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This May, Hulu is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated return of Nine Perfect Strangers to the much-anticipated streaming release of Pamela Anderson‘s The Last Showgirl. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Hulu this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the seven best films that are coming to Hulu in May 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Attack the Block (May 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91% Credit – Optimum Releasing

Attack the Block is a British sci-fi comedy horror film written and directed by Joe Cornish. The 2011 film is set on a council estate in South London, and it follows a group of teenagers as they fight against alien invaders to save themselves. Attack the Block stars John Boyega,...

[Editor's Note: This article is reviewed and updated on a weekly basis.]

It's been five years since Disney+ arrived in the UK, changing the streaming game almost overnight and making the daily struggle to choose what to watch next that bit harder. (We know — poor us!) Armed with the Infinity Gauntlet of IP — Marvel, Disney, Star Wars, Pixar, and Fox — and an ever-growing catalogue of offerings pooled from elsewhere, the House of Mouse has created a veritable content utopia where there truly is something for everyone. How many other platforms do you know where you can observe the mechanics of fascism and the cost of revolution through the lens of Star Wars (Andor) cross the Polynesian horizon with a demigod (Moana 2), take a trip around Poland with Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), and see a Daredevil born again (we reckon you can figure that one out) all without having to switch streamers?

However, when faced with a platform...

Pedro Pascal and Jon Favreau during ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ presentation during Star Wars Celebration Japan (Photo by Christopher Jue/Getty Images for Disney)

The Star Wars Celebration 2025 took place April 18-20 at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Tokyo, Japan. The 16th bi-annual event was attended by more than 105,000 people, making it the largest Star Wars Celebration to date.

Guests were treated to 26 hours of panels on the three main stages. This year’s event included the announcement of a new standalone Star Wars film with Ryan Gosling, a panel for The Mandalorian and Grogu starring Pedro Pascal, and a preview of season two of Andor.

The 2023 Celebration was held in London, and 2027’s fan event is set for April 1-4 in Los Angeles. The 2027 Celebration will coincide with the 50th anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope.

Star Wars: Starfighter

Director Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling announced Star Wars: Starfighter,...

Many years ago, onlookers watched with bated breath as Wyatt Earp marched out to confront ... Wyatt Earp. It was the mid-'90s, and two rival films about the legendary Wild West lawman were vying for the cinemagoer's buck: First up, on Christmas Day 1993, was George P. Cosmatos's "Tombstone," followed six months later by Lawrence Kasdan's "Wyatt Earp." Twin movies were a regular phenomenon in the '90s: You had "Deep Impact" versus "Armageddon," "Dante's Peak" versus "Volcano," and even "Antz" versus "A Bug's Life." But the dueling Westerns had a lot more at stake, because there was a significant beef between the two productions.

Kevin Costner was set to star in "Tombstone" before falling out with screenwriter Kevin Jarre, moving on to develop his own epic biopic of the frontier marshal with Lawrence Kasdan. Rather than let things lie, however, rumors circulated that Costner had tried using his...

Disney+ has released the trailer and key art for Lucasfilm’s Light & Magic Season 2, which were both unveiled at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo.

Attendees heard from director Joe Johnston and producer Ron Howard via videotaped greetings and also enjoyed a highlight reel from the first season of Light & Magic.

A panel discussion followed, moderated by Sam Witwer, that included actor Ahmed Best (Jar Jar Binks), Lynwen Brennan (President and General Manager Lucasfilm Business), and Doug Chiang.

Also present were Janet Lewin, John Knoll, and Rob Coleman (Ilm Creative Director and Senior Animation Supervisor).

Lucasfilm’s Light & Magic Season 2 is a three-part series produced by Imagine Documentaries that follows Lucasfilm’s visual effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, as it enters its most challenging and revolutionary period: the dawn of digital.

From creating the first fully realized CG character to solving the challenge of digital water, it is an era...

Disney+ pulled back the curtain on the next chapter of Light & Magic, the docuseries chronicling the history and groundbreaking work of Lucasfilm’s storied visual effects house, Industrial Light & Magic. The trailer and key art for season two were unveiled during a presentation Friday at the Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo, offering the legions of fans who had traveled to Japan for the event an early glimpse at the show’s deep dive into the studio’s most transformative era — the shift to digital filmmaking. The three-part second season of the doc series went live on Disney+ as the Tokyo presentation got underway.

Attendees were treated to video greetings from director Joe Johnston and producer Ron Howard, as well as a highlight reel from the show. A panel discussion followed, moderated by actor and Star Wars alum Sam Witwer (the voice of Darth Maul in Solo: A Star Wars Story...

Kevin Costner’s docuseries, The West, is officially premiering on the History Channel on May 26. 2025. The eight-episode show centers on the history of the American West and explores a century of historical events that led to the formation of the American identity. Each episode is an hour long and takes the viewers through the stories of iconic figures such as Lewis and Clark and other Native American tribes who defended their ancestral land. The show is hosted by Costner, who also serves as an executive producer alongside historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.

The West will make its debut on the network with back-to-back episodes followed by a special presentation of Episode 3 on May 27, 2025, before returning to its regularly scheduled programming on Mondays. In an exclusive History Channel trailer for the series, Costner asks: “What do we see when we think of the West,” before Goodwin steps in and calls it the “essence of the American dream.

John Boyega recently shared a powerful story at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (via People) about how he landed the role of Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. At the time, Boyega was struggling financially and only had about $60 in his bank account. When director J.J. Abrams called to meet, Boyega had to spend most of that money just to get there.

“At the time I had £45 in my account. It took £33 and 83p to get to J.J. Do the math,” he said.

Boyega explained that he had been auditioning for a long time and felt tired and frustrated. When he got the call, he tried to act cool.

“I had been auditioning for so long, so I felt like he kind of took away my dignity a little bit,” Boyega said. “I decided to pretend as if I was busy, you know, when you just pretend that you’re busy.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens grossed over $2 billion, but when John Boyega booked the role of Finn, he had just £45 in his bank account.

While speaking during a panel at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (via People), Boyega explained why he will “never forget the day” that J.J. Abrams told him he would be starring in The Force Awakens.

“I had been auditioning for so long, so I felt like he kind of took away my dignity a little bit,” Boyega said. “I decided to pretend as if I was busy, you know, when you just pretend that you’re busy. ‘I got other stuff to do, J.J.’ He goes, ‘Where are you?’ And I said, ‘I’m at this art show in Greenwich, mate. I’m very, very busy. Where are you?’ He goes, ‘Well, I’m in Mayfair and [at a] restaurant. Need to talk to you now. And...

Joyn Boyega appeared at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (via People) and revealed he only had about $60 in his bank account when J.J. Abrams called him to meet about his “Star Wars” casting. The actor then had to spend around $43 dollars on the trip to meet Abrams, meaning Boyega more or less had $17 dollars in his account when he got the confirmation that he’d be starring as Finn in “The Force Awakens.”

“I had been auditioning for so long, so I felt like he kind of took away my dignity a little bit,” Boyega said about getting the call from Abrams. “I decided to pretend as if I was busy, you know, when you just pretend that you’re busy. ‘I got other stuff to do, J.J.’ He goes, ‘Where are you?’ And I said, ‘I’m at this art show in Greenwich, mate. I’m very, very busy.

New details have emerged about the reboot of ‘The Bodyguard’.Warner Bros. is set to revamp the hit 1992 romantic drama thriller starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, and it has now been reported the studio has landed ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ film director Sam Wrench to helm the project, with a script by Juror No. 2 writer Jonathan A. Abrams.Deadline reported the moves in the reboot and said the additions to the project came during an interview with Warner Bros.’ co-film bosses Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy. The outlet added no casting has been set, but after the first film’s star duo and box office success – which made $411 million worldwide box office and landed a pair of Oscar nominations – insiders say it will have two major A-listers in the lead roles.There has been speculation Taylor Swift could play Whitney’s part, with names such as Glen Powell...

We’ve always loved setting trends at The Film Stage and are accordingly chuffed that, nine months after we screened a 35mm print at the Roxy, Roman Polanski’s late-career triumph The Ghost Writer comes to the Criterion Channel in next month’s Coastal Thrillers, a series that does what it says on the tin: The Lady from Shanghai, Key Largo, The Long Goodbye, The Fog, and the other best film of 2010, Scorsese’s Shutter Island. It pairs well with Noir and the Blacklist featuring films by Joseph Losey, Fritz Lang, Jules Dassin, and so on. Retrospectives are held for Terry Southern, Kathryn Bigelow, Jem Cohen, and (just in time for Caught By the Tides) Jia Zhangke, while Spike Lee gets his own Adventures In Moviegoing.

For recent restorations, Antonioni’s Il Grido and Anthony Harvey’s Dutchman appear. Criterion Editions include The Runner, Touchez pas au grisbi, Godzilla vs.

I’m always excited when a fresh batch of shows hits the screen, and this April is packed on Disney+ with something for everyone. From gritty superhero battles to lighthearted family adventures, the lineup feels like a perfect mix for cozy nights in or weekend binges.

We’ve got a lot to look forward to, with stories that range from saving the world to exploring creative magic behind the scenes. Each series brings its own flavor, so let’s dive into what’s coming up.

‘Daredevil: Born Again’

Matt Murdock’s journey as the blind lawyer with superhuman senses keeps us glued to the action. Charlie Cox shines in this gritty Marvel series, balancing courtroom drama with intense rooftop fights in Hell’s Kitchen. This episode wraps up the first season, tying together threads of rivalries and personal struggles.

Related: Fresh Glimpse of Charlie Cox in a Comic-Accurate Black Suit...

Warner Bros. has set director Sam Wrench to lead a new version of The Bodyguard, the 1992 romantic thriller that starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. Wrench, known for directing Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, will helm the studio’s long-developing remake, which has cycled through various iterations since it was first proposed over a decade ago.

Jonathan Abrams has been brought on to write the screenplay. Abrams made his feature writing debut with Juror #2, the Clint Eastwood courtroom drama completed in 2023. A previous version of The Bodyguard remake script was written by Matthew Lopez, though the current iteration will reflect Abrams’ take on the material. Casting for the project has not yet been announced.

Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, co-heads of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, confirmed the studio’s plans in an interview with Deadline. The film is being positioned as a key project within the studio’s slate,...

Warner Bros.’ remake of The Bodyguard has found its director.

Sam Wrench, who directed the 2023 concert feature Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, is attached to a new version of the original 1992 drama film that starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. No casting announcements have been made.

Jonathan Abrams, who penned last year’s Clint Eastwood-helmed Juror #2 for the studio, is writing the script. Matthew Lopez wrote a previous version of the screenplay for the long-gestating remake that has been in various stages of development since 2011.

The Bodyguard centers on a former Secret Service agent (Costner) who is hired to protect a celebrity (Houston) from a stalker. Marking Houston’s feature acting debut, the movie was a big hit and became 1992’s second-highest-grossing title at the worldwide box office. The Bodyguard landed two Oscar nominations and featured Houston’s cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” which...

Warner Bros. will always love you and is in the works to remake a romantic, box office ’90s hit. Warner Bros. Pictures will remake the 1992 film “The Bodyguard” starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, the studio’s film chiefs announced in an interview Friday.

“The Bodyguard” starred Costner as a former Secret Service agent as a man who takes a job protecting an R&b singer with a lifestyle far different than what he’s accustomed to and whom is being pursued by a stalker. The film was released at the height of Whitney Houston’s pop stardom and includes some of her classic hits including “I Will Always Love You,” and it also was nominated for two Oscars for Best Original Song. The film made $411 million worldwide, and Warner Bros. has even tried to remake the property before, including most recently in 2011.

Warner Bros. has already attached a director and writer to the project.

Warner Bros. is officially saying "I Will Always Love You" to the classic Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston-led romantic thriller The Bodyguard. During a massive interview with Deadline on Friday, the company's co-chairmen/CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy revealed that a remake of the 1992 box office smash hit is in the works with Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour director Sam Wrench at the helm. He'll direct from a screenplay penned by Jonathan A. Abrams, who most recently scripted Clint Eastwood's final film Juror #2. No casting has been set at this time.

Directed by Mick Jackson and written by Raiders of the Lost Ark writer Lawrence Kasdan, the original Bodyguardcentered on R&b star Rachel Marron (Houston) and her newly-hired bodyguard, Frank Farmer, who is brought in after the singer starts receiving disturbing threats from a stalker. Their initially icy relationship grows fonder as Frank does his...

Exclusive: Warner Bros has just set plans to revamp The Bodyguard, the 1992 romantic drama thriller that teamed superstars Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. The studio, which released the original, has set Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour director Sam Wrench to helm and script by Juror No. 2 writer Jonathan A. Abrams, Deadline has learned.

The news was revealed Friday in an interview with Warner Bros’ co-film bosses Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy. No casting has been set, but after the first film’s star duo and box office success (it made $411 million worldwide box office and landed a pair of Oscar nominations) it certainly will be a casting process to watch. Beyond Swift, there are many singers who could play the singing star that this should be a magnet for an exciting cast.

The original plot centered on Costner’s former Secret Service agent Frank Farmer, who takes a job...

Dennis Quaid is the movie star who inexplicably never was. The Houston-born hellraiser with the devil-may-care grin flashed palpable leading man potential with his portrayal of the former star quarterback who finds a measure of redemption astride a bicycle in Peter Yates' wonderful coming-of-age sports flick "Breaking Away." This potential turned into a veritable guarantee of future A-list dominance when he swaggered his way through "The Right Stuff" as Project Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper. Who's the best actor you ever saw? You might just be looking at him.

Quaid was almost always great, but the films that were supposed to launch him to superstardom kept underperforming. Wolfgang Petersen's "Enemy Mine," an underrated sci-fi riff on "The Defiant Ones," was horribly mis-marketed by 20th Century Fox, Joe Dante's brilliant "Innerspace" got hung out to dry by Warner Bros. over the 1987 July 4th holiday, and Jim McBride's wild-sexy New Orleans noir "The Big Easy,...

Filmmaking undeniably requires craft, but it also requires something additional that is less easy to teach, harder to pin down, and impossible to replicate. In short, it requires a kind of magic, an alchemy between the collaborators, the material, and the time period in which the movie is made. Sure, most creative people who make films as a career learn little tricks and shortcuts in order to help facilitate this, but ultimately (and to the continual annoyance of the studio bean counters), it happens or it doesn't. Just as the right actor can elevate a character and the wrong sound effect can ruin a scene, a film's original score is a key ingredient in making this alchemical mixture of cinema. While the covenant between a composer and a director tends to produce just the right kind of score the film needs, sometimes the balance is off.

While it isn't all that common,...

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Paramount+ might be one of the biggest losers in the streaming wars, but when it comes to content, it has some of the most brilliant movies and TV shows ever made. Which is the advantage of being one of the oldest Hollywood studios. That’s why we decided to compile a list of the absolute best movies you can find on Paramount+ right now.

Attack the Block Credit – Optimum Releasing

Attack the Block is a British sci-fi comedy horror film written and directed by Joe Cornish. The 2011 film is set in London as an alien species invades Earth. It follows a group of brave teenagers who must fight against predatory aliens to survive the night. Attack the Block stars John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, and Nick Frost.

Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer lead the much-loved Tombstone, that comes to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in the UK next month. More here.

Here’s some surprising and very welcome news: the much-loved 1990s action western Tombstone is getting a fresh physical media release. More than that, too: it’s coming to the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format.

Starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer, there’s quite the production story behind Tombstone, a movie that was reportedly ghost-directed by Russell in the end. It was made against a ferociously tight schedule too, and the story was explored in this episode of the Film Stories podcast.

The distribution rights for Tombstone was fractured around the world for a little while too, but it looks as if they’ve been reunited under Disney ownership, hence the 4K remaster and the new disc release. It’d already been announced in the US, and...

Since the days of classics like Shane and Stagecoach, the Western genre has offered a blend of action and adventure, with 1993's Tombstone standing out as a modern icon. Directed by George P. Cosmtos and starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer, the film's dedication to action and quotable script earned it the enduring respect of fans of the Old West. Although most Westerns fall short of it, there are some that almost live up to what it has to offer.

While movies like Django Unchained and Unforgiven are as good as, if not better, than Tombstone, others fall short of matching the scale, characters and story of Cosmatos' revenge movie. From slow-burning horror films to team-up adventures, these films all have something that makes them a good chaser for the 1993 epic. Under directors and stars like Clint Eastwood, Lawrence Kasdan and Kurt Russell, the genre has produced an array of excellent stories.

Light & Magic season 2 will continue the Industrial Light & Magic (Ilm) story, when it returns to Disney+ in April 2025. More here.

Appreciating there’s a fair amount of frustration about streaming services around at the moment, there are still some real highlights. For film nerds, I can’t think of too many better shows than Light & Magic, the 2022 documentary series which charted not just the rise of visual effects studio Industrial Light & Magic (Ilm), but in tandem the Star Wars saga, George Lucas, Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg and more besides.

The series ended in 1993 as Jurassic Park came in, and digital effects began to take over from miniatures and motion control. Now, it’s been revealed that a second season of Light & Magic is arriving next month, which will continue the story through the rest of the 1990s and 2000s.

Like the first season, it’ll be a Disney+ production,...

Since its release, Tombstone has become known as one of the greatest Westerns. The film tells the story of the historical lawman Wyatt Earp, and some of the figures he worked with in Tombstone, Arizona. The film received favorable reviews upon its release and has left a powerful legacy.

Part of the reason for Tombstone's success is its legendary cast. Kurt Russell stars as Wyatt Earp, and Val Kilmer gives one of his best performances as Doc Holliday. The film also starred actors like Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Charlton Heston, and Robert Mitchum as the narrator. However, viewers who closely watched the credits would have noticed a mysterious name — somehow, Wyatt Earp is listed as one of the actors.

The Real Wyatt Earp's Cousin Appeared in 'Tombstone'

The simple reason for Wyatt Earp being listed as an actor in a movie about himself is that an actor shared a name with him.

William Hurt died on March 13, 2022, at age 71, just a week short of his 72nd birthday. The Oscar-winning actor starred in a variety of movies over the last four decades, but how many of those titles remain classics? Let's take a look back at 15 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.

Born in 1950, Hurt made his movie debut with a starring role in Ken Russell's psychedelic thriller "Altered States" (1980), quickly followed by Lawrence Kasdan's classic neo-noir "Body Heat" (1981). He won the Oscar as Best Actor just four years later for Hector Babenco's "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (1985), playing a transgender inmate at a South American prison who forms a bond with his cellmate (Raul Julia), a political prisoner. The role brought him additional prizes at BAFTA and the Cannes Film Festival.

Hurt followed up his Oscar victory with two more consecutive Best Actor bids: first for Randa...

Star Wars redefined what a movie could look like when it first hit the big screen in 1977, and that was largely due to special effects that were best in class at the time the first movie was released. This was largely due to the work of Industrial Light & Magic, the company behind all the visual effects for Lucasfilm. Disney+ released the first season of Light & Magic in 2022, a documentary showing off their work behind the scenes on more than 300 movies, and Collider is thrilled to partner with Disney, Lucasfilm, and Imagine Documentaries to announce that the second season of Light & Magic will officially premiere on April 18 with three new episodes, with Joe Johnston taking over directorial duties from Lawrence Kasdan. You can also find four new exclusive images from the new season below.

While audiences typically associate the Western genre with lone gunslingers like Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name, it also has a rich history of team-up stories. With countless stories focusing on the work of iconic lawmen, bounty hunters, and gangs of outlaws, these movies typically explore themes of revenge and friendship. These movies have proven every bit as influential and enduring as others, allowing for comedy and levity in a way lone gunfighter movies don't.

Team-up Westerns have brought the genre some of its best ensemble casts, with stars like Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, and Charlie Sheen stepping into the role of gunslinger. While these movies don't always receive the box office success they deserve, they have brought a unique dynamic and sense of adventure to the genre. From John Wayne classics to '80s buddy movies, these all deserve a look.

Silverado Is An '80s Classic 1985

Silverado...

Over the past 40 plus years, the Star Wars universe has played host to some phenomenal talent. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford kicked off the franchise with A New Hope way back in 1977. Since then, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Samuel L. Jackson, and many more have all traveled to a galaxy far, far away for one of the various installments in the ever-expanding franchise. However, one actor you might have completely forgotten appeared in Star Wars is John Lithgow. Not only did the Third Rock From the Sun star become part of the Star Wars universe, he played none other than Master Yoda.

During an interview with Collider, Lithgow recalled his brief time playing Yoda in Star Wars. For those that don't know, Lithgow voiced Yoda in the radio dramatizations of The Empire Strikes Back. "I was acting in a play on Broadway directed by John Madden,...

Jane Lynch, the Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG award-winning actress, will be feted at the upcoming Boulder International Film Festival with the fest’s Entertainer of the Year Award, Biff announced this morning. The beloved comedy veteran will be celebrated on the evening of Saturday, March 15, at 8:30 p.m., at the historic Boulder Theater, as part of the fest’s 21st annual edition.

Lynch will receive her honor immediately following an hourlong career-retrospective interview moderated by yours truly, which will cover her past screen projects, including Glee, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Best in Show and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, as well as her recent Emmy-nominated portrayal of Sazz Pataki on Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building opposite Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez.

Past Biff honorees have included Javier Bardem, Tony Goldwyn, F. Murray Abraham, Shirley MacLaine, Martin Sheen, Laura Linney, Alan Arkin, Bruce Dern, Peter Fonda, Lawrence Kasdan and Robbie Robertson.

Tombstoneis no ordinary Western. This early ‘90s ensemble piece has such a wealth of talent strapping on their spurs that audiences are spoiled for choice. Kurt Russell is at the peak of his movie star powers, Michael Biehn barely has Terminator 2 in his rearview mirror, and Val Kilmer can do no wrong. Released in 1993, between Unforgiven and Sam Raimi’s The Quick & The Dead, Tombstone occupies a cinematic sweet spot. In the wake of revisionist Westerns like Clint Eastwood’s classic, and sitting alongside Mario van Pebble’s Posse, Tombstone feels like a return to genre traditions.

George P. Cosmatos was coming off Peter Weller’s Leviathan, and screenwriter Kevin Jarre had the Oscar-winning Glory as his calling card. With a script that clung to conventions and an ensemble that included up-and-coming actors Billy Bob Thornton and Michael Rooker, Tombstone had aces in places. Produced by Andrew G. Vajna,...

Gene Hackman was an American original: an everyman actor with unremarkable physical features who became exceptional through the sheer force of his authenticity. Actors can drive themselves nuts trying to be believable, to simply inhabit a scene as a human being with sincere purpose, but Hackman was only ever genuine. He was also prolific, which means that his gift was occasionally squandered in some less-than-stellar films, but we watched them anyway because the promise of a new Hackman performance was worth the time. Now that he's left us for good at the age of 95, those hours we spent watching dreck like "Loose Cannons" or "The Replacements" hardly feel like a waste.

Hackman appeared in all kinds of movies, and excelled at so many different types of roles that he was never closely associated with one particular genre. But there was something about Westerns that perfectly suited his unfussy performance style.

Kevin Costner has built a career playing men of principle. But long before Yellowstone turned him into TV’s ultimate cowboy, he starred in one of the biggest films of the 90s alongside music icon Whitney Houston. Though often remembered for its soundtrack, The Bodyguard is much more than a love story set to Houston’s vocals.

Decades later, The Bodyguard remains one of the most successful films of its era, even though its reputation doesn’t always reflect that. Far too often dismissed as just another sappy romance, the film is a heart-pounding action thriller with depth, substance and one of the most unforgettable cinematic moments of the decade.

The Bodyguard Was a Blockbuster 1990s Hit

Starring an unlikely duo, The Bodyguard is James Bond meets My Best Friend’s Wedding. Whitney Houston plays Rachel Marron, a superstar actress and singer who’s receiving death threats from an obsessive stalker.

Quick LinksA Long Time Ago...Where Did Things Go Wrong for Kennedy and 'Star Wars'?Why Wasn't Kathleen Kennedy Fired?So What Is There to Make of Kennedy's 'Star Wars' Run?

The Kathleen Kennedy era is ending at Lucasfilm, and it was a wild ride. In 2012, Kennedy became president of Lucasfilm upon its sale to Disney, and the value of Star Wars, simply from a creative potential standpoint, seemed even more staggering than the dollar amount of the sale (which was plenty staggering itself). Yet since then, the franchise has come to feel creatively bankrupt, with alienated fans, multiple flops and failed series, and a total lack of the thing that defined Star Wars for its entire life prior to the deal: pure undiluted hype.

Is this Kennedy's fault? Did she actually do pretty well considering the megacorporation of Disney behind her and the sometimes rabid and insane fandom in front of her?...

John Lawlor, who portrayed one of Cloris Leachman’s co-workers on the CBS sitcom Phyllis and the Eastland School for Girls headmaster on the first season of the NBC comedy The Facts of Life, has died. He was 83.

Lawlor died Feb. 13 at a veterans’ hospice facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, his family announced.

His 60-plus years as an actor also included turns in such films as Blake Edwards’ S.O.B. (1981) and Lawrence Kasdan’s Wyatt Earp (1994).

Lawlor played the inept Leonard Marsh, who works with Leachman’s Phyllis Lindstrom in the San Francisco City Supervisor’s office, on the second and last season (1976-77) of Phyllis, one of the many Mary Tyler Moore Show spinoffs. (He had portrayed a cop on a first-season episode.)

When The Facts of Life — a Diff’rent Strokes spinoff — premiered in August 1979, Lawlor was there as headmaster Steven Bradley. He appeared on all 13 installments...

"Tombstone," from 1993, is the Wyatt Earp movie most people remember from the '90s, but it's hardly the only star-studded spectacle about the legendary marshal. A year later, "Wyatt Earp" came out, reuniting actor Kevin Costner with filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan, the director who first made him a charismatic cowboy in 1985's "Silverado." A love of the old west clearly stuck with Costner, who made his directorial debut with "Dances With Wolves," an epic about a Union Army Lieutenant (Costner) who goes native. If you haven't seen it, you've probably at least heard the plot of "Avatar" compared (unfavorably) to it. It won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and another for Costner as Best Director.

Covering more of Earp's life than just the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, "Wyatt Earp" came loaded with actors both familiar and new, as one would expect of an old Hollywood epic biopic. It...

Daisy Ridley, the performer known for playing Rey in the 2010s revival of the Star Wars universe, played the Force-sensitive hero for the first time ten years ago. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens launched Ridley into Hollywood stardom, but the actor doesn't usually revisit the movie. However, Ridley has revealed that she has watched The Force Awakens recently and says it's "sweet" to see herself younger on the screen.

Ridley spoke to Collider during a screening of her upcoming movie, Cleaner, but the conversation turned to Star Wars at some point. After a decade since The Force Awakens hit theaters, she reflected on her reaction when she saw herself in one of the biggest franchise revivals of the 21st century:

"I'd watched [The Force Awakens] maybe three times around the time it came out, and weirdly it was on at the gym when I was working out. So I saw...

There are few franchises more celebrated and divisive than that of Star Wars. Among the many topics pertaining to Star Wars that have received the most backlash, the prequel trilogy from the series creator George Lucas, which consists of The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Cones, and Revenge of the Sith, is usually at the top of the list. Whether it was the origin story of Darth Vader, the perennial feelings of disgust over Jar Jar Binks, or the copious amounts of CGI, Lucas’ second trilogy has often been tied to the whipping post and torn asunder by devotees of the Star Wars universe.

However, Star Wars fans are an observant group known for their knack for making intricate observations about the continuity of the series and the cinematic universe in which it takes place. Recently, a brief line of dialogue from Return of the Jedi, from the final confrontation...

If you're ever fortunate enough to interview a great filmmaker, or simply find yourself occupying the same space as one and want to make the moment meaningful before it passes, you'll always get a genuine answer when you ask them to name the movie that made them fall in love with the medium. This may not be true in years to come, when creators who grew up during the downtick in theatrical exhibition and the explosion of TikTok craft art meant to be digested in 30-second morsels on your smartphone, but right now it is a near certainty that your favorite director got bit by the cinema bug while sitting in a darkened theater — and that's a memory they can access as fast as their first kiss (do not ask them about that).

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The original Indiana Jones trilogy that ran from 1981 to 1989 is without a doubt one of the most entertaining, well-written and greatly-executed works of cinema ever. With its incredible set pieces, direction, iconic sequences and brilliant Harrison Ford performance, the original trilogy effectively told a story like no other. In 2008, a fourth Indiana Jones movie was finally made called Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull with Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas all involved once again. There was a lot of excitement around Indy's return even if the film itself didn't live up to expectations.

What some fans may not realize is that there were plans to continue the Indiana Jones series in the 1990s after Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989. The planned sequels would have looked to continue Indy's story after the events of The Last Crusade and possibly explore other periods of...

It's not unusual for an actor or stunt person to play multiple characters in the same movie, especially when they're bogged down in prosthetics and make-up, which makes it hard to recognize them. But 20 characters? That's definitely more than average. For stunt actor and little person Kevin Thompson, though, it was worth it to be a part of the Star Wars universe in Return of the Jedi, even if the Ewok costumes he wore were a little constricting.

Thompson appeared on a recent episode of Pod Meets World hosted by Rider Strong, Danielle Fishel, and Will Friedle, who are just three stars from the hit '90s sitcom Boy Meets World. They regularly re-watch old episodes of their series, and were joined by Thompson – who was a stand-in for the child actors – and his wife, Tracey. The subject of Star Wars was eventually brought up, and it was then that...

There are some records that are seen untouchable, and the astronomical domestic box office haul of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, which stands at $936.7 million, looked to be one destined not to be beaten anywhere in the world as the highest ever domestic haul for a theatrical release. Now, that record has surprisingly fallen to the Chinese box office, where the blockbuster movie Ne Zha 2 has just passed Rmb 7B, or in U.S. money, $960.5 million, making it the new highest grossing domestic release for a single market in the world.

The Star Wars franchise’s impressive total is one that has stood against challenges from Avengers movies and the Avatar franchise, which stand as the highest grossing movies of all time thanks to impressive overseas volumes as much as their domestic performance. However, Ne Zha 2 was released during the Lunar New Year celebration and...

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When Disney purchased Lucasfilm, Star Warsfans rejoiced at the prospect of a third wave of films and series from the galaxy far, far away. As a lifelong fan, I'm disappointed in Disney's current Star Wars strategy -- namely the recent trend of making announcements about upcoming films long before they're even ready to start filming. Disney's obsession with the box office feels like a misguided attempt to recreate the once-in-a-lifetime success of the original trilogy. It will never happen, and they're ignoring the best hope Star Wars has right now.

Of of the five Star Wars films released in the Disney era, they all grossed over a billion dollars,...

Yellowstonestar Kevin Costner is set to headline a new three-part docuseries for Fox Nation entitled Yellowstone to Yosemite With Kevin Costner.

The new series serves as a sequel to Costner's Yellowstone: One-Fifty. Costner will host and produce, and the show will see him retread the 1903 Yosemite expedition of President Theodore Roosevelt and environmental advocate John Muir.

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"Once in a while, you come across a story that has that truly special mix of elements; it’s stranger than fiction and happens against all odds. It results in something that legitimately changes the world for the good and, most importantly, it all really happened," Costner said in a statement. "The story of President...

David Lynch has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of America West’s 2025 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, the organization announced on Wednesday.

According to the WGA, the late filmmaker behind “Eraserhead,” “The Elephant Man,” “Blue Velvet,” “Wild at Heart,” “Mulholland Drive” and co-creator of “Twin Peaks” accepted the award in late 2024, weeks before his death on Jan. 16.

“Writer-director David Lynch’s uncompromising vision pushed the boundaries of filmmaking,” Wgaw president Meredith Stiehm said. “We are proud to honor him and his legacy.”

The award will be presented by Lynch’s frequent collaborator, actor Kyle MacLachlan, at the 77th annual WGA Awards on Feb. 15.

The Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement is presented to members who have “advanced the literature of motion pictures and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the screenwriter.”

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Yellowstone star and Hollywood icon Kevin Costner is going from Yellowstone to Yosemite in a brand-new limited series.

Per Deadline, Costner will be making his return to Fox Nation for a new three-part limited series entitled Yellowstone to Yosemite. The series is set to kick off the Fox Nation streaming service's "America 250" campaign, which leads up to and celebrates the United States' upcoming semiquincentennial anniversary in 2026. Yellowstone to Yosemite will see Costner trace the route taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir, all while exploring the region's Native American history, the legacy of Yosemite, and the ways in which the fabled expedition helped establish the national park system and national forest protections for over 230 million acres across the country.

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"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" is one of the best things to happen to "Star Wars" since George Lucas tapped Irvin Kershner to direct "The Empire Strikes Back" and Lawrence Kasdan to write it. Coming off the success of the still visually stunning "Clone Wars" micro-series by maestro Genndy Tartakovsky, "The Clone Wars" took all the good ideas and concepts Lucas introduced in the prequel trilogy — yes, there are some great ideas here, even in "Attack of the Clones" — and gave them enough time to properly breathe and develop over time.

The result remains some of the best storytelling in all of "Star Wars." It's a show that gave us one of the best characters in "Star Wars" in the form of Ahsoka Tano, turned the faceless clone army into a group of dozens of fleshed-out and complex characters, and even expanded upon the politics of the Separatists and the titular conflict,...

At the outset of 1987, Kevin Costner was best known as the cocky gunslinger Jake in Lawrence Kasdan's Western romp "Silverado." This was a make-good role from the director, who'd cut Costner out of "The Big Chill" because his portrayal of the deceased Alex didn't play well with test audiences; basically, the ensemble cast had done such a great job of building up Alex's significance that the then unknown Costner couldn't live up to the legend. And while it was a nice gesture on Kasdan's part, "Silverado" didn't quite catch fire at the box office in the summer of 1985.

So when Costner landed the plum role of Eliot Ness in Brian De Palma's 1987 gangster saga "The Untouchables," Paramount Pictures mounted a publicity offensive to sell the appealing 32-year-old actor as a major movie star who'd at long last arrived. Decked out in fine Giorgio Armani threads and armed with razor-sharp David Mamet dialogue,...

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, died on Thursday. She was 95.

Plowright was a prominent actress of stage and screen in her own right, especially in her native England, and was a Tony winner for “A Taste of Honey.” The actress had retired in 2014 after going blind due to macular degeneration.

Her family confirmed the news of her death to The Guardian on Friday, writing: “It is with great sadness that the family of Dame Joan Plowright, the Lady Olivier, inform you that she passed away peacefully on January 16 2025 surrounded by her family at Denville Hall aged 95. She enjoyed a long and illustrious career across theatre, film and TV over seven decades until blindness made her retire. She cherished her last 10 years in Sussex with constant visits from friends and family, filled with much laughter and fond memories. The...

Prior to 1985, Kevin Costner was probably best known in Hollywood, to the extent that he was known at all, as the corpse of Alex Marshall in Lawrence Kasdan's Baby Boomer drama "The Big Chill." Alex is the friend whose death occasions the gathering of the University of Michigan alums, and whose presence is felt rather than seen. This was not initially by design. Costner's Alex was supposed to appear in flashback, but was completely cut out of the movie by Kasdan when test audiences reacted poorly to meeting the character after ninety-odd minutes of build-up.

When 1985 rolled around, Costner had two films sitting on the shelf, a Canadian crime drama called "The Gunrunner" and Kevin Reynolds' college friendship comedy "Fandango." The former was lousy and would sit on the shelf until 1989, while the latter was a charming misfire that, because it had been disowned by producer Steven Spielberg, was dumped into U.