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When Star Wars hit theaters in 1977, it changed Hollywood forever. You’d think Harrison Ford, who played Han Solo, would’ve instantly become one of the most in-demand actors in the world. But that didn’t happen right away.

Even though the movie was a huge hit, the cast didn’t come out of it as instant stars. Instead, the success was mostly credited to the groundbreaking effects and the overall magic of George Lucas’ universe.

Ford already had some solid work under his belt, like American Graffiti and The Conversation, but after Star Wars, he didn’t get flooded with offers like many expected.

Things eventually worked out for him with The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark coming back-to-back. But right after Star Wars, Ford found himself in a tight spot. He needed a job, and the only role he was offered was in a movie he now regrets deeply.

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Happy Gilmore 2 is, among other things, a chosen-family reunion. Virtually every living star from the original makes it into the sequel. Even those who’ve died still make their presence felt, either because we meet their descendants (as with characters played by Joe Flaherty and Richard Kiel), or because they’ve been buried in the same cemetery, or both (Carl Weathers). It’s nice that everyone got to hang out again, but dozens of characters, old and new, have to compete so hard for screen time that I didn’t get nearly enough Christopher McDonald.

If you pay even a little attention to screen performers, you probably have an unofficial list of the character actors you’re consistently delighted to see pop up in a show or film. By the time McDonald showed up in Happy Gilmore, he was a firm favorite for me from his...

Plot: Twenty-nine years after winning his first Tour Championship, retired golfer Happy Gilmore returns to the sport to pay for his daughter Vienna’s ballet school.

Review (Warning: contains mild spoilers): When Happy Gilmore hit theaters in 1996, I was a dumb high schooler who had loved the idiocy of Adam Sandler’s Billy Madison and hoped for more of the sophomoric shenanigans that film delivered. Reteaming with Billy Madison co-writer Tim Herlihy, Happy Gilmore was a hilariously stupid sports movie with Sandler’s trademark yelling and bizarre jokes wrapped in an underdog tale. Naming his production company after his first two hit films, Adam Sandler has gone on to make dozens of similar movies interspersed with acclaimed movies like Punch-Drunk Love and Uncut Gems. After three decades, Sandler and Herlihy have returned to give audiences the long-awaited Happy Gilmore 2, which replicates the heartfelt stupidity of the original movie...

It’s no surprise that Kyle Newacheck’s much-anticipated sequel to Dennis Dugan’s early Adam Sandler comedy classic “Happy Gilmore” opens on something of a down beat. After all, every good comeback story — a designation by which “Happy Gilmore 2” definitely qualifies — has to find our hero at some sort of crossroads, but damn if the film doesn’t kick off with a pretty audacious bummer. It’s not to be spoiled here, but believe us, Happy (Sandler) really needs a win, and there’s something impressive about Sandler and Tim Herlihy’s script using that as a jumping-off point.

The film’s opening moments zip through the highs and lows of Happy’s life since we last left him, from his continued success in both golf and sponsorship opportunities (that he started stumping for Trojan condoms after having four sons in a row with his wife is a...

It’s about damn time—Happy Gilmore 2 is knocking at our doors, with its release date scheduled for tomorrow, July 25, 2025, on Netflix. And guess what? Fans of the original 1996 comedy are beyond excited. After all, Adam Sandler is returning as the hilarious and hot-headed golfer, Happy Gilmore.

Meanwhile, apart from Sandler’s titular role, the sequel is also bringing back some familiar faces like Julie Bowen as Virginia Venit and Christopher McDonald as the always-annoying Shooter McGavin. And this time, the story will follow an older Happy Gilmore trying to re-earn his respect in golf history.

Now, while the story promises to be full of laughs and nostalgia, we’re sorry to inform you that not everyone from the original movie will be coming back. Some beloved characters won’t return, either because the actors have sadly passed away or have simply stepped away from acting.

From Chubbs Peterson to Grandma Gilmore,...

On February 16, 1996, Universal Pictures introduced Happy Gilmore to audiences. The Adam Sandler starrer went on to gross $41 million and became a cable TV perennial enroute to its belated Netflix sequel in 2025. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below:

After his lame, infantile Billy Madison, hopes weren’t exactly high for Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore, which makes the end result all the more satisfying. Sandler’s second effort, about a hot-tempered hockey player who swaps his slap shot for long drives and earns himself a berth on the pro golf tour, is amicable entertainment.

A funny golf flick worthy of comparison with Caddyshack, the Universal release packs a goofy charm and should be on course to hit the boxoffice green as long as potential fans don’t view Sandler’s previous outing as too much of a handicap.

The SNL alumnus, who cowrote the script with longtime collaborator Tim Herlihy,...

Just tap it in…We’re just one week away from the release of Happy Gilmore 2, bringing everyone’s favorite short-tempered golfer back to the green. While we can expect much of the same style of humor and plenty of callbacks, there had to be a number of alterations, a key one of which centers around Chubbs, played by Carl Weathers, who passed away in 2024 just a few months before Happy Gilmore 2 was confirmed. So what was the plan for Chubbs?

Adam Sandler recently sat down with Collider to discuss how the death of Carl Weathers impacted the development of the Happy Gilmore 2 script. “We had a painful change. Carl Weathers had a massive part. I would talk to Carl, and we were excited, and then Carl passed away. We had to rewrite a lot of the stuff, and even what the story was. We made a...

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Tubi might not be as big as some of the other popular streaming services, but it does have some of the best movies and TV shows of recent times, and that too for absolutely free. The Fox-owned streaming service adds a ton of new monthly content to its ever-expanding library. So, we thought of compiling a list of the best movies coming to Tubi in July 2025.

Pale Rider (July 1) Rt Score: 94% Credit – Warner Bros.

Pale Rider is a Western film directed by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay co-written by Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack. The 1985 film follows a mysterious preacher as he single-handedly tries to protect a prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to take their land. Pale Rider stars Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Christopher Penn, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath, and John Russell.

"Gilligan's Island" isn't a show that deals in beginnings and ends. The iconic theme song explains perfectly well what's going on, and the sitcom's whole premise is that the central group of castaways is trapped in a perpetual limbo that they can never fully escape, no matter how much they try. Because of this, any episode of "Gilligan's Island" can be the quintessential one -- it's up to the viewer which particular mixture of the show's central elements is the best.

This makes any list of essential "Gilligan's Island" episodes subjective by default. One viewer might like the fantastical elements that can border on supernatural, while another might enjoy the pseudoscience represented by the Professor's (Russell Johnson) inventions and the various gadgets that inexplicably keep washing ashore. It's also perfectly possible to simply take the episodes' premises for what they ultimately are: Vehicles to showcase Gilligan's (Bob Denver) ineptitude,...

Tombstone fans hankering for an equally entertaining dust-up must travel from Arizona to California and meet Pale Rider, the highest-grossing Western of the 1980s. Directed, produced by, and starring Clint Eastwood, Pale Rider marked the legendary actor's first Western since The Outlaw Josey Wales in 1976 and the last until the Oscar-winning Unforgiven in 1992. Of course, Pale Rider has plenty in common with the outstanding High Plains Drifter, with both starring Eastwood as a ghostly personification of death (though it's never been entirely confirmed in the latter).

Apart from its commercial success, Pale Rider was championed by famed film critic Roger Ebert in his four-star review, whose opinions continue to be respected 12 years after his death. Pale Rider may feature more of a supernatural and metaphysical quality than Tombstone, yet both movies are sure to appeal to vivid, violent, well-performed Westerns that withstand the test of time.

'Pale Rider's Premise,...

Whether you're a James Bond purist who likes to see the secret agent take his missions seriously or someone who has a soft spot for the series' campier elements, there's a lot to talk about regarding the legacy of "Moonraker" It's a bizarre entry in the franchise's legacy and the only one in which 007 goes to space. The Lewis Gilbert-directed film also happens to be the only Bond adventure to feature a returning evil henchman in Richard Kiel's Jaws.

The mute baddie with a mouth full of metal made his screen debut in 1975's "The Spy Who Loved Me." Since then, he's been rightfully remembered as one of the best Bond adversaries. Kiel's towering 7ft stature and that quietly sinister smile made the character such an imposing figure without saying a single word. He's also one of the only henchmen to have a redemptive arc in another film.

Had all gone according to plan, Roger Moore would've passed his Walther Ppk to Pierce Brosnan after the former wheezed his way through "A View to a Kill" at the age of 58. Eon Productions had chosen the "Remington Steele" star as the next 007, and anyone who'd watched the NBC series knew Brosnan was born to play Ian Fleming's MI6 agent. Unfortunately, NBC realized they had the option to a fifth season of a show starring the next James Bond, and exercised it in the bizarre belief that viewers would return to the fading series in droves to watch a glum Brosnan not play James Bond. This worked out well for precisely no one.

While I'd love to live in the timeline where Timothy Dalton's no-nonsense 007 — the closest in look and temperament to Fleming's book version of Bond — stuck around for longer than two movies, the...

Travis Kelce is not only making another Super Bowl run with the Kansas City Chiefs in hopes of a three-peat but is also racking up his acting credits.

The NFL star is set to make an appearance opposite Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore 2 and recently opened up about what it was like to work with the comedian.

“That was a dream come true,” Kelce said on The Pat McAfee Show. I thought SNL was going to be the peak of my acting and showman or entertainment career … working with Happy Gilmore himself, the Sandman and Happy Productions, it was off the chain.”

He continued, “They’re so professional and yet so fun to work with. I felt like I was working with like the Andy Reid of the acting world. [Sandler] is every bit as cool off the screen as he is on the screen. That was a dream come true.

James Bond (Roger Moore) remembered his dead wife in 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me, 8 years after she died. Tracy Bond (Diana Rigg) is the only woman James Bond ever married, which happened at the end of 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service. James Bond (George Lazenby) met and fell in love with Contessa Tracy Divincenzo, the troubled daughter of international crime lord Marc-Ange Draco (Gabriele Ferzetti). Draco and 007 teamed up to take down the diabolical former leader of Spectre, Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Telly Savalas).

Tracy and James Bond marry at the conclusion of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, but their union would be tragically brief. Driving to their honeymoon, the couple was ambushed by Blofeld and his henchwoman, Irma Bunt (Isle Steppat). Blofeld and Bunt gunned down Tracy. In the next 007 movie, 1971's Diamonds Are Forever, James Bond (Sean Connery) went on a worldwide manhunt for Blofeld, but he never mentioned Tracy.

Clint Eastwood fans will soon be able to stream his genre-resuscitating 1985 Western Pale Rider for free. The financially successful and critically acclaimed movie was the first mainstream Hollywood-produced Western after the huge commercial failure of the late great Kris Kristofferson's Heaven's Gate in 1980.

Pale Rider will arrive on Tubi on January 1. Produced and directed by the legendary Eastwood, the Western follows his mysterious character, The Preacher. He rides on his pale horse into Carbon Canyon, where a mining baron is waging a war of intimidation against independent prospectors and their families. The Preacher's arrival is seemingly in answer to a teenage girl's prayer, seeking deliverance from the baron after his men attack her mining camp. Sydney Penny plays the girl, Megan Wheeler, while Richard Dysart portrays the baron, Coy Lahood. The movie's also cast includes Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn, and John Russell.

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Ben Stiller became a household name after starring in several hit movies during the 1990s and early 2000s. However, the actor says people often mistake him for fellow comedy actor, Adam Sandler.

During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Stiller explained that the mix-ups work both ways. "We've been buddies for, I don't know, 30 years or something now," the actor said. "People always will yell out to me or to [Sandler], and he'll text me, and he'll say, like, 'I was in Italy and someone said, 'Ben Stiller, I love you!' Or someone will say, like, 'Oh man, Click changed my life' to me," he added, referring to the 2006 movie starring his counterpart. "And then I'll say, 'No, I'm not Adam Sandler. I'm Ben Stiller.' And then they say, 'Who?'"

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Providing their audience with an unflinching snapshot of the life-or-death nature of armed conflict, war movies have formed an intrinsic part of popular culture since the earliest days of cinema, to the point that storied names in the vein of Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, and The Deer Hunter are widely regarded as some of the best movies of all time. Furthermore, many of the best war films of all time owe much of their success to a superb villain who carries the story with their wicked presence, serving as the perfect antagonistic foil.

In many cases, the villain is the movie's best character, with the actor tasked with bringing them to life producing a nuanced and compelling performance that has the potential to overshadow the efforts of the film's protagonists. From morally devoid war criminals and renegade soldiers to Machiavellian double agents, the best portrayals of war movie villains...

As acclaimed comedic actor Adam Sandler prepares to tee off in the much-anticipated Happy Gilmore sequel, fans can take a proverbial swing at the original film while awaiting the follow-up's theatrical release. The first Happy Gilmore film gets a positive streaming update in time for the holiday season.

The original Happy Gilmore, released in 1996, will start streaming for free via Tubi on Dec. 1. The sports comedy is currently available to paying subscribers on Hulu, but it will be available for free on Tubi when it debuts next month.

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Carl Weathers receives a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Happy Gilmore is widely regarded as one of Sandler's best films. Sandler portrays the titular character, an aspiring professional hockey player who falls on hard times as his grandmother's house faces foreclosure. To help his grandmother meet her payments,...

Hollywood has a long history of utilizing actors for roles based on unique physical features. Richard Kiel, aka "Jaws of the James Bond films, made for a tall, menacing, and popular antagonist of 007. Marty Feldmans bulbous, misaligned eyes made him a notable comic character in films like Young Frankenstein where he appeared as Igor. One name on that list is a little different, though, given how the actor came to prominence as a movie monster. That actor, Rondo Hatton, turned an affliction into opportunity, and left a typewriter for the silver screen.

You never could tell who was going to drop by "Gilligan's Island" during its three-season run in the mid-1960s. Actually, that's not entirely true. Frank Sinatra? He was way too big a name to mess with a silly network sitcom. Lyndon B. Johnson? The Texas lion of a politician did not have the temperament for that type of tomfoolery. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg? Lou Gehrig? The great Iron Horse of the New York Yankees was notoriously camera shy and dead.

For the most part, the famous people who turned up on that uncharted patch of land in the Pacific were then mid-level comedy celebrities like Phil Silvers, Don Rickles, and Larry Storch. Kurt Russell was easily the biggest movie star to ever set foot on the island, but he was just a precocious teenager at that point in his career. Numerous, soon-to-be-well-known character actors did have a penchant for stopping by the show,...

Since rising to the status of A-list Hollywood icon after starring in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy, Clint Eastwood has been the face of the Western genre. Taking over from an aging John Wayne, he cemented that status throughout the 1970s, thanks to films like High Plains Drifter, Hang 'Em High and Two Mules For Sister Sara. Throughout his career, Eastwood has both starred in and directed some of the greatest revisionist Westerns of all time, a sub-genre he basically perfected.

Eastwood's Western movies range from the supernatural to morally-complex character studies, exploring the violence and potential of life in the Old West. Ranging from action-heavy shootouts to explorations of the turmoil of the West, the actor's films also boast a variety of brilliant scenes. Thanks to his strong screen presence to his distinguished appearance, few stars have as many great scenes under their belt as Eastwood.

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The James Bond franchise has become one of the most iconic movie series of all time. From Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, each actor to play 007 brought their own unique brand of glamour to the character, allowing the franchise to constantly reinvent itself. Alongside the ever-changing actors, James Bond is a franchise defined by its commitment to death-defying stunts.

Some of these stunts have truly cemented themselves in cinematic history for several different reasons. Whether that's the Bond franchise consistently setting new records, or even making silly film-making mistakes that make it into the final cut, each of these stunts has endeared itself to audiences across generations. While modern technology has helped CGI progress rapidly, the Bond franchise is renowned for its commitment to practical effects wherever possible, and that includes its incredible stunt work.

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Adam Sandler is celebrating the beginning of production of Happy Gilmore 2, the sequel to the 1996 comedy.

“It ain’t over. The way I see it… we’ve only just begun,” Sandler posted on Instagram.

Sandler and Netflix teased a photo from the sequel’s wardrobe showcasing the Boston Bruins ice hockey team jersey the actor wore in the film.

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Happy Gilmore 2 is a sequel to the 1996 comedy directed by Dennis Dugan. The film follows Happy Gilmore, an unsuccessful ice hockey player who discovers he has a talent for golf. Happy starts competing in golf tournaments to gather enough money to stop the foreclosure of his grandmother’s house.

Netflix greenlit a sequel earlier this year and Sandler hinted that Travis Kelce was going to have a cameo in the new film.

“We have a nice something for Travis,...

Quick Links What Is Moonraker the Novel About? What Is Moonraker the Movie About? Why Did Moonraker Omit Most of Fleming's Source Material?

Released in June 1979, Moonraker is the 11th movie in the long-running James Bond franchise. The story is adapted from Moonraker, the third novel in Ian Felming's popular 007 spy book series, often considered among the author's finest works. However, unlike the acclaimed novel, the movie adaptation remains one of the least favorable Bond adaptations among critics and die-hard fans. The reason for the juxtaposition between the outstanding novel and the lackluster silver-screen adaptation of Moonraker may surprise many.

As Moonraker celebrates its 45th anniversary in 2024, a look back at the making of the movie is necessary to understand how it differs from the book and why the story deserves a more accurate adaptation. With roughly 90% of Fleming's original story discarded by producers to capitalize on the success of A Galaxy Far,...

Gareth Edwards' 2016 nostalgia-fest "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" seems to have been made to address what some people call a plot hole in George Lucas' 1977 film "Star Wars." In Lucas' film, the young Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) pilots a light attack craft up to a miniature hole in the exterior of the moon-sized Death Star, drops a bomb in it, and causes the entire superstructure to blow up. It is a satisfying ending to an exhilarating sci-fi pulp adventure.

Starwoids, however, watched Lucas films enough times that they began to ask questions. Why, the query went, would the deathly efficient Empire build a moon-sized planet-killing machine with such a grievous design flaw? Why build something so large and overpowered if a single bomb from a light attack craft can destroy it entirely?

The makers of "Rogue One" took that criticism to heart, and backward-engineered a story to explain the flaw.

Jaws' girlfriend in Moonraker did not have braces, despite popular belief. The Mandela Effect refers to widespread false memories, likely contributing to the myth. Movie producer Broccoli added a love interest for Jaws due to audience's positive reaction to Jaws.

Movie Urban Legend: Dolly, Jaw's girlfriend in the James Bond film, Moonraker, had braces on her teeth.

The 1979 James Bond film, Moonraker, is one of the most notable Bond films for a few reasons. First off, at the time, it was The most successful Bond film of all-time, grossing $210 worldwide, a record it held up throughout the 1980s and all the way through the release of Pierce Brosnan's first Bond film, GoldenEye, 16 years later. However, with its space theme (almost assuredly a reference ot the insanely high box office results of Star Wars a couple of years earlier), it was also the most over-the-top James Bond film to...

Unlike the big screen adaptation of Lee Child’s acclaimed novel, which saw Tom Cruise playing the titular character, the Amazon adaptation found a book-accurate actor for the series. Considering Jack Reacher’s 6.5 ft height is one of his most recognizable features from the books, Alan Ritchson, who stands at 6.3 ft, successfully embodied the intimidating nature of the character.

But despite being huge in size, in the upcoming season, it seems Jack Reacher is finally set to be humbled by Olivier Richters, who perfectly embodies Lee Child’s idea of Paulie in the books.

The Dutch Giant Olivier Richters Will Go Toe to Toe With Alan Ritchson in Reacher S3

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With the Reacher series not looking to stop anytime soon, the third season is set to be based on Persuader, the seventh novel in Lee Child’s series. And for the third season,...

Olivier Richters brings larger-than-life physicality to Paulie role, elevating action to new heights in Reacher Season 3. Alan Ritchson faces epic showdown as Reacher infiltrates Zachary Beck's fortress-like home in coastal Maine. Maria Sten returns as Master Sergeant Neagley, adding continuity and deeper character development to Reacher Season 3.

Reacher Season 3 will be based on Lee Child's Persuader, the seventh book in the Jack Reacher series. The show will add Paulie, a bodybuilder character whose sheer size is meant to dwarf Reacher himself.

CinemaBlend reported that the role of Paulie is assumed by Olivier Richters, known as "The Dutch Giant." Richters, who has left a formidable impression in films like Black Widow and the Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, will bring an extraordinary physicality to the series that can elevate the action to unprecedented heights. The author described Paulie in the book:

He was a very big guy.

Reacher's back -- unfortunately, he's not alone. Author Lee Child's airport-paperback novel series famously stars a hero that can only be described as a walking, talking tank. Prime Video's "Reacher" series has neatly translated the franchise's popularity on the page to the streaming era, thanks in large part to Alan Ritchson (recently the scene-stealing star of Guy Ritchie's "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare") as Jack Reacher. A far cry from Tom Cruise's capable (if not even remotely book-accurate) casting in the two movies, Ritchson embodies all the physicality described in the original books. After two successful seasons throughout the last few years, however, Reacher is due for his biggest challenge yet ... speaking extremely literally, of course.

Reacher's greatest enemy now has an equally as formidable actor attached to the role. According to CinemaBlend, the hulking villain known as Paulie will be played by Olivier Richters in all his seven feet,...

A Happy Gilmore sequel has been greenlit at Netflix, with Adam Sandler returning to star. More details here.

Back in March, there were reports that a sequel to Adam Sandler’s 1996 golf comedy Happy Gilmore had been written, and actor Christopher McDonald had read it. Given the popularity of the film, it seemed to be a question not of if, but when.

We now have the answer, as the sequel has officially been greenlit by Netflix.

The original film, directed by regular collaborator Denis Dugan and written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy, followed Sandler as the titular character, an aspiring ice hockey player who enters a high-profile golfing tournament to earn money to buy his grandmother’s house.

Though his angry outbursts and profane patter initially cause outrage, his skill and tenacity eventually win through in the end. Featuring memorable supporting turns from the much missed Carl Weathers, the imposing...

Get ready to go back to your happy place as Netflix has announced that a sequel to Adam Sandler’s classic golf comedy Happy Gilmore is officially in the works.

The streaming service — which has had a long partnership with Sandler’s Happy Madison production company — announced the long-awaited sequel to the 1996 film during Netflix’s upfront presentation Wednesday in New York.

Rumors of another Happy Gilmore first emerged in March when actor Christopher McDonald, who played the antagonist Shooter McGavin in the original, revealed in an interview that Sandler...

Netflix is tap, tap, tapping into one of Adam Sandler’s most beloved characters, Happy Gilmore, for a sequel to the Saturday Night Live alum’s 1996 comedy hole-in-one! On Wednesday, Netflix announced Happy Gilmore 2 during its Upfront presentation, confirming Adam Sandler’s return as the ill-tempered hockey player turned professional golfer.

Happy Gilmore star Christopher MacDonald was the first to say Adam Sandler is developing Happy Gilmore 2 in April. In the original comedy, MacDonald plays Happy’s nemesis on the golf course, Shooter McGavin. During an interview with Audacy’s 92.3 The Fan, MacDonald said he recently spoke with Sandler, who surprised him with a sequel script for the duo’s 1996 sports comedy.

“I saw Adam [Sandler] about two weeks ago, and he says to me, ‘McDonald, you’re gonna love this,'” McDonald said. “I said, ‘What?’ He says, ‘How about that,’ and he shows me the first draft...

Happy Gilmore 2 is in development, likely bringing back iconic characters like Shooter McGavin and Otto from the original film. Shooter McGavin, Otto, and more memorable characters are expected to return for the sequel. Julie Bowen's Virginia Venit and Christopher McDonald's Shooter McGavin play crucial roles in Happy Gilmore's story.

Following Adam Sandler's tease that another Happy Gilmore could be in the works, and if it does happen, there are several of the movie's best characters that need to be brought back for the sequel. Released in 1996, Happy Gilmore stars Sandler as the titular character and brings a fascinating combination of comedy and sports to life. Although there are some interesting sports movies that are based on true stories and some that are not, Happy Gilmore stands out for focusing on golf, a game that hasn't had as much attention in comparison to football or basketball.

Nearly two decades later,...

Happy Gilmore remains an iconic Adam Sandler film with legendary cameos like Bob Barker and Richard Kiel providing memorable moments. The film showcases Sandler's roots in comedy with classic quotes and a unique approach to golf that set it apart as a sports comedy. Professional golfers and broadcasters such as Lee Trevino and Verne Lundquist had small roles in the film, adding to the legitimacy of the professional golf atmosphere.

Happy Gilmore remains one of the most iconic golf movies and best Adam Sandler movies of all time, partly because of its legendary cameos. The 1996 comedy classic features some of Adam Sandler's best quotes such as the iconic one-liners, "The price is wong, b–ch!" and "You eat pieces of s–t for breakfast?". While Sandler has certainly evolved over the years into an impressive dramatic actor, seen most recently in Netflix's space drama Spaceman, his hilarious roots with classics such as Billy Madison,...

Update: It looks like Christopher McDonald was right about Adam Sandler working on the script for Happy Gilmore. Sandler’s fave co-star and longtime pal Drew Barrymore confirmed, in a clip from today’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, that the sequel is indeed happening. “I want it. I need it. And I stayed up last night with my daughter watching Billy Madison,” says Barrymore, adding later, “I’ll just say this, from my source, that it is in process.”

Barrymore famously starred with Sandler in three movies, The Wedding Singer, 50 First Dates and Blended. The two have remained close over the years, with Sandman frequently turning up on her show. While he’s mostly focused on drama recently, including the recent Netflix film Spaceman, Happy Gilmore 2 would likely be warmly received by fans, especially if co-stars Christopher McDonald and Julie Bowen return.

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Happy Gilmore star Christopher McDonald said he’s seen a script for a sequel to Adam Sandler’s popular golf comedy. Brace yourselves for Happy Gilmore 2…

Of all the comedy films Adam Sandler made in the 1990s, few are as beloved as Happy Gimore. Directed by regular collaborator Denis Dugan and written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy, the film followed Sandler as the titular character, an aspiring ice hockey player who enters a high-profile golfing tournament to earn money to buy his grandmother’s house. Though his angry outbursts and profane patter initially cause outrage, his skill and tenacity eventually win through in the end.

Featuring memorable supporting turns from the much missed Carl Weathers, the imposing Richard Kiel, also known as Jaws from the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, and a violent clash with genial game show host Bob Barker, the film also saw...

It's no secret that the James Bond films have, on more than one occasion, dipped so far into absurdity that the camp factor often eclipsed the hero of the film. 1979's Moonraker, the eleventh entry in the franchise, is one of the worst offenders, and while the visual effects were praised, everything else about the film is ludicrous and, well, campy. Cringingly so. Yet despite its obvious intent to cash in on the success of Star Wars and pandering to fans' infatuation with The Spy Who Loved Me baddy Jaws (Richard Kiel), the film was a box-office hit. In fact, it was United Artists' highest-grossing film at the time with a lifetime gross of $70.3 million, making it the 10th highest-earning film in the franchise. So why does a Bond story, one that's already scored a successful film adaptation, need another? Sit down with your martini — shaken, not stirred — and find out why.

The success of "The Spy Who Loved Me" was crucial for the James Bond franchise to continue, and set a high bar for future entries. Richard Kiel's Jaws in "The Spy Who Loved Me" was inspired by his previous role as Reace in the movie "Silver Streak." Kiel played two more versions of Jaws in other movies after "Moonraker," including "Inspector Gadget" and "Aces Go Places 3."

Possibly the most memorable henchman in the James Bond series made his debut in a completely unrelated action movie. The '70s was a turning point for the James Bond movies. Sean Connery officially bowed out from the Eon series with Diamonds Are Forever, with Roger Moore inheriting the role. Moore brought a more comedic energy to the character, though the likes of The Man with the Golden Gun still saw him trying to inject some of Connery's machismo in certain scenes.

With director David Ayer determined to see the release of a director's cut, from the review site TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly.Ca, take another look at Ayer's "Suicide Squad", starring Margot Robbie and Jared Leto:

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"Dazzled by all the hype leading up to this super-villain 'Dirty Dozen' update, things get off to a good start, when dead-eyed Loretta Lynch look-alike  'Amanda Waller' (Viola Davis), intros a gaggle of incarcerated scary monsters and super creeps, for a top secret mission, in writer/director David Ayer's energetic take on John Ostrander's DC Comics' series 'Suicide Squad'.

"Showcased early on, dependable Will Smith, stays the course as a buff, street-smart father, who only plays dumb when he lies to his young daughter...

"...about his lucrative moonlighting career as the high-tech costumed, killer-for-hire 'Deadshot'.

"'Joker' (Jared Leto), with his Richard Kiel choppers,...

Watch out for the fade-out! Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling’s sci-fi and horror stories are undisputed classics, and those brilliantly conceived “Gotcha!” endings from the 1959-64 series take much of the credit. For this great annual marathon — which kicks off in primetime New Year’s Eve on Heroes & Icons and runs 34 hours — get ready for creepy last-second chills, especially in these six episodes (listed in air order). Warning: Lots of spoilers ahead! “To Serve Man” The alien Kanamits arrive on Earth with the most helpful intentions, even bearing an indecipherable book titled To Serve Man. But as humans are transported to the Kanamit planet, the tome is finally translated: It’s a cookbook! “Time Enough at Last” In arguably the series’ best half-hour, the terribly farsighted Henry Bemis is the lone survivor of a nuclear apocalypse. Now he’s ...

For my money, the Monkees are way, way more interesting than the Beatles. 

According to Andrew Sandoval's thorough and invaluable book "The Monkees: The Day-By-Day Story of the '60s TV Pop Sensation," an ad was put in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter on September 8, 1965, looking for "four insane boys" to be the members of a new pre-fabricated pop band. The band would also star in a TV series -- deliberately meant to evoke Richard Lester's 1964 Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night" -- that would use their real names, but present their lives as a fictional merry-go-round of kooky shenanigans. 

The producers zeroed in on former child actor Micky Dolenz, a friend of musician Stephen Stills named Peter Tork, a British, boyish heartthrob named Davy Jones, and heir to the Liquid Paper fortune, Mike Nesmith. Their TV series debuted on September 12, 1966, the week after "Star Trek" debuted, and...

When people remember "The Twilight Zone," they usually talk about the endings. Certainly, the show's endings are the greatest fodder for parodies — from "Treehouse of Horror" on "The Simpsons" to "The Scary Door," a show-within-a-show in "Futurama."

As an anthology series, each venture into the Twilight Zone stands on its own terms and ends conclusively; the only consistent face is series creator Rod Serling as the narrator. The whole point of the series is to put its characters in bewildering circumstances, so twist endings were a way to wring out one last bit of shock. That's not to say the endings were all about shock value; the best twist endings in "The Twilight Zone" reflect the episode's message or leave the viewer with a new perspective on what they just watched.

Happy endings aren't an impossibility in "The Twilight Zone," but they aren't the ones that people remember. Here are...

To clarify right away, James Bond, Jr. (Corey Burton), the title character from a barely-remembered 007-adjacent 1991 animated series, is not the son of James Bond. More confusingly, James Bond, Jr. is actually the nephew of James Bond. "He learned the game from his uncle James," the theme song makes very clear. This means that James Bond did indeed have a brother, but also that his brother was named James as well ...?

As of this writing, "James Bond Jr." is the only TV adaptation to date of Ian Fleming's ultra-popular James Bond book series. It came at a fascinating time in the history of the James Bond franchise, as Timothy Dalton's two-film run had come to an end, and a messy rights dispute behind the scenes kept Bond off the big screen for years. It also likely didn't help that the Berlin Wall fell in November of 1989, calling...

For a long time, "Moonraker" was considered by many hardcore James Bond fans as the nadir of the franchise. Based on the third novel in Ian Fleming's 007 series, the film was rushed into production to take advantage of the blockbuster sci-fi craze kicked off by George Lucas' "Star Wars" and Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Like most adaptations of Fleming's work pre-2006's "Casino Royale," the film was a goofy, gadget-laden departure from Fleming's grittier, more grounded books. But for some, "Moonraker" went several steps too far. 

From the cheeky references to the aforementioned '70s smashes (particularly punching in a door code with the five-note "Close Encounters" theme) to the laser-gun battle on Hugo Drax's space station, "Moonraker" played like self-parody. And to a degree, it is. But now that we've seen the series successfully course-correct several times over the next four decades,...

Lisa Kudrow was fired from Frasier and replaced by Peri Gilpin after producers realized she wasn't right for the part during filming. Alex Borstein filmed the pilot of Gilmore Girls but had to exit the show due to contractual issues; she later returned to play different characters. John Posey initially played Danny Tanner in Full House but was fired when Bob Saget became available; Saget was the producers' original choice for the role.

Oftentimes, television show producers, writers, and directors cannot know if an actor is right for a part until they see them on set, acting out the episodes. Unfortunately, for most of these ten performers, the filmmakers didn't like what they saw, leading to actors getting fired and roles being recast. Numerous specific reasons led to the star losing their jobs, including a lack of chemistry with costars and the producers wanting to take the character in another direction.

1977's "The Spy Who Loved Me" is a landmark James Bond film for several reasons. For one, it fully cemented Sir Roger Moore as Bond, establishing his take on the character as distinctive and separate from Sean Connery and George Lazenby. For another, it introduced another recurring character to the continuity-lite franchise: Richard Kiel's imposing (and mostly silent) henchman, Jaws. The film also featured a then-groundbreaking stunt sequence, a buzzworthy moment that helped it become the massive box-office hit the franchise needed in order to continue at all after the underperformance of "The Man With the Golden Gun."

Most intriguingly for the spy movie in general, however, "The Spy Who Loved Me" introduced the notion of detente between Her Majesty's Secret Service (represented by Bond) and the Kgb (represented by Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova). This spirit of tolerance and occasional cooperation continued throughout the next several Bond films,...

Arguably the most hated James Bond supporting character also made a cameo in Superman 2. The Roger Moore era of the Bond series is extremely unlikely to be repeated. Moore's knowingly hammy performance and reliance on silly gags wouldn't fly with modern audiences raised on the Daniel Craig Bond movies or even the Bourne franchise. While some elements of Moore's run have aged poorly, there is a good-natured fun and spectacle to even his weakest outings.

Of course, Moore's comedy stylings as 007 weren't for everybody, with Timothy Dalton only agreeing to take over the role for The Living Daylights if he could present a more serious Bond. Moore's James Bond movie cycle produced some memorable allies and foes, including Richard Kiel's iconic henchman Jaws or General Gogol (Walter Gotell). Sadly, it also produced one of the most disliked characters in the entire franchise; Sheriff J.W. Pepper (Clifton James...

The Incredible Hulk, created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee in 1962, is a character born more from universal monster movies and 1950s sci-fi than more modern notions of complex, interlaced comic book lore. In the original comic books, a spindly physicist named Bruce Banner was exposed to a strange type of radiation while saving a soldier from a nuclear bomb test. Rather than killing him, the radiation mutated his body into that of a bulky, over-muscled brute. He eventually shrunk back to his normal size, but Bruce eventually found that whenever he got angry, he would transform back into an unstoppable radioactive ogre. Indeed, he was so angry, he couldn't speak or think clearly.

The Hulk became one of the more popular characters in a new wave of Marvel Comics that debuted in the 1960s. He was popular enough to be included in the Avengers, a mash-up superhero team comic...

Tár writer/director Todd Field discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

You Only Live Twice (1967) – Dana Gould’s trailer commentary

Tár (2022)

Man With A Movie Camera (1929)

Battleship Potemkin (1925)

Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

The Big Parade (1925)

Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)

The Crowd (1928)

Star Wars (1977)

The Servant (1963)

Parasite (2019) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzalio’s review

The Three Musketeers (1973) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary

Figures In A Landscape (1970)

M (1931)

M (1951)

I Am Cuba (1964)

The Cranes Are Flying (1957) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

Letter Never Sent (1960)

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)

The Towering Inferno (1974) – George Hickenlooper’s trailer commentary

The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)

The Sting (1973)

The World of Henry Orient (1964) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary

Thelma And Louise (1991)

Murmur Of The Heart (1971)

The Silent World (1956)

Opening Night (1977)

The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie (1976) – Larry Karaszewski’s...

There must be few things more daunting to a filmmaker than taking on the mantle of directing a new James Bond movie. Bond movies are cinema’s equivalent of a Philippe Petit-level highwire balancing act. Over 25 films, fans have carved out an understanding of what they expect from 007. There must be action, adventure, romance, and a dash of comedy. Yet for all the expectations surrounding the world’s most famous secret agent, the recipe isn’t set in stone; in fact, it’s forever evolving.

Where once Bond might have been defined by the wry humor and slapstick gags of Roger Moore, the more modern 007 of Daniel Craig played it straight. Bond has been known to take forays into the world of science fiction, either in an attempt to match box office rivals like Star Wars or in an attempt to address the concerns of an ever evolving technological world.