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Always makes me laugh when stars go to parties and then sequester themselves in roped-off VIP enclaves policed by grim-faced bouncers and eagle-eyed personal publicists. There was this odd sight of Element Pictures’ Ed Guiney leaning in from the outside to converse with Emma Stone seated inside the private zone at the afterparty for the Cannes Film Festival competition film Eddington directed by Ari Aster.

Guiney could’ve been invited in or Stone could’ve stepped out. I respect and admire actors of all ranks, and I understand their significance in our culture. And I get that they fear other people — I mean mere mortals. They might have an unapproved snap of themselves taken by someone. Me, for instance. Or they might have to have a conversation about which they weren’t given talking points ahead of time.

Anthony Hopkins always says — or he used to, anyway — that thespians can...

Does Any Other Tom Cruise Movie Rival Mission: Impossible – Fallout’s 98% Rotten Tomatoes Score? ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise’s latest Mission: Impossible installment, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, is finally out in Indian theatres and will hit the big screens in the US next week. The movie has received a critics’ score of 80% on the reviews aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. A decent score but much lower than the highest-rated Mi film, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, which boasts an outstanding Rotten Tomatoes score of 98%. But is there any other film starring Tom Cruise that has surpassed Mission: Impossible – Fallout’s 98% Rotten Tomatoes Score? Read on to find out.

The Tom Cruise Film Which Comes Closest To Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Let us tell you that no other Tom Cruise movie, be it in the Mi universe or otherwise, has a higher or equal Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score...

Acclaimed actor Tom Cruise offers an encouraging progress report about the long-announced Top Gun 3, as it appears the action threequel will eventually take flight. However, the next Top Gun installment isn't the only sequel Cruise has in the works, hinting at his cult classic sports drama, Days of Thunder, getting the follow-up treatment too.

Speaking with Australia's Today, Cruise claimed that the third Top Gun film and a second Days of Thunder movie are among the new projects he's recently discussed making. “Yeah, we’re thinking and talking about many different stories and what could we do and what’s possible,” Cruise said. “It took me 35 years to figure out Top Gun: Maverick, so all of these things we’re working on, we’re discussing [sequels to] Days of Thunder and Top Gun: Maverick. There’s numerous other films that we’re actively working on right now. I’m always shooting a film,...

Tom Cruise has revealed he and the ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ team are “thinking and talking about many different stories” for the sequel.The 62-year-old actor is set to reprise his role as pilot Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell in the upcoming follow-up to the 2022 blockbuster, and has now shared he and the creative team are currently exploring different avenues of where to take the ‘Top Gun’ story next.During an appearance on the Australian ‘Today’ show, Cruise said: “Yeah, we’re thinking and talking about many different stories and what could we do and what’s possible.“It took me 35 years to figure out ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, so all of these things we’re working on, we’re discussing ‘Days of Thunder’ and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.”The ‘Mission: Impossible’ star added he was working on “numerous other films” at the moment, including Alejandro Iñárritu’s first English language movie since 2015’s ‘The Revenant...

Alan Ritchson has been sharing some bloodied photos and reels from the set of Scott Waugh’s Runner ever since filming began in April 2025. The Reacher star’s latest post indicates that the filming has wrapped up. It appears that Ritchson is pretty happy with the movie that he just made with Owen Wilson, Rodrigo Santoro, and Leila George.

The new film will be a treat for fans of Ritchson’s Jack Reacher role, as Waugh, the director of Need for Speed and Expendables 4, promised an out-and-out action movie. According to reports, Ritchson is playing a high-end courier, Hank Malone, in the film.

Alan Ritchson’s Runner is just what Reacher fans need right now Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher in Reacher | Credits: Amazon Prime Video

Alan Ritchson‘s turn as the Caped Crusader can wait! Fans now have another exciting project to look forward to from the bulky 6 ft 3 in actor.

Playing a rock star in Rock of Ages apparently didn’t satisfy Tom Cruise’s instinct to sing onscreen. Reflecting on his career at the British Film Institute (BFI) in London last night, the actor admitted that he hopes to do a musical—or several.

“Definitely musicals,” Cruise said when asked what is still on his bucket list as a performer. “Drama, action, adventures. It’s endless. My goals are endless.”

The event, “Tom Cruise in Conversation,” was held ahead of the actor receiving the BFI Fellowship, the organization’s highest honor,...

The late Val Kilmer was one of the finest actors of his generation, and several movies were elevated because of his presence in them. In fact, if he had not appeared in Top Gunall those years ago, perhaps Top Gun: Maverick would never have happened over 30 years later, and that was once a real possibility until Tom Cruise convinced him to star in the 1986 movie.

As Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, Kilmer gave one of the performances that he continues to be best known for, and one that led directly to his involvement in Top Gun: Maverick in 2022. In a recent interview, though, Cruise recalled how his co-star and friend did not originally want to be part of the movie, and took some convincing to do so. Cruise told Sight & Sound:

“I felt so grateful that he decided to make the film. We did a lot to get him in the movie.

Maverick and Iceman may have clashed in the skies, but off-screen, Tom Cruise had nothing but admiration for his Top Gun costar Val Kilmer. In a new cover story with Sight and Sound magazine, Cruise opened up about Kilmer’s unforgettable performance as Lt. Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in both the original 1986 film and its 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick, describing the experience of working with him as “exhilarating.”

“First of all, I felt so grateful that he decided to make the film,” Cruise said. "We did a lot to get him in the movie. Originally, he just didn't want to make the movie: ‘I don't want to be a supporting, I want to star in films.’ I was calling his agent, and [director] Tony Scott was hunting him down and meeting in an elevator with Val, and he was like, ‘Please, Val, please.’”

Kilmer eventually came around and joined the film as Iceman – a cold,...

Seven films down with an eighth and final edition launching in cinemas this month, Mission: Impossible is undoubtedly one of contemporary cinema’s most enduring franchises.

But back in 1996, what made a young Tom Cruise, red hot in Hollywood thanks to hits like A Few Good Men and Interview with the Vampire, board the spy thriller?

“It was the music,” Cruise joked this evening in London, where he took part in a wide-ranging discussion about his career onstage at the British Film Institute. “I loved the theme music.”

The first Mission film was Cruise’s first credit as a producer, and he told the crowd in London that he sought the franchise out because he was interested in investigating how he could change the action genre.

“It was about looking at Mission and thinking ‘what can we do with action’,” he said. “It was about how I can evolve action...

Tom Cruise found it "very special" to have Val Kilmer return for 'Top Gun: Maverick'.The 62-year-old actor reprised his 1986 role of Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell for the 2022 sequel and found it "beautiful" that his co-star - who died last month from complications related to pneumonia following a long period of ill health - was able to make a brief comeback as his rival-turned-ally Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky, which was a "joyous" experience for them both.Tom told Sight and Sound magazine: "To come back all those years later, and it was amazing being on set for 'Top Gun: Maverick' because it was like time had not passed. We were laughing and it was joyous."And then we started acting and it’s just, you see it… he became Iceman. The power that this guy has, even not saying anything, to become that character. You see how even the sniff that he gave.

During a press event in Seoul promoting Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise declined to respond to a question concerning former President Donald Trump’s proposed tariff policy on films produced abroad. The question referred to the film’s international shooting locations and whether the production might be subject to such tariffs.

“I’d like to ask this question to anybody who’s up for it,” the reporter began, according to a translated exchange at the event. “I saw that it was filmed in many different locations around the world, including Africa. We all are aware of the tariffs that President Trump has been imposing on overseas productions and films. So, is this particular movie under that tariff? And how much of the film was shot overseas?”

Cruise responded off-mic to the moderator: “We’d rather answer questions about the movie. Thank you.” The moderator acknowledged the direction and moved the conversation forward.

Tom Cruise has spoken for the first time about how he suggested to Stanley Kubrick that his then wife Nicole Kidman star opposite him in 1999s Eyes Wide Shut “because obviously she’s a great actress.”

The actor makes the rare public acknowledgement of Kidman’s thespian abilities in the May issue of Sight and Sound, the film magazine published by the British Film Institute.

Cruise will be honoured by the BFI on Monday with the awarding of a distinguished BFI Fellowship.

He joins the ranks of other BFI Fellows including giants of the calibre of David Lean, Bette Davis, Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles, Thelma Schoonmaker, Derek Jarman, Martin Scorsese, Satyajit Ray, Barbara Broccoli, Michael G Wilson, Spike Lee and Christopher Nolan.

The actor-impresario will also discuss his career In Conversation at the BFI cinema complex on London’s Southbank on Sunday evening. Cruise activity is at full speed ahead...

Bullet Train Explosion (2025) is a pulse-pounding ride where a bomb threat forces a Shinkansen to stay above 100 km/h—or everyone dies. Directed by Shinji Higuchi (Shin Godzilla), it’s a slick remake of the 1975 classic The Bullet Train, packed with teamwork, tense problem-solving, and a star-studded Japanese cast like Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as the heroic conductor. The film nails that Speed-meets-Apollo 13 vibe, blending disaster tropes with social commentary. If you loved its mix of claustrophobic action and bureaucratic drama, here are movies like Bullet Train Explosion that’ll keep your adrenaline pumping.

The Bullet Train (1975) – Dir. Junya Sato

This is the Og that started it all—a gritty ’70s thriller where a bomb on a Tokyo-to-Hakata train blows up if speed drops below 80 km/h. Sound familiar? The setup is simple but terrifying — there’s a bomb planted on a Shinkansen, and if the train drops below 80 km/h,...

There’s a new biography in the market about The Sopranos lead star James Gandolfini, and it brings up some of his old stories from his film and TV sets. In Jason Bailey’s Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend, the author mentioned Gandolfini’s old scuffle with Denzel Washington on the set of their 1995 movie, Crimson Tide.

The biography shared a report from that time, which suggested that the Enough Said actor got aggressive with Washington during one scene. However, the two actors quickly became friends on the set after that incident.

The film was a submarine action thriller directed by Tony Scott, focusing on the clash between a commanding officer and his new executive officer. The roles were played by Gene Hackman and Washington. Gandolfini played Supply Officer Lt. Bobby Dougherty in the film.

What went down between The Sopranos actor James Gandolfini and Denzel Washington on the film set?...

Matt Damon Replaces Oscar Winner (Photo Credit – Hotstar)

Hollywood actor Matt Damon is regarded as one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood. Initially, he gained recognition when he played the lead role in Francis Ford Coppola’s legal drama ‘The Rainmaker.’ He climbed the popularity charts by starring in the Oscar-winning drama ‘Good Will Hunting’ and the psychological thriller ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’. But the film that made him a household name was ‘The Bourne Identity’. Did you know Matt Damon was not the first actor who was approached to play the lead role in that film?

Matt Damon Replaced This Oscar Winner in The Bourne Identity

Before Matt Damon was finally cast as the titular protagonist in ‘The Bourne Identity’, another Hollywood star was approached for the role of Jason Bourne. And he was none other than the Academy Award-winning actor-filmmaker Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt could not star...

Sometimes, it is possible to have too many options.

That is especially true of the current streaming age when there are multiple streaming services with impressive, immense film libraries and algorithms that are all pointing you in different directions but none making it particularly easy for you to actually pick something to watch. Buried in every streaming platform’s library are also underrated titles that are rarely promoted by them and, therefore, frustratingly difficult to find.

It’s for all of those reasons and more that TheWrap has picked out three underrated and forgotten films that are streaming right now on Max that you should consider watching this weekend.

“Unstoppable” (20th Century Fox) “Unstoppable” (2010)

One of the most effective and entertaining blockbusters of the early 2010s, Tony Scott’s “Unstoppable” stars Chris Pine and Denzel Washington as two men who decide to face the wrath of industrial America head-on. Based on a real-life incident,...

Denzel Washington is one of the most accomplished actors in Hollywood history, and a rare example of a star who has maintained a commitment to challenging roles that showcase his unique talent. He was outstanding in Joel Coen's 2021 expressionist nightmare "The Tragedy of Macbeth" and in a 2016 adaptation of August Wilson's "Fences," which, while it was a flop, remains Denzel's favorite movie role. But we'd all be kidding ourselves if we didn't acknowledge our insatiable appetite for watching Denzel Washington punch and shoot his way through an action movie.

The veteran star has proved his ability to hand out beatdowns even as a 70-year-old with his "Equalizer" trilogy. But Washington also has some lesser-known action outings that, while not quite as viscerally satisfying as his "Equalizer" movies (or Tony Scott's "Man on Fire"), are still a heck of a lot of fun.

Take "2 Guns," for example. This...

What are the greatest action movies of all time? It’s a controversial question, isn’t it? Any time any publication or site puts out a new list of what they consider the best action movies of all time, it can’t help but generate a ton of controversy. Nevertheless, we here at JoBlo have decided to throw our hats into the ring with a list we really hope generates some nostalgia among our viewers but also encourages them to seek out the movies on this list that they may not have seen. But first, some may wonder where superhero movies are on this list. Given how broad that genre is, we decided to stick to old-school action, so we have left them off the list, as they deserve their own ranking. There are also a few absences from the list, notably some Jackie Chan Hong Kong films (like Police Story...

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: close-up warfare, close-up aliens, close-up nuclear submarines and more. Here’s what we’ve been up to…

Reel Talk

War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing, which certainly seems to be Alex Garland’s message in his new film Warfare, discussed here by Sam Stokes and guest, Film Stories’ own Ryan Lambie…

The Rest of Us

A brand new season of The Last of Us is here with 2×01 ‘Future Days’, so join host Maria Lattila and guest Hugh McStay to discuss all facets of Joel and Ellie in the premiere…

Podmetheus

Get away from this podcast, you–not really! You’re welcome to come on in and join Aj Black, plus guest Kat Hughes, to discuss James Cameron’s iconic 1986 sequel, Aliens…

The Collectors Commentary

Physical media aficionados Mark McManus and Ian Buckley are back to focus in on Second Sight...

Clint Eastwood turned 52 in 1982, but, as far as American moviegoers were concerned, he'd only been a movie star for 15 years (which is when all three chapters of the "Dollars Trilogy" were theatrically released in the United States). And though his "Dirty Harry" movies were viewed as politically conservative, he was still largely viewed as a revolutionary figure in film. His Westerns were revisionist and, for the time, incredibly violent; his cop flicks were unapologetically R-rated and, with "Every Which Way But Loose" and "Any Which Way You Can," he had every kid in the country wishing they could have a beer-swilling, bird-flipping orangutan as their best friend.

Throughout his career, Clint Eastwood has taken note of what kinds of movies are connecting with viewers and sought to place his own personal spin on them. He responded to the buddy-cop phenomenon of the 1980s with the the big-budget quasi-spoof "The Rookie...

Exclusive: Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler kept intact their impeccable track record together as the elevated genre film Sinners outkicked the tracking coverage with a domestic gross of $48 million. It is a well timed hit for Warner Bros, on the heels of Minecraft. Starting with Fruitvale Station and continuing with Creed and the Black Panther blockbusters, these guys are on a track to be mentioned among the most enduring of director-actor partnerships. The one Martin Scorsese has with Robert De Niro & Leonardo DiCaprio, Denzel Washington had with Tony Scott and has now with Antoine Fuqua, and John Woo had with Chow Yun-Fat. They are just a bit better, when together. Jordan is prepping a summer shoot in the UK for his second outing as director/star with a remake of the 1968 Steve McQueen-Faye Dunaway heist film The Thomas Crown Affair. He’s also got his franchises, stretching his Without Remorse...

Exclusive: CAA has signed director Ridley Scott and Scott Free Productions, the film and television production vehicle he formed with his late brother Tony Scott.

A team of reps signed Scott, the four-time Academy Award-nominated director and producer who next will begin production on The Dog Stars for 20th Century Studios based on the novel by Peter Heller. The signing effort was spearheaded by CAA president/co-chairman Richard Lovett, the longtime rep of Tony Scott.

Ridley Scott has shown no signs of slowing, most recently directing Gladiator II, which generated more than $460 million at the global box office. Before that it was The Last Duel (2021), House of Gucci (2021) and Napoleon (2023). Scott most recently directed the pilot for the Apple TV+ series Dope Thief, which is produced by Scott Free and Brian Tyree and Wagner Moura.

Films in Scott’s Hall of Fame resume range from The Martian and Best Picture Oscar winner Gladiator to Alien,...

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The Amateur is a vigilante action spy thriller film directed by James Hawes from a screenplay co-written by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli. Based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Robert Littell, the 2025 film follows Charlie Heller, a brilliant CIA cryptographer whose wife was killed during a terrorist attack in London. After discovering that, he blackmails his superiors into giving him training to kill the people who killed his wife and use his expertise in doing so. The Amateur stars Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitriona Balfe, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Laurence Fishburne. So, if you loved the thrilling drama, intense revenge story, and compelling characters in The Amateur, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

Law Abiding Citizen (Starz & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Overture Films

Law Abiding Citizen is a vigilante action thriller film...

Charlie Heller, the bereaved rookie vigilante Rami Malek plays in The Amateur, is all brains and no brawn. That sets him apart from his colleagues at the CIA, where he works as a cryptographer, running numbers while they run down suspects. It also distinguishes him, of course, from the Jason Bournes and James Bonds of the world — the perfect physical specimens that usually headline globe-hopping espionage claptrap of this sort. The Amateur takes off from a hooky hypothetical: What if the most intelligent man in central intelligence had to leave...

I know, I know, Tenet had us all doing mental gymnastics, rewinding scenes like we were CIA analysts with a film degree. But five years later, it hit me: Christopher Nolan didn’t just make a time-twisting masterpiece, he kind of extended Déjà Vu, that underrated Denzel Washington-Val Kilmer flick we all half-remember from 2006.

Seriously, watch ’em back-to-back. Time loops? Check. Sci-fi tech? Yup. Stoic lead unraveling causality while trying to save the girl? Triple check. Nolan went full Nolan with it. And to be for real, I feel like I cracked a cinematic conspiracy, and no one’s talking about it. So, let’s rewind.

Christopher Nolan | Credits: HellaCinema, Cc By-sa 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons From Déjà Vu to Tenet: How Denzel Washington and Christopher Nolan bent time their own way

The 2020 Tenet feels like a hyper-caffeinated spiritual sequel to the 2006 Déjà Vu. It took me five years,...

If awesomeness had a face, it would be wearing aviators and chomping on a toothpick – oh, wait, that was just Val Kilmer’s Iceman in Top Gun. As Maverick’s ultimate yet oh-so-charming rival, Iceman is just one of those characters you simply cannot forget. Of course, it also has to do with the fact that it was Val Kilmer himself who brought the iconic role to life. While we love Iceman, did you know that there was a time when the actor did not have any interest in playing him?

That’s right. Val Kilmer turned down the director, Tony Scott, when he first offered him the role. Things worked out for him, and he was soon scaling new heights. Then came Déjà Vu, where he had to beg Tony Scott to hire him for a role.

Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise in Top Gun (1996) | Credits: Paramount Pictures When...

Val Kilmer, the legendary actor who brought iconic characters to life in Top Gun, The Doors, Heat, and Batman Forever, passed away on April 1, 2025, at the age of 65. Hollywood is still mourning the loss of Kilmer, who left behind a legacy of unforgettable performances and deep artistic conviction. One of his most poignant reflections came during the press tour of his 2006 movie Déjà Vu, a $180 million sci-fi thriller.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Kilmer spoke candidly about how filming in post-disaster New Orleans opened his eyes to the US government’s failure. Known for his fierce commitment and often unfiltered honesty, Kilmer called the government response to the disaster “personally embarrassing.”

Val Kilmer in Deja Vu | Credit: Buena Vista Pictures Val Kilmer reflected on his movie, Déjà Vu, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Shot just months after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Tony Scott directed and Jerry Bruckheimer produced,...

Rami Malek stars in the new spy thriller filmThe Amateur, coming to theaters on April 11. With the film's early reviews, The Amateur has managed to score a fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, though it will have a bit higher to climb with added reviews to have a chance at matching the score set by his James Bond movie.

Currently, The Amateur is scored at 69% on Rotten Tomatoes with a much higher audience score of 86%. The critics' score falls short of matching the score set by 2021's No Time to Die, the Bond film featuring Malek as the villain, which has scores of 83% and 88%. Even so, approaching 70% is a respectable score for The Amateur, which many critics had a great time watching.

"The Amateur doesn’t attempt to rewrite the book in terms of vigilante revenge stories, but it avoids the kind of slipshod errors that hobble most espionage fare," Eddie Harrison of film-authority.

Val Kilmer, the legendary actor known for his commitment to his craft, delivered some iconic roles, such as Iceman in Top Gun, the Caped Crusader in Batman Forever, and Jim Morrison in The Doors.

The actor passed away on April 1, 2025, at the age of 65, due to complications from pneumonia. But beyond his celebrated career, Kilmer leaves behind a legacy defined by his unwavering artistic integrity and a reputation for being “difficult.”

Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone | Credits: Walt Disney Studios

Interestingly, early in his career, Kilmer walked off the set of his first commercial, a hamburger ad, because he couldn’t fake enthusiasm for a product he didn’t believe in. Kilmer was just as famous for his intense dedication to his craft as he was for his often difficult personality.

Val Kilmer walked off a commercial shoot for his first acting gig

Val Kilmer‘s debut in...

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

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

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

It took a long time for Sylvester Stallone to play a comic book hero. The man became an instant star with his self-written "Rocky" in 1976 and spent the following decade and a half becoming one of Hollywood's pre-eminent action heroes, alongside his longtime rival Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sly and Schwarzenegger were the epitome of the ultra-masculine action heroes we associate with the '80s, but throughout that entire decade and the first half of the '90s, neither played a superhero on-screen.

Schwarzenegger wouldn't end up taking the comic book movie plunge until 1997, when he was guilted into playing Mr. Freeze in the historic blunder that was "Batman & Robin." But Sly actually made his superhero debut prior to that, starring as the titular judge in 1995's "Judge Dredd," the most nonsensical science fiction movie to predict our terrifying present. Following what was the first of several career lows in the late-'80s and early-'90s,...

On April 1st, 2025 the world lost Val Kilmer to pneumonia after a decade-long fight with health problems including a throat cancer diagnosis. Val Kilmer, born on New Year's Eve 1959, has been on the acting scene since the fatefully threshold that is the age of 65. His illustrious career, which spanned for nearly four decades, this one lasted until his imminent unofficial retirement in 2022 after which he gradually withdrew from public life due to his declining health. A legend of many faces, a performer whose presence was felt across screens, immortalized in roles that transcended time and place. On Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 his daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, told The New York Times that his deeply beloved father had passed away that same day at the venerable age of 65 after a tragically failed one final stand against fate’s unrelenting grip battle with pneumonia. His journey stands as a stoic testament to the resilience...

Once upon a time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino made Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – his love-letter to late-‘60s LA, and an elegiac swan-song to a bygone age of movie-making that rewrote the tragic death of Sharon Tate in true fairytale style. But it seems we’ll find out what comes beyond that happily ever after. In news that frankly nobody saw coming, The Playlist has confirmed that a sequel to Outaih is apparently in the works – but without Quentin Tarantino directing. Instead, David Fincher is set to bring it to the screen, since the film will focus on the character of stuntman Cliff Booth, played by Fincher’s regular collaborator Brad Pitt.

This isn’t totally Tarantino-free, though – Qt will write the screenplay, which apparently has its roots in The Movie Critic. That’s the film that Tarantino seemed close to making in recent years, his tenth (and possibly final) feature,...

The world lost a legend in Val Kilmer earlier this week, and fans are already celebrating his life by tuning in to some of his most iconic movies. Three of Kilmer’s films, Top Gun, The Saint, and Top Gun: Maverick, have all moved into the top three spots in the Paramount+ top 10. Kilmer’s role as Iceman in both Top Gun movies will forever live on as one of the most famous in his filmography, and The Saint sees him step into the role of Simon Templar, a thief who has been hired to steal the secret process for cold fusion. The Saint and Top Gun were panned by critics upon release, but both have become cult classics over the years with large followings.

Jonathan Hensleigh and Wesley Strick wrote the screenplay for The Saint, and Philip Noyce directed the film. Noyce is best known for his work on The Quiet American,...

It’s hard to imagine anyone other than Val Kilmer playing Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in 1986’s Top Gun. However, the late actor originally wasn’t interested in what would become one of his most memorable roles.

In his 2020 memoir, I’m Your Huckleberry, Kilmer revealed that he initially did not want the role in the Tony Scott-directed Top Gun opposite Tom Cruise. “I didn’t want the part. I didn’t care about the film. The story didn’t interest me,” he wrote via People. “My agent, who also represented Tom Cruise, basically tortured me into at least meeting Tony Scott, saying he was one of the hottest directors in town,” he added.

Kilmer went on to book an audition for the film and said he “showed up looking the fool” wearing “oversized gonky Australian shorts in nausea green.” He also seemingly did his best to sabotage his own audition.

Con un guion escrito por el propio Tarantino y centrado en el personaje de Brad Pitt. © Sony Picures

¿La secuela más inesperada? No cabe duda. The Playlist ha anunciado que David Fincher dirigirá la continuación de la Érase una vez en Hollywood de Quentin Tarantino para Netflix, centrada en el personaje de Brad Pitt. Según informan, el guion estará escrito por el propio Tarantino, con planes de comenzar el rodaje en el verano de este año.

La película original, estrenada en 2019, fue todo un éxito, y Pitt se llevó el Oscar al Mejor Actor de Reparto por su interpretación como Cliff Booth, el doble de acción del actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) en el Hollywood de los 60.

Pitt y Fincher se reencuentran en este proyecto, una colaboración que ya dio frutos en títulos aclamados como Se7en, El club de la lucha y El curioso caso de Benjamin Button. Fincher,...

One of the hardest aspects for any talent turning down a project is watching it flourish beyond their wildest expectations without them. Michelle Pfeiffer turned down the role of Clarice Starling in "The Silence of the Lambs," and the film went on to win five Academy Awards, with one of those going to lead actress Jodie Foster. There are also nuclear-level missed opportunities like Matt Damon and James Cameron's "Avatar," where he not only turned down the role that Sam Worthington eventually played, but a 10 percent margin of the profits. But then you have cases like "The Matrix," where all of the possible casting outcomes open up a multiversal rift where the film takes on a completely different stature in each of them.

Lana and Lily Wachowski's 1999 sci-fi mind-bender was not only a critical and box office sensation, but ultimately went on to become one of the most influential films ever made.

Brad Pitt is set to return as Cliff Booth in the sequel to Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. The film, which will follow Booth, has been suspected to be a reworking of Tarantino’s former final film, The Movie Critic.

While there is a lot of hubbub about the film making its way to Netflix, what has fans more worried about is whether this will be the tenth film in Quentin Tarantino’s filmography, which has been widely known to be his final film.

Cliff Booth || Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing

Brad Pitt was cast in the lead role for The Movie Critic, which was supposed to follow a film critic who wrote for a porn magazine in the 70s. After longstanding rumors that this would be the tenth film of the visionary director, it was finally reported that fans of the film have actually fallen apart.

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Val Kilmer lent his talents to several movies that are now regarded as classics, including the star-studded Western "Tombstone" and Michael Mann's "Heat." However, his outing as Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in Tony Scott's airbound actioner "Top Gun" is one of his most beloved performances, with the film pitting his character against Tom Cruise's Pete Mitchell as competitive rival pilots before they come together in the name of friendship and America. Despite becoming a career-defining role for the late Kilmer, however, he was reluctant to accept a part in "Top Gun."

That's putting it mildly actually, as Kilmer had to be tortured into auditioning for "Top Gun," and he only took a meeting with Scott as a favor to his agent. The actor felt zero enthusiasm toward the script, so he showed up to his audition dressed in...

Val Kilmer is gone. It’s strange to say, since he was such an important part of the fabric of movies – and of pop culture, really – for decades. And if it wasn’t movies, it was something else.

He hosted “Saturday Night Live.” He appeared in an endlessly touring stage show as Mark Twain. He had a reputation for being prickly, maybe difficult, but for turning in brilliant performances that only he could.

And then, starting in 2015, he began battling cancer. In 2017, he announced that he had experienced a “healing of cancer,” but he was still struggling. As a lifelong Christian Scientist, he didn’t want to accept medical treatment. Eventually he did, having throat cancer removed and leaving him without the ability to speak and being forced to eat via a feeding tube. In recent years, he had experimented with AI to replicate his voice. “Val,” a 2021 documentary produced...

In some entirely unexpected and unprecedented news, a sequel to Quentin Tarantino's 2019 film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is reportedly in development at Netflix. There has been plenty of speculation and reports surrounding what Tarantino's 10th and final film will be, as the legendary director has been vocal about how he wishes to retire after directing 10 movies. Much of that talk has centered around a project with the working title of The Movie Critic, with trade outlets reporting on Tarantino's ambitious script before it was revealed the director would start from scratch, with the filmmaker's reasons for this remaining unknown...until now.

Per a report by The Playlist, it has now been revealed that the shelved script for what was originally Quentin Tarantino's final film was something of a spiritual sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, set in 1970's Los Angeles with a new lead...

Beloved actor Val Kilmer has died at the age of 65 in Los Angeles, his family has confirmed. Kilmer had long faced throat cancer, of which he received a diagnosis in 2014; his daughter Mercedes has said the cause of his death was pneumonia.

After becoming one of the youngest students ever accepted to acting school Juilliard, entering their program at 17, Kilmer went on to star in multiple cinematic favourites. Following roles in Top Secret! And Real Genius, he broke out with his role as pilot Iceman in 1986’s Top Gun. From there, he played swordsman Madmartigan in Ron Howard’s fantasy Willow, on which he met his future wife (and mother of his children) Joanne Whalley. Through the early ‘90s, he starred as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s The Doors biopic, played Doc Holliday in Western hit Tombstone, and briefly popped up as the spirit of Elvis in True Romance.

Quentin Tarantino writes, David Fincher directs, Brad Pitt stars – it’s a Once Upon A Time In Hollywood spin-off movie. Reportedly.

When news of this story first emerged, we’d imagine that plenty of film fans simply dismissed it as an April Fool’s joke. But unless most of Hollywood’s most credible reporting sources are all in on it together, this is actually real: David Fincher is set to direct Quentin Tarantino’s script for a Once Upon A Time In Hollywood spin-off. It’s a screenplay that is said to have emerged from the latter filmmaker’s abandoned The Movie Critic project, once billed as his tenth and final film.

Outlets such as Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter and The Playlist (who broke the story) are all reporting it as true, and it certainly does fit with the speculation that was flying around a few weeks ago regarding Fincher’s next project for Netflix.

Val Kilmer, the Hollywood star whose credits included The Doors, Batman Forever, and Top Gun, has died. He was 65.

The actor’s daughter Mercedes Kilmer, by his ex-wife Joanne Whalley, told The New York Times he died of pneumonia.

Kilmer was born in Los Angeles on December 31, 1959, and eventually attended the prestigious The Juilliard School in New York, becoming at 17 the youngest actor ever to be admitted.

He performed on Broadway in The Slab Boys in 1983 alongside Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon and a year later landed his first film role in the spoof Top Secret!

Kilmer went on to...

Val Kilmer, the Hollywood actor whose credits included The Doors, Batman Forever, and Top Gun, has died. He was 65.

According to reports the actor’s daughter Mercedes Kilmer, by his ex-wife Joanne Whalley, said he died of pneumonia.

Kilmer was born in Los Angeles on December 31, 1959, and eventually attended the prestigious The Juilliard School in New York, becoming at 17 the youngest actor to be admitted.

The 1984 spoof Top Secret! Marked Kilmer’s first film role and from there he went on to become a star by playing opposite Tom Cruise as the antagonist Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in Tony Scott’s 1986 action hit Top Gun.

Val Kilmer, the dashing Los Angeles-born actor who became a movie star after soaring with Tom Cruise in Top Gun, and later starring in roles as varied as Batman, Jim Morrison, Mark Twain and Doc Holliday, died April 1. Before a battle with throat cancer that would rob his ability to speak, Kilmer starred in a wide swath of movies, from blockbusters like Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever to Westerns like Tombstone, musical biopics like Oliver Stone’s The Doors and later indie hits like Wonderland (playing ’70s porn star John Holmes) and Shane Black’s Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, all employing in various capacities his trademark sly wit and always just the right touch of likeability. Related: Val Kilmer Dies: ‘Top Gun,’ ‘Doors’ & ‘Batman Forever’ Star Was 65 It was Top Gun that cemented his fame, though, playing hotshot pilot and Cruise foil Iceman in Tony Scott’s 1986 action blockbuster. Here...

Val Kilmer, one of the biggest stars of the eighties and nineties, has passed away at only 65 years old. The news was first reported by the New York Times, which says the actor died after a battle with pneumonia. Kilmer’s health had been fragile in recent years, with a long battle with throat cancer robbing him of his voice, with him looped in many of his more recent films, including in Top Gun: Maverick, where he reprised Iceman in a bittersweet turn.

Kilmer’s health battles were immortalized in the terrific documentary Val, which was narrated by his son Jack Kilmer (also an actor), who sounded uncannily like his father. Kilmer began his career as a heartthrob in eighties movies, with him memorable in the comedy classic (which we immortalized here with a Best Movie You Never Saw episode) Top Secret. From there, he played a memorable “frenemy” to...

Actor Val Kilmer has passed away. Known for several fan-favorite roles, from Doc Holliday to Batman, the actor was 65 years old.

The New York Times reported on the passing of Kilmer, with his daughter, actress Mercedes Kilmer, confirming the news. According nto his daughter, Kilmer died in Los Angeles due to pneumonia. He'd previously been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2015. His subsequent health struggles had been chronicled in the documentary Val, released in 2021.

Val Edward Kilmer was born on New Year's Eve in 1959. At the age of 17, he started studying acting at Juilliard in New York. This led to his work in theater, and he made his Broadway debut in 1983 with a role in Slab Boys. He'd make his debut in film by playing teen idol Nick Rivers in the 1984 film Top Secret!, following it up with a role in tthe1985 film Real Genius.

A big break came quickly for...

Val Kilmer, the charisma-oozing leading man who lost himself portraying such tormented, self-loathing characters as Jim Morrison, gunslinger Doc Holliday and Batman during his all-too-brief career, died Tuesday. He was 65.

Kilmer, who came to fame for playing the competitive naval aviator Tom “Iceman” Kazansky alongside Tom Cruise in Tony Scott’s 1986 mega box-office hit Top Gun, died of pneumonia in Los Angeles, his daughter, actress Mercedes Kilmer, told The New York Times.

Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2015, and Val, a stirring documentary about his life that premiered at Cannes in July 2021, showed him needing a breathing tube.

His death was announced as the actor was meant to be arriving for a rare red carpet appearance at the Beverly Hills Film Festival on Tuesday night. “It was a shock to find this out. We had just confirmed Val to attend the west coast premiere of American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective this past weekend,...

Val Kilmer, who played Bruce Wayne in “Batman Forever,” channeled Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s “The Doors” and starred as a tubercular Doc Holliday in “Tombstone,” died Tuesday in Los Angeles. His daughter Mercedes told The New York Times the cause was pneumonia. He was 65. He had been battling throat cancer for several years.

Kilmer’s reps did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment.

The baby-faced blonde actor had a solid run as a leading man with a volatile reputation in the ’80s and ’90s, starring in “Top Gun,” “Real Genius,” “Willow,” “Heat,” and “The Saint.” He returned briefly to screens in 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick” although he could no longer speak due to his cancer.

In 2021, a documentary on his life, “Val,” was released. His son provided the actor’s voice and the film utilized hundreds of hours of video he had recorded over the years,...