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The Bruce Willis action film has had a big impact on superfan Richard Marsh. He retells the story in rhyme, with his finger for a gun

As Brad Pitt’s new thriller Bullet Train arrives in cinemas, Guardian writers have picked their most exciting action films of all time

You either re-invent a franchise, or you kill it.

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Bruce Willis is the definition of a go-to action star. In the 80s and 90s, along with the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Sylvester Stallone, Willis was a star whose movies changed the course of Hollywood in a major way.

This year was shaping up to be another busy one for Bruce Willis: three films released already, with another eight in post-production. Willis has become an astonishingly prolific actor, wisecracking his way through direct-to-video genre releases and joining that elite band of 1980s and 1990s multiplex superstars (Nicolas Cage, John…

In the wake of his retirement, take a look at the dizzying highs and forgettable lows of Bruce Willis' acting career.

LOS ANGELES — Just days before Bruce Willis was scheduled to turn up on the set of one of his latest action films, the director of the project sent out an urgent request: Make the movie star’s part smaller.

In this edition of Encore!, we report on legendary US actor Bruce Willis's retirement because of his aphasia, a language disorder that robs people of their ability to communicate. The 67-year-old is perhaps best known for his role as New York cop John McClane in the "Die Hard" movies. We…

We’ve rounded up a selection of our favorite movie franchises, from Batman to Bond, Harry Potter to Han Solo.