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Michael Fassbender is among the best actors of his generation and certainly among the most daring. While many of his contemporaries have settled into their own niches, Fassbender has shown an ability to try out many different genres and rarely fails to deliver a compelling performance. While Fassbender was briefly absent from the big screen over the last few years, he delivered a tremendous comeback performance in Steven Soderbergh’s twisty spy thriller “Black Bag,” which is already the best film of 2025 so far.

Fassbender may be known for the tremendous commitment he shows in his dramatic roles, but he has also developed a strong knack for comedy. Despite being regarded as one of the more artistically minded stars working today, Fassbender has managed to be a scene-stealer in two separate franchises, having played the mutant anti-hero Magneto in the rebooted “X-Men” series and the robot David in both “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant.

Certain movie directors — Hitchcock and Tarantino come to mind — constitute a genre unto themselves. Steven Soderbergh was never like that, at least not until he started making his “little” films: the cleverly plotted low-budget indie palate cleansers that he got into the habit of directing in between his more deluxe features. He did it as a way to recharge his batteries, and to remind himself that moviemaking is supposed to be fun.

You could say that Soderbergh’s first official “little” film was “Full Frontal” (2002), an all-star Hollywood satire made for $2 million, or you could say that it was “Bubble” (2005), a Middle American existential crime drama that also happened to be the first day-and-date release. In a way, though, the original Soderbergh “little” film was “Schizopolis,” the aggro experimental doodle he made all by himself and released in 1996, as a way to clear his pipes after what he characterized as...

The Action Scene explores the form, history, and visceral power of action cinema through its set pieces.Haywire.Violence erupts in a sleepy Upstate New York diner at the start of Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire (2011). Seated in the back, Mallory Kane (Gina Carano) is joined by her hungover, bleary-eyed associate Aaron (Channing Tatum), who has been sent to pick her up. She refuses to budge. As Aaron is served his coffee, the camera peers at them from a few yards away, peeking around the counter at knee height, like an eavesdropping waitress wiping up spilled food. He feigns a sip, then abruptly pitches the cup’s scalding contents at Mallory. She clutches her face in pain, but no reaction shot follows: the camera retains its distant vantage on the pair, off-center in the frame, as if it, too, hasn’t fully processed this jolting disruption of a banal scene.Aaron...

Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender team up in Black Bag, an espionage thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh. The film follows a married couple, both high-ranking operatives for Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre, as they navigate a mission where professional and personal loyalties collide. Fassbender’s character, George Woodhouse, is tasked with uncovering a double agent within the organization, only to find that one of the suspects is his own wife, Kathryn St. Jean, played by Blanchett.

“They have a strong marriage,” Fassbender said. “He feels like she’s in his corner. There’s a deep sort of respect and understanding of one another. So when this happens, for George, it’s like, where should his loyalty lie? With his country or with his wife?”

The film marks a reunion for both actors with Soderbergh—Blanchett having worked with him on The Good German and Fassbender in Haywire. The director’s signature style,...

“Black Bag,” an elegant, quick-witted new thriller that finds Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender playing married spies, isn’t the pair’s first time together on screen. That honor goes to 2017’s “Song to Song,” one of Terrence Malick’s most intangible and head-scratching offerings — though the two stars can barely recall that experience.

“We walked past one another,” Blanchett says, scrunching her temples as if searching valiantly for the memory.

“In the scene,” Fassbender, who is sitting to her right during an interview at Manhattan’s Whitby Hotel, interjects, helpfully filling in the gaps. “There was a very wealthy gentleman who had allowed us to use his house and his cars in the film — so he was in the scene as well.”

It clicks. “That’s right,” Blanchett says excitedly. “Literally every day working with Terry was going fishing, and you didn’t know whether you catch anything, or if you caught anything,...

At this point, Steven Soderbergh has released so many films that we’ve likely run out of creative quips about how many films he makes. His most passionate disciples would tout this as a victory, a demonstration of his versatility as an innovative mind always on the hunt to add a new genre or technique to his toolbox; his most dedicated detractors would argue that the director’s output far favors quantity over quality, as demonstrated by a fair few (mostly recent) examples of films whose development seems to have started and ended with the questions “Can I make this? And if so, how quickly?” (Three guesses as to which camp I call home.)

“Black Bag” (2025) conversely, finds Soderbergh making the rare return to an area previously explored in his filmography; shot just four months after the premiere of “Presence” and now released less than two months after that latest stylistic misfire,...

It'd be way too trite and (dare I say it) pretentious to claim that "Black Bag," Steven Soderbergh's second movie of 2025 following the minimalist ghost story "Presence," is actually a feature-length dissertation about how filmmaking has more in common with spycraft than you'd think. Watching this slickly-made espionage thriller, however, might leave you with the impression that the thought has crossed his mind once or twice. For someone who routinely directs multiple movies (and TV show episodes!) a year and insists on handling everything from editing to cinematography himself, it's fair to wonder when exactly this guy sleeps, eats, or lives anything close to a normal life outside of the camera. So, maybe it was only inevitable that he'd finally reflect this exact experience on the screen with one of the smartest, laser-focused, and downright obsessive spy movies in quite some time.

Soderbergh hasn't returned to this setting since 2011's "Haywire,...

Former Zorro Antonio Banderas trades swords and swashbuckling for grit and guns in one of his most underrated action thrillers, which is now streaming free. Released back in 2017, Acts of Vengeance evokes the best kind of action B-movie in this tale of a lawyer who never shuts up, vowing silence and revenge after his family is murdered.

Directed by Isaac Florentine, who has demonstrated his affinity for the genre before with frequent collaborations with action icon Scott Adkins in the likes of Ninja: Shadow of a Tear, Undisputed II: Last Man Standing, and Close Range, Acts of Vengeancestars The Boys’ Karl Urban alongside Banderas. The action outing, which proved divisive at the time, is well worth a second shot, and is available to stream free now on Tubi. You can check out the official synopsis for the revenge flick below.

“A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence,...

Sasha Grey began her career as an actress in the porn industry in 2006. She had just turned 18 and was keen to make a name for herself — and she did, very quickly. After less than three years in the business, she had swept numerous awards for her adult films. Not long after, in 2009, Steven Soderbergh discovered her in a copy of Los Angeles magazine and decided to cast her in a film about the 2008 financial crisis — The Girlfriend Experience.

Grey’s preparation for the role included being instructed to watch two films by French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard, Pierrot le Fou and My Life to Live. Interestingly, both of these films feature performances from Anna Karina, whose name Grey had initially used when she began her adult film career. The Girlfriend Experience would prove to be a groundbreaking movie for Grey as an actor as well as Soderbergh as a director.

Steven Soderbergh, the mastermind behind Ocean’s Eleven and Contagion, is back with another banger. His next movie, Black Bag, promises to be a riveting blend of drama, action, and suspense. It’s a spy story with some serious emotional stakes—and it’s dropping this spring!

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Meet George and Kathryn Woodhouse, married spies caught in secrets, lies, and betrayal. This is the premise of the upcoming flick that delivers all the ravishing spy action. Plus, a star-studded cast to seal the deal!

With Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett front and center, plus Soderbergh’s signature brilliance, Black Bag is set to be one of 2025’s must-watch films. So, what is Soderbergh’s upcoming spy thriller all about, and why should it be on your radar? Let’s break it down.

What is the story of Black Bag? Michael Fassbender in Black Bag (Credits: Universal Pictures)

Black Bag dives...

Materializing quietly into theaters a year after its 2024 Sundance premiere, Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence” marks the start of yet another prolific year for the famous multitasker with an affinity for digital cinema. But while the upcoming “Black Bag” seems poised to return Soderbergh to the more straightforward, populist side of his career—see “Ocean’s Eleven,” “Traffic,” or “Haywire”—one of the first 2024 premieres to be booted into 2025 finds the filmmaker operating in the other distinct lane of his career: that of giddy formal experimentation.

Unfortunately, as tends to be the case in this post-“retirement” era of his career, Soderbergh’s latest grasp at breaking new stylistic ground comes in the form of a film more impressed with the audacity of its own existence than pressed withmaking that existence meaningful. Though “Presence” is not one of Soderbergh’s myriad iPhone-shot recent features, the film may as well be little more...

With the end of the year in sight, what better time to start thinking ahead? The 2025 release calendar is filled with several potential awards contenders, including new films from Oscar nominees and/or winners Paul Thomas Anderson, Noah Baumbach, Bong Joon Ho, Danny Boyle, James L. Brooks, James Cameron, Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, Celine Song, Guillermo del Toro, and Chloé Zhao.

Ahead, the 25* movies we care about for ’25 (listed in chronological order).

*This list goes to 27 because there are too many good movies coming out next year.

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1. Mickey 17 (March 7)

Director: Bong Joon Ho

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo

Five years after winning Best Picture with Parasite, director Bong has finally returned with Mickey 17. This one has taken a long, strange trip to the theater – first scheduled for release in 2024, before landing a January 31, 2025 release date following the writers’ and actors’ strikes last year.

Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett play dangerous spy games in the first trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s thriller Black Bag, which dropped on Tuesday.

Fassbender is renowned intelligence officer George Woodhouse, who must choose between loyalty to his marriage or his country after his wife Kathryn (Blanchett) is exposed as a possible suspect in a giant intelligence breach.

“Maybe this is all your greatest game, George,” Fassbender’s character is told at one point in the trailer, as he is tasked with identifying the leaker as part of the movie shot in London.

As George looks to complete that daring mission, Soderbergh’s latest movie appears to turn on the question of whether his intimate marriage to Kathryn allows the intelligence agents to successfully know about one another and what each is up to, if required.

“When you can lie about everything, when you can deny everything, how do you tell the truth about anything?...

Soderbergh has once again teamed up with screenwriter David Koepp, who also wrote the upcoming Jurassic World: Rebirth, for a film about an unconventional marriage. The movie, titled Black Bag, looks to have a plot resembling Mr. and Mrs. Smith, where two spies are married to each other. However, there is a bit of a twist as both know who each other are, and the conflict comes from the wife being suspected of becoming a traitor. Focus Features has just released the trailer for the thriller.

Black Bag stars Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke and Pierce Brosnan. The official plot synopsis reads, “From Director Steven Soderbergh, Black Bag is a gripping spy drama about legendary intelligence agents George Woodhouse and his beloved wife, Kathryn. When she is suspected of betraying the nation, George faces the ultimate test – loyalty to his marriage or his country.

Steven Soderbergh has two films coming out in the first quarter of 2025 with the haunted-house thriller “Presence” and the espionage caper “Black Bag”. The latter stars Cate Blanchett in her first Soderbergh-directed joint since 2006’s black-and-white noir homage “The Good German,” while Fassbender starred in Soderbergh’s 2011 “Haywire.” Watch the trailer for “Black Bag,” in which Blanchett and Fassbender are married spies playing games with each other.

Per Focus Features, the film is “a gripping spy drama about legendary intelligence agents George Woodhouse and his beloved wife Kathryn. When she is suspected of betraying the nation, George faces the ultimate test — loyalty to his marriage or his country.”

‘Black Bag’Claudette Barius/Focus Features

The cast of the film also includes Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Pierce Brosnan, and Tom Burke. “Black Bag” shot in London last year. and is produced by Casey Silver and Gregory Jacobs. The screenplay hails from David Koepp,...

Gina Carano may have become known for appearing as Cara Dune in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, and subsequently being controversially fired from it, but before that she appeared in a long-forgotten revenge thriller, Daughter of the Wolf. Five years after its release, the film is now seeing a huge resurgence on Freevee, landing at number seven on the global chart. It seems that regardless of the actress' issues with Disney, she still has plenty of fans who are turning out to watch this movie from back when none of that was a problem.

Daughter of the Wolf is a Canadian action thriller telling the story of Clair Hamilton, an ex-military specialist played by Carano. Following the death of her father, Clair returns home to claim her inheritance. However, what she doesn’t bargain on is facing a harrowing ordeal when her son, Charlie, is kidnapped by a local...

50 Cent, the Grammy-winning rapper and star of such high-octane films as “Setup” and “Freelancers,” is curating his own action channel on Roku.

In partnership with Lionsgate, the free, ad-supported channel will launch Dec. 10 on The Roku Channel. It will feature 50 Cent’s personal favorite films and TV series drawn from Lionsgate’s library of 20,000-plus titles, including “The Expendables,” “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” “Rambo” and a handful of movies starring the rapper himself. The 50 Cent Action Channel will also run episodes of “Power,” the drama series executive produced by 50 Cent that spawned the Power Universe.

The channel will also connect its programming to 50 Cent’s music, including a heist-themed stunt tied to his landmark album “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” with films like “Empire State,” “Reservoir Dogs” and “Man on a Ledge” — as well as a female-led action stunt based on his album “I Like the Way She Do It,...

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson will curate a new Fast channel in partnership with Roku and Lionsgate.

The 50 Cent Action Channel, which is slated to launch on Dec. 10, will draw from Lionsgate’s library of more than 20,000 titles to curate the media mogul’s favorite TV shows and movies, including “The Expendables,” “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” “Rambo” and the original “Power” series. The channel, which marks one of the first talent-branded Fast channels, will also feature over a dozen films featuring 50 Cent himself.

“Roku’s reach and success in the free TV space make them the perfect launch partner for 50 Cent Action,” the rapper said in a Thursday statement. “My channel created in partnership with Lionsgate will deliver exactly what my audience loves to watch all in one place. We’ll be No. 1 in no time.”

The channel will also feature programming in line with his albums — such as heist-themed films like “Empire State,...

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and his G-Unit Film & Television along with Lionsgate are debuting the 50 Cent Action Channel on The Roku Channel next Tuesday, Dec. 10.

Curated by the Grammy winner and Emmy winning multihyphenate, the 50 Cent Action Channel will feature 50 Cent’s favorite movies and TV series drawn from Lionsgate’s library of more than 20k-titles, i.e. box office hits like The Expendables, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, and Rambo as well as over a dozen films featuring 50 Cent. The channel will also include the 50 Cent produced original TV series Power which spawned that TV franchise. Lionsgate also plans to air themed programming stunts around 50 Cent’s No. 1 albums that lend themselves to the action genre. Examples include a heist-themed stunt tied to his album Get Rich or Die Tryin’, including films like Empire State, Reservoir Dogs and Man on a Ledge as well as a female-led action stunt based...

Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has tackled every genre under the sun: the heist thriller with the “Ocean’s” franchise, sci-fi with “Solaris,” WWII films (“The Good German”), the action genre (“Haywire”), thrillers of all sorts, comedies (“The Informant!”) and more. But aside from “Unsane,” which flirted with the psychological horror genre, Soderbergh has never really done traditional horror.

Continue reading ‘Presence’ Trailer: Steven Soderbergh’s Spooky Ghost Story Thriller Arrives in January at The Playlist.

Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence” is nearly here.

After making a huge splash at Sundance at the beginning of the year (and getting quickly snapped by Neon for distribution), the offbeat horror film, told from the perspective of the ghost, is nearing its January 24 release. And you can watch the brand-new trailer below.

“Presence” stars Lucy Liu and Chris Sullivan as parents that move into a new house; a new house that has a decidedly haunted history. (Julia Fox makes a brief cameo as their kooky real estate agent.) The story is told through vignettes as we drift through the house, just like a spirit. At Sundance, Soderbergh said he was manning the camera most of the time, quickly darting between one room and another.

The trailer does a great job of showing what the movie is like without giving anything away, because, of course, there’s a mystery in this haunted house story as well.

Canary Black, starring Kate Beckinsale, delivers high-stakes action, intense espionage, and the thrill of watching a rogue operative outsmart her enemies against impossible odds. Directed by Pierre Morel, who also helmed Taken, this film introduces audiences to Avery Graves, a CIA agent forced to go underground after her husband is kidnapped by a group demanding sensitive intelligence. Unaware of her true identity as a spy, her husband’s kidnapping pulls Avery into a treacherous chase across Europe as she tries to retrieve the classified “Canary Black” file to save him. With relentless chases and plenty of stylish flair, Canary Black might have been something you wanted to see but did not get enough of because of the restriction that streaming brings with it. So, in the following list, I will not down 5 other movies that you might like if you thought Canary Black was interesting.

1. Salt (2010)

In Salt, Angelina Jolie stars as Evelyn Salt,...

Nearly everyone's been scammed on the internet - it's a rite of passage at this point, to direct ire at some faceless person through a screen. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cloud asks who the person on the other side of that screen is and turns out it's just some guy named Yoshii living in a cramped apartment hoarding everything from knockoff designer handbags to anime figurines encased in glass.

Cloud

Director Kiyoshi KurosawaRelease Date September 27, 2024Writers Kiyoshi KurosawaCast Yoshiyuki Morishita, Toshihiro Yashiba, Yusei Mikawa, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Masaaki Akahori, Amane Okayama, Daiken Okudaira, Kotone Furukawa, Maho Yamada, Tetsuya Chiba, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Masaki Suda, Yutaka Matsushige, Masataka KubotaRuntime 123 MinutesGenres Thriller, Action, Horror

Yoshii doesn't consider himself a scammer. Rather, he's a reseller of desirable goods, mostly so he can make enough money to do as little as possible. He works part-time, but when his boss wants to promote him to manager, he refuses.

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Chicago – I was doing Portrait photography on the last day of the Chicago Fan Expo, and even in these highly political partisan times – where one person’s hero is another’s villain – each of those five woman photographed and featured should be recognized for never being afraid to speak out and fight for their causes. I couldn’t think of a better way to commemorate the exact 104th anniversary of the passage of the right-to-vote 19th Amendment during Fan Expo Chicago.

I’m honored to present the “Five” in Exclusive Portraits and essays below.

Elizabeth Berkley

In her two most famous on-screen roles, Elizabeth Berkley famously portrayed Jessie Spano on “Saved by the Bell” – she was the Bayside High feminist who was always trying to inspire the others to fight for female inclusion and equality. As a lifelong dancer and star of “Showgirls,” Berkley was...

The following contains major spoilers for Duchess, available digitally on August 9. It also contains discussion of violence.

Duchess will be immediately recognized -- and loved -- by fans of British gangster movies or 1970s action films. It is best described as a cross between the movie adaptation of J.J. Connolly's crime novel Layer Cake and the Gina Carano-led action pic Haywire. While it's a star-making vehicle for Charlotte Kirk, who is not only the lead actor but co-writer and producer, it's enjoyable for anyone who likes a bloody good time.

The picture settles on the title character, who graduates from small-time thief to something much bigger after a chance encounter in a nightclub. What follows does not reinvent the crime movie wheel. The film knows exactly what it needs to give the audience, who can largely guess what's coming. But thanks to an interesting cast and complete commitment to its larger-than-life vibe,...

As the Hollywood news cycle continues to churn with anticipation for the launch of Deadpool & Wolverine, presidential candidate endorsements, and enthusiasm for the increasing numbers of the summer box office, Focus Features is ready to make headlines by assigning a date for Steven Soderbergh‘s upcoming spy drama Black Bag. The studio says Black Bag opens in theaters on March 14, 2024. Focus will release the film in the US, and Universal Pictures International will handle international distribution.

Black Bag is a high-stakes mystery starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender, as well as Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke, and Pierce Brosnan. Steven Soderbergh directs Black Bag from a script by David Koepp. Soderbergh and Blanchett previously worked together on his 2006 noir thriller The Good German. Additionally, Blanchett played a part in the film Ocean’s 8, part of Soderbergh’s Ocean’s 11 franchise. Soderbergh produced Ocean’s 8 but didn’t direct that one.

Focus Features has set a release date for Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming “Black Bag,” starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender. The spy drama will open in theaters on March 14.

Universal Pictures International will handle the international release with Focus Features handling domestic distribution.

Also starring in the high-stakes mystery are Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke and Pierce Brosnan. “Jurassic Park” scribe David Koepp, who collaborated with Soderbergh on “Kimi” and his most recent feature “Presence,” wrote the screenplay. Casey Silver and Greg Jacobs are producing.

Two-time Oscar nominee Fassbender previously starred in Soderbergh’s action movie “Haywire,” while Blanchett starred in “The Good German” and “Ocean’s 8.” Blanchett, a two-time Oscar winner, is starring in video game adaptation “Borderlands,” which opens Aug. 9. Fassbender stars in the Irish feature “Kneecap,” opening Aug. 2.

Plot details for Soderbergh’s latest are being kept under wraps. In addition to this year’s “Presence,...

Gina Carano is an icon in the world of Hollywood. On top of being an Mma fighter, she has starred in some very critically acclaimed projects, ranging from Deadpool to Haywire, and even The Mandalorian. Through her various pursuits, she has embodied the essence of versatility and become a figure of inspiration for many.

Gina Carano as Cara Dune in The Mandalorian I Disney+

One would assume that her stature in society would exempt her from the harsh realities of sexism. However, the cruel thing about chauvinism is that it spares no one. Unfortunately, no amount of achievements seems to stop people from questioning whether a woman should be in a particular field.

Carano was asked a similar question by Mma legend Nick Diaz, and she knew exactly what to say to make him understand her perspective.

What Does Nick Diaz Think About Gina Carano’s Career?

One of the...

The Criterion Channel has unveiled its streaming lineup for August 2024, which features an eclectic mix of independent films showcasing the work of auteurs from around the world.

The boutique service will become the exclusive streaming home of Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2021 comedy “Licorice Pizza,” and will celebrate the occasion by adding four more of his films to the channel: “The Master,” “There Will Be Blood,” “Punch-Drunk Love,” and “Magnolia.” Anderson’s frequent collaborator Philip Seymour Hoffman will additionally be celebrated on the streaming service as part of a larger retrospective. Many of the late actor’s most iconic roles, including “Capote” and “Synecdoche, New York,” will be included, along with his sole directorial outing “Jack Goes Boating.”

The channel will also highlight several other prominent filmmakers including Preston Sturges, who helped pioneer the modern rom-com through films like “The Lady Eve” and “The Palm Beach Story,” and prolific Egyptian auteur Youssef Chahine.

The Criterion Channel’s August lineup pays tribute to auteurs of all kinds: directors, actors, and photographers, fictional or otherwise. In a notable act of preservation and advocacy, they’ll stream 20 titles by the Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine, here introduced by the great Richard Peña. More known (but fun all the same) is a five-title Paul Thomas Anderson series including the exclusive stream of Licorice Pizza, as well as a Philip Seymour Hoffman series that overlaps with Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love (a Criterion Edition this month), and The Master, plus 25th Hour, Love Liza, and his own directing effort Jack Goes Boating. Preston Sturges gets five movies, with Sullivan’s Travels arriving in October.

Theme-wise, a photographer series includes Rear Window, Peeping Tom, Blow-up, Close-Up, and Clouzot’s La prisonnière; “Vacation Noir” features The Lady from Shanghai, Brighton Rock, Kansas City Confidential, Purple Noon, and La piscine. Alongside the aforementioned PTA and Antonioni pictures,...

2011's The Eagle could have been a highlight in Channing Tatum's career but the film was a box-office disappointment. A Roman history expert revisits one scene that redeems the movie's poor reception among audiences and critics.

Sword-and-sandal films have been popular since the turn of the 19th century; the genre has also launched many actors into highly successful careers. Standout examples of these include Kirk Douglas' casting in Spartacus, Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur, and Russell Crowe in Gladiator; Troy and Alexander attempted to replicate this with Brad Pitt and Colin Farrell, but critics and audiences panned their performances. Channing Tatum received similar feedback for 2011's The Eagle, now confirmed as one of his worst-reviewed movies. Fans now have an incentive to revisit that film thanks to Insider and Michael Taylor, an expert on ancient Roman history.

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Michael Fassbender is set to reunite with Steven Soderbergh for the spy thriller Black Bag, which could improve on their previous film, Haywire. Black Bag features a star-studded cast, including Pierce Brosnan, Naomie Harris, Cate Blanchett, and Reg-Jean Page, boosting its commercial potential. The film's early excitement and established cast members suggest Black Bag could be a more successful spy thriller than Haywire, despite the latter's critical acclaim.

One of Michael Fassbender's upcoming movies can improve on his 13-year-old action movie with the same director that flopped at the box office. Michael Fassbender has had some great movies in his acting career, from classics like Band of Brothers to more recent hits like The Killer. Many of his movies have been critically acclaimed, but not all of them made money at the box office. One of Fassbender's films from 2011 was loved by critics and mostly forgotten by audiences, but he...

Famously known for his roles in blockbuster films like Magic Mike and 21 Jump Street, Channing Tatum has been dominating the entertainment industry for decades. Over the years, Tatum has created an impressive resume by working on acclaimed projects and collaborating with Oscar winners like Sandra Bullock.

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However, despite his own reputation as a Hollywood heartthrob, Channing Tatum had a cringe-worthy moment in his past, when it came to fellow actor Matt Damon. Being a huge fan of the Oscar winner, Tatum recounted an embarrassing incident he had with Damon, upon his first encounter.

Starstruck Channing Tatum Asked an Embarrassing Question to Matt Damon

Despite being known for his onscreen charm and charisma, even Channing Tatum isn’t immune to Matt Damon’s worldwide popularity and iconic persona. Thus recalling an awkward encounter with the Oscar-winning star, Tatum told...

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Although Channing Tatum is considered one of the best-looking actors in modern Hollywood, there’s more to him than just his pleasant appearance.

After he struggled to find a job in his twenties, Tatum eventually stumbled into the acting world by chance, leading to a fruitful and prolific career.

Channing Tatum smoldering in an all-black ensemble at a screening of The Lost City held at Cineworld Leicester Square in London, England on March 31, 2022 (Credit: John Rainford / Cover Images / Insta)

Often typecast as the “dumb but good-looking” hero, Tatum has made major strides to strengthen his portfolio, extending his talent in both comedy and drama.

Action films in the 2010s followed a familiar formula, but some underrated entries offer fresh perspectives for viewers seeking something unique. Films like The Nice Guys, Premium Rush, and Haywire present innovative twists and remarkable performances in the action genre. Despite box office challenges, movies like American Ultra, 13 Assassins, and Victoria showcase hidden gems deserving of wider recognition.

Action films reached new heights in the 2010s, with numerous blockbuster hits capturing the attention of moviegoers. However, there are some remarkable entries in the genre that went unnoticed, but are still worth watching. The action genre often adheres to a familiar formula, featuring either an underdog protagonist who gains strength to overcome their adversary or an established hero continuing their action-packed adventures. This tried-and-true approach tends to resonate with audiences and garner critical acclaim. Deviating from this formula can be a risky proposition, as audiences may shy away from the unfamiliar,...

The Justice League faces a devastating defeat as Amanda Waller's power grows in Free Comic Book Day 2024: Absolute Power Special Edition # Amanda Waller's plan to eliminate metahumans is in motion, with the Justice League facing their toughest challenge yet. Fans can expect a bleak future for the Justice League as Waller's Task Force VII hunts down every metahuman in sight.

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Free Comic Book Day 2024: Absolute Power Special Edition #1!A shocking scene from DC Comics' Free Comic Book Day special reveals that the Justice League is about to suffer its worst defeat yet. Absolute Power may be months away, but fans are already getting a glimpse to what lies ahead later this year.

Amanda Waller has been tirelessly working toward getting rid of metahumans and she's on the precipice of getting everything she wants. Thanks to backroom deals, extortion, and careful planning, Waller has...

Amanda Waller now secretly controls every metahuman prison, including Arkham Asylum. Waller's ambition is to eliminate all metahumans and she's not afraid to experiment. Heroes and villains alike are in real danger as Waller moves closer to her endgame.

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Free Comic Book Day 2024: Absolute Power Special Edition #1!Arkham Asylum has a new owner who has slowly become one of the most powerful people in the DC Universe. With Absolute Power on the horizon, one notable character is cementing their stranglehold on the world by owning every metahuman prison possible.

But who is this mysterious person that's now running DC's most infamous location in Gotham? What do they have to gain by running Arkham and similar facilities? Most importantly, what's going to happen to the inmates of these places as the DC Universe inches closer to the game-changing epic event DC Comics has lined up this summer?...

Starz has announced the movies and TV shows that will be available on the service in May. The Starz May 2024 schedule includes the finales of the limited series Mary & George and season three of Bmf.

On the film front, Starz is the exclusive streaming home to the latest installment in The Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, which joins the Starz app this month along with several other notable titles, including Outlaw Johnny Black, Manodrome, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Silent Night, and Nope.

Starz continues to be the home for franchise favorites with Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3, and Jaws: The Revenge, as well as Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, and Little Fockers all joining the Starz app this month.

Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with an Aquaphobia movie marathon on Starz Encore, beginning Saturday, May 25, at 7:00 p.m. with aquatic thrillers such as Jaws,...

The legal and cultural cage match between Gina Carano and the Walt Disney Company over the Mouse House deep-sixing the former Mma star from The Mandalorian in 2021 just saw more blood spilled.

“Disney has confirmed what has been known all along, they will fire you if you say anything they disagree with, even if they have to Misrepresent, Malign, and Mischaracterize you to do it,” wrote Carano today (capitalization hers) on social media.

“They are now on record letting everyone who works for them know that Disney will take any chance they get to control what you say, what you think or they will attempt to destroy your career,” she said, a day after Disney filed a motion to dismiss Carano’s wrongful discharge and sex discrimination lawsuit over her firing from Mandalorian. “Glad we cleared that up.”

The unequivocal response from the onetime Star Wars series actor rebukes Disney...

Ewan McGregor is a Scottish actor who is better known to the world by the character he plays in the world-famous Star Wars franchise. Portraying the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi since 1999 in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, McGregor has been a much-loved character.

With the actor experiencing stardom, he didn’t think much of it at that time. Working alongside Hayden Christensen (who portrayed the role of Anakin Skywalker), the two became quite good friends. So good that when McGregor got the opportunity to work with Christensen again, he broke down in tears!

Ewan McGregor in & as Obi-Wan Kenobi

When Ewan McGregor Broke Down Crying After Reuniting With Hayden Christensen!

Starring in the Star Wars franchise, Hayden Christensen portrayed the role of Anakin Skywalker who would later go on to become Darth Vader in the franchise. Although he was received with criticisms and backlash, Ewan McGregor as...

Before starring in the space opera Star Wars as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Cara Dune, Ewan McGregor and Gina Carano shared the screen in the 2011 action thriller, Haywire. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, the film follows Mallory Kane (Carano), a spy caught in a web of deception as she fights to protect herself and her loved ones.

Ewan McGregor in Obi-Wan Kenobi

The movie, which marked Carano’s feature film debut, also became memorable for McGregor, who played her ex-boyfriend Kenneth. The actor once recounted an incident that happened during filming where he accidentally punched his co-star. However, the mishap ended up causing more harm to McGregor himself than to the former Mma star.

Ewan McGregor Accidentally Punched Gina Carano While Filming Haywire

Ewan McGregor starred alongside former The Mandalorian star Gina Carano in the action thriller Haywire. During an interview with E! News, the actor shared that he inadvertently injured himself,...

Two James Bond actors, Naomie Harris and Pierce Brosnan, have joined Steven Soderbergh's new spy thriller, Black Bag. Soderbergh's love for the Bond franchise may influence his new film. Considering its cast and genre, Black Bag is likely inspired by Bond.

Two James Bond franchise actors join the cast of Steven Soderbergh's new spy thriller, Black Bag. Soderbergh is best known as the director of the Ocean's trilogy, though he's also received Academy Award nominations for writing 1989's Sex, Lies, and Videotape and directing both Erin Brockovich and Traffic in 2001, winning for the latter. Soderbergh's next film is a spy thriller written by David Keopp, though plot details are being kept under wraps. The cast is already set to include Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Regé Jean Page, and Marisa Abela.

Now, two James Bond franchise actors have joined the cast of Soderbergh's spy thriller. According to The Hollywood Reporter,...

Gina Carano’s childhood was far from ideal. Following her parents’ divorce, she moved to a rough neighborhood in Las Vegas with her sisters. There, she began skipping school and frequently got into fights. By her early twenties, the influence of a troubled social circle had led her down a path of substance abuse.

Gina Carano as Cara Dune in The Mandalorian

Things took a dark turn when one of Carano’s close friends died tragically. This served as a wake-up call to the destructive path she was on (via The Hollywood Reporter). Soon after, a life-saving deal with Kevin Ross’s father transformed both Carano and Ross’s lives, saving them from a dangerous path.

Gina Carano’s Life-Saving Pact with Kevin Ross’s Father

Gina Carano‘s path to becoming a successful Mma fighter and Hollywood actress wasn’t always paved with glory. In fact, her early life...

After a successful mixed martial arts career, Gina Carano turned her acting skills toward the big screen. With the action movie Haywire, she had an amazing beginning to her career. She later became popular due to her portrayal of Cara Dune in Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian for the first two seasons. However, due to her divisive posts, Disney and Lucasfilm severed their ties with her in 2021, preventing her from returning for the next season.

The Texas-born actress, 41, was axed from The Mandalorian after making a number of controversial social media comments in which she compared being a conservative in Hollywood to being a Jew during the Holocaust. She was eventually fired from the show as a result of the posts, which infuriated fans and Disney executives.

Gina Carano as Cara Dune in The Mandalorian

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Carano recently said that her main goal is to “clear...

Gina Carano, famous for her action movies, recently spilled some beans about her time shooting Fast and Furious with Dwayne Johnson. She didn’t hold back, telling it like it is, and Hollywood’s buzzing about it. She basically said things weren’t all rosy behind the scenes.

Gina Carano in Terror on the Prairie

It’s got folks wondering what really happened on set. Fans and industry folks are scratching their heads over this. People are starting to feel sorry for Carano and wondering what really goes on in those big movie productions. It seems like there’s more to Fast and Furious than just fast cars and cool stunts.

What Did Gina Carano Say About Fast And Furious?

Gina Carano’s been causing a stir lately with her talk about the Fast and Furious movies. Fans are all ears after she hinted at some surprising stuff about her...

Gina Carano is an actress known for movies like Deadpool, Fast & Furious 6, and Haywire. Being attached to Disney+’s The Mandalorian series, who would’ve thought that there were some form of consequences to your actions?

Well, Gina Carano waited long enough to find out as she was reportedly fired from The Mandalorian back in 2021. Well, it has been two years since that day and Carano recently talked about the firing in an interview but the people do not care anymore!

Gina Carano as Cara Dune in The Mandalorian

Gina Carano Finally Reveals Her Side of The Story!

Starring in The Mandalorian for a while, Gina Carano had a flourishing career and was on the verge of success. Well, things could have been even better if she had stayed off of social media for a while.

Pedro Pascal and Gina Carano in The Mandalorian

In February of 2021, the...

In late 2018, Gina Carano — a pioneering mixed martial arts champion who successfully transitioned to acting in Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 film Haywire — was blissfully staring up at the stars. They weren’t actual stars, but digital facsimiles projected onto a massive, domed screen — all part of a groundbreaking new effects technology from Industrial Light & Magic known as the Volume. Carano lived in Hermosa Beach at the time, just 15 minutes from Manhattan Beach Studios, where she was working on a top-secret sci-fi project, code name Project Huckleberry. But thanks to the Volume, she might as well have been 3 million light years away.

“I loved disappearing into this strange world of spaceships and galaxies and alien characters,” Carano, 41, tells me in a suite at The Beverly Hills Hotel. She’s wrapped in a gauzy shawl and curled up barefoot on a couch, far more subdued and cordial in person than her feisty persona,...

Exclusive: Gina Carano has signed with Straightwire Entertainment Group for management.

Carano began her career as a mixed martial artist who made her feature film debut in Steven Soderbergh’s action film Haywire in 2011. She co-starred alongside Antonio Banderas, Micheal Douglas, Michael Fassbender and Channing Tatum in the role of Mallory Kane, a black ops agent who is betrayed by her employers and targeted for assassination in a conspiracy. Her performance earned her a Critics Choice Award nomination for Best Actress in a Drama.

She followed that up with Fast & Furious 6 directed by Justin Lin, where she portrayed Dss agent Riley Hicks and Deadpool alongside Ryan Reynolds in 2016.

On the TV side, Carano starred in the Lucasfilm Star Wars spinoff TV series The Mandalorian where she played bounty hunter Cara Dune for two seasons.

In early 2021, Lucasfilm said there were no plans for Carano to...

The cast of Steven Soderbergh’s spy thriller Black Bag expands today with Regé-Jean Page joining Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett. Soderbergh directs from a script by David Koepp, with Caset Silver and Greg Jacobs producing. Focus Features is setting up Black Bag, with filming happening in London. Plot details remain a mystery. However, the film’s story is a spy thriller unfolding in the United Kingdom.

As The Hollywood Reporter pointed out in January, Soderbergh and Blanchett previously worked together on his 2006 noir thriller The Good German. Blanchett played a part in the film Ocean’s 8, as part of Soderbergh’s Ocean’s 11 franchise. Soderbergh produced Ocean’s 8 but didn’t direct that one. He and Fassbender previously worked together on his 2011 action thriller Haywire. And in addition to collaborating on Presence, Soderbergh and Koepp also worked together on the 2022 thriller Kimi.

Kimi told the following story: A tech...

Regé-Jean Page is pulling another role out of the bag. The Bridgerton breakout will star in Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Focus Features acquired the project last month, after The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that the filmmaker was shopping the package with Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender attached to star. Jurassic Park scribe David Koepp penned the script, which is described a a spy thriller.

Page became a globally known star thanks to Netflix’s Bridgerton, where he played heartthrob Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings. He opted not to return for season two, and the actor has since moved on to a big screen career, starring in Paramount’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and signing on to star in a reboot of The Saint for the studio. He also appeared in the Russo Bros. action movie The Gray Man for Netflix.