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30 Years Ago, An Infamous Sci-Fi Debacle Ended Two Legendary Careers

One of Marlon Brando's final roles was such a misfire that no one's tried to adapt its source material since.

Inverse · Aug 23

About That Time Marlon Brando Wore An Ice Bucket Hat Since It Was Hot, And It Ended Up In The Movie

Probably the strangest movie that you've likely forgotten about.

Cinemablend · Jul 12

Director Adam Marcus’ Damning Claim About Val Kilmer Will Make You Rethink Everything You Knew About the Late Actor

It’s a reminder that Hollywood’s glamorous facade often hides messy, complicated realities.

The Mary Sue · Jun 3

David Thewlis recalls ‘spectacularly bleak’ five months he spent with Val Kilmer

‘I spent the most bizarre five months of my entire life with Val Kilmer,’ the ‘Harry Potter’ star said

The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025

Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65

Val Kilmer has died at age 65

The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025

20 Years Ago, The Most Unnecessary Horror Movie Exposed Hollywood's Worst Habit

'The Exorcist: The Beginning' overcame a troubled production only to not be very good. But there's still a valuable lesson to learn from it and its dueling Exorcist prequel.

Inverse · Aug 20, 2024

The double life of Rock Hudson: ‘Let’s be frank, he was a horndog!’

The matinee idol’s death in 1985 changed the public’s perception of Aids. Yet in life, finds Ryan Gilbey, the golden age actor was anything but an activist

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2023

The Manchurian Candidate at 60: does the paranoid thriller still resonate?

John Frankenheimer’s creepy thriller was seen as prescient, but today’s political landscape might seem too outlandish in comparison

The Guardian - US · Oct 24, 2022

9 Angela Lansbury favorites to watch and where to find them

You're not alone if you saw the news of Angela Lansbury's death Tuesday, at 96, and thought about turning on an episode of "Murder, She Wrote," the beloved mystery series she starred in from 1984 to 1996 as a writer and amateur detective on the coast of Maine. Or, for…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 13, 2022

The Manchurian Candidate: one of cinema’s greatest paranoid thrillers still resonates

Frank Sinatra stars in red scare thriller as a mind-controlled soldier suffering from intense, hallucinogenic nightmares

The Guardian - AU · Feb 10, 2022