitting the big time, leading to a delightful sense of realization when the sense of recognition eventually hits home. In others, it can be a well known individual who is...

Twelve years after its record-breaking debut, the critically acclaimed miniseries “Hatfields & McCoys” will be available on Prime Video on December 1. It will provide a new perspective on a pivotal era in American history.

The three-part series, which premiered on the History Channel in 2012, received 13.9 million viewers in its first episode, setting a network audience record. The miniseries, starring Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton, dramatically represent the real-life 28-year conflict between two families from West Virginia and Kentucky.

Costner plays William Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield, and Paxton portrays Randolph “Randall” McCoy. The series, set in the aftermath of the Civil War, delves into the complicated causes behind one of America’s most renowned family feuds.

The production received widespread critical acclaim, earning 16 Emmy nominations. Costner earned an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries, emphasizing the show’s dramatic force. The cast included notable actors such as Tom Berenger,...

Kevin Costner might be known for his many big screen Western hits like Dances with Wolves, Open Range, and Wyatt Earp, but in 2012, the actor took to the small screen alongside the late Bill Paxton to trace the epic saga of one of the most infamous family feuds ever recorded. Hatfields & McCoys debuted on the History Channel 12 years ago to massive ratings, with 13.9 million viewers tuning into Part 1 of the three-part miniseries, and now, the spectacle is set to hit Prime Video next month.

Receiving 16 nominations at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (the most since the History Channel began in 1995), Hatfields & McCoys will hit Prime Video on Dec. 1 (per Cbr), so if you’ve somehow missed it over the years, now’s your chance to see what all the fuss is about. The series explores the feud between the two families that took place in the West Virginia...

An acclaimed three-part Western miniseries is heading to Prime Video in December. Hatfields & McCoys, starring Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton, will arrive on the streamer at the start of the month.

Beginning Dec. 1, Prime Video subscribers can stream Hatfields & McCoys, the Western miniseries that originally aired as three two-hour episodes on History Channel on May 28, 29, and 30, 2012. Costner and Paxton lead the miniseries as William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield and Randolph "Randall" McCoy, respectively, with the historical drama chronicling their families' infamous feud, which started during the Civil War in 1863 and extended into the early years of Reconstruction. The intense rivalry and escalating violence between the two clans were rooted in personal vendettas and land disputes, spiraling so far out of control that it eventually affected the entire community and attracted the eye of the nation.

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