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Quick LinksKeanu Reeves Starred in One Episode of Hangin' InDespite How Few People Remember Hangin' In, Reeves Became a Star

Today, Keanu Reeves is one of the most recognizable actors in the world. He may be best known for his incredible portrayal of John Wick, the expert Underworld assassin and main character of the ongoing John Wick franchise, but Reeves has been around for decades. Reeves has been in plenty of iconic franchises. He played Neo in The Matrix (1999), John Constantine in Constantine, and his latest film had him voicing Shadow the Hedgehog in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024).

Since Keanu Reeves is still such a popular movie star, it's hard to believe that he's been acting for over 40 years. Especially when one takes into consideration how youthful Keanu Reeves still looks and that he does a lot of his own stunts. Reeves was born in 1964, making him 60 years old, but he certainly doesn't look it.

X-Men '97 recaptures the excitement and intensity of the original 1992 series with classic characters and new technological updates. Fox made a last-minute decision to air Season 5 of the original X-Men cartoon, which led to wild adventures and a unique animation style. Professor Xavier's fate remains a mystery, leaving fans eager to see what happens next in X-Men '97 on Disney+.

With the revival series well into its first season, X-Men ‘97 has quickly recaptured the excitement and intensity of the original 1992 animated television series. In the five episodes that are now streaming on Disney+, comic book fans have not only been reintroduced to iconic members of the X-Men team like Cyclops, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Jubilee, and The Beast, but we have also seen them take on harrowing foes like Mister Sinister, The X-Cutioner, and Mojo. While the animation remains two-dimensional to emit nostalgia, Marvel Studios Animation has brought in Studio Mir...

Stars: James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky, Leslie Carlson, Jack Creley, Lynne Gorman, Julie Khaner, Reiner Schwarz, David Bolt, Lally Cadeau | Written and Directed by David Cronenberg

Out of all the David Cronenberg films I’ve seen, Videodrome always sticks with me as my favourite and some of his best work, if not The best. Having not seen it in a few years, Arrow Video’s new Blu-ray release was the perfect chance to catch up with the movie and see if my memories of it were purely nostalgia. Thankfully, they were not.

Max Renn (James Woods) is a sleazy cable-tv programmer looking for more extreme ways to entertain his viewers. When he discovers “Videodrome” it appears to be exactly what he was looking for. When he starts hallucinating though, he suddenly finds reality becoming warped to the point where he is not sure what is real, or what is Videodrome.

It’s not uncommon for a science fiction film to prophesy the future, in terms of technology, the social state of humanity, or even certain global scenarios. It is, however, relatively rare for a film to have as its basic premise particular subject matter that, while relevant in its year of production, grows increasingly pertinent and frighteningly accurate as years go on. This is the case with Videodrome, David Cronenberg’s extraordinary 1983 film starring James Woods as Max Renn, a sleazy television programmer who has grown sensorially flaccid by the stale material he peddles on air.

The shows that run on his Civic TV Channel 83 just aren’t cutting it. Max is not content with straight porn, not even niche markets that cater to particular fetishes. Samurai Dreams, which we see a few seconds of, is just too soft. Yes, as Max puts it, “Oriental sex is a natural,” but is it tacky enough?...