Samuel L. Jackson's First Major Movie As A Lead Was A Box Office Bomb
Samuel L. Jackson is one of the most famous movie stars of all time, but his first lead role in a movie was a box office bomb.
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Sylvester Stallone Had A Cameo In John Travolta's Awful Saturday Night Fever Sequel
Sylvester Stallone was mainly focused on directing John Travolta's critically-reviled Saturday Night Fever sequel, Staying Alive, but he did cameo in the film.
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Roger Ebert Called This Classic Comedy Streaming On Prime Video A 'Masterpiece'
Famed film critic Roger Ebert once called this classic movie comedy a 'masterpiece' and 'an epic of silent comedy,' and praised its co-writer/co-director/star.
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Matt Damon Had A Small Role In Francis Ford Coppola's Underseen Fantasy Movie
Matt Damon has a fascinating filmography, including a small role in an underseen fantasy film from the legendary Francis Ford Coppola.
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The Best Star Wars Series Had Zero Creative Input From New Lucasfilm Head Dave Filoni
New Lucasfilm head Dave Filoni wasn't creatively involved with the best-received Star Wars series to date. What does that mean for the franchise's future?
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Avatar: Fire & Ash's Costume Design Oscar Nomination Isn't Just Based On Digital Costumes
Confused as to why Avatar: Fire and Ash earned an Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design? Allow us to break things down for you.
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Sinners' 2026 Oscars Nominations Just Broke An Astonishing Record
Ryan Coogler's incredible vampire movie Sinners has just done something no other movie has done in the history of the Academy Awards.
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Robin Williams' Career-Defining '80s Role Almost Went To Liam Neeson
One of Robin Williams' most important dramatic roles very nearly went to Liam Neeson. Here's why the 'Taken' star lost the role.
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The Underrated Matt Damon Movie That Ben Affleck Called Damon 'Incredible' In
Ben Affleck loves his buddy Matt Damon's work in a number of otherwise underrated movies, this dramatic crime thriller included.
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Avatar Director James Cameron Got Angry With A Group Of Film Students - For Good Reason
Avatar director James Cameron was not happy with a group of New Zealand film students when he dropped in on their short film pitch session. Here's why.
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Clint Eastwood And Tim Burton Almost Teamed Up For A Spooky Western
Tim Burton nearly directed Clint Eastwood in The Hawkline Monster, a supernatural Western film that would've paired Eastwood with another screen icon.
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Eddie Murphy's Coming To America Barbers Fooled A Major U.S. Politician
Eddie Murphy was transformed into different characters in Coming to America, and the prosthetics were good enough to fool Jesse Jackson.
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A '70s Disaster Movie Was So Epic That Two Rival Studios Teamed Up To Make It
The classic 1970s disaster flick The Towering Inferno was so expensive for its time that Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox decided to join forces to release it.
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Why Matt Damon And Ben Affleck Took 20 Years To Write Another Movie After Good Will Hunting
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck won an Oscar for writing Good Will Hunting. Here's why it took more than two decades to write something together again.
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Sylvester Stallone's Biggest Regret Is Not Turning These Three Movies Into Franchises
Sylvester Stallone says the biggest regret of his career was missing out on the opportunity to turn Demolition Man, Cobra, and one other film into franchises.
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Clint Eastwood's 2002 Thriller Was A Commercial Flop That Deserves Another Look
Where Gran Torino saw Clint Eastwood reckoning with his onscreen legacy as Dirty Harry, this 2002 thriller saw him facing his mortality head-on.
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Before Deadpool 2, Brad Pitt Almost Starred In Another R-Rated Comic Book Adaptation
Brad Pitt flirted with playing a key role in a very different superhero movie before ultimately making a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo in Deadpool 2.
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The Rip Director Reveals Which Details Were True About The Real-Life Rip That Inspired The Movie [Exclusive]
Director Joe Carnahan's The Rip (starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck) is based on real events, and some of the wilder details were carried over into the film.
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Stephen King's Favorite Comedy Is One Of The Funniest Movies Streaming On Netflix
Stephen King may be a master of horror, but he's also found plenty of inspiration from comedy and one of his favorites is available on Netflix.
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Clint Eastwood Spent 5 Years Trying To Fix One Of His Western Movies
Clint Eastwood has starred in and directed a number of classic Westerns, but he took five years trying to perfect one of his very best.
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One Major Thing About Paul Giamatti's Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Costume Changed His Performance [Exclusive]
When it came time to get into character as an alien on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, actor Paul Giamatti appreciated a specific detail about his costume.
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Roger Ebert Gave A Perfect Score To This Extremely Weird Fantasy Horror Movie
Roger Ebert loved to muse over a weird movie's qualities, much like he did when he gave a perfect score to this strange 1980s fantasy horror flick.
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Dilbert's Bizarre Live-Action TV Pilot Is Impossible To Watch Today
Dilbert creator Scott Adams once developed a live-action TV pilot based on his comic strip, but don't expect it to surface in the wake of his passing.
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This Star Trek IV Scene From The Eddie Murphy Script Sounds Painfully Unfunny
One version of the Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home script featured a role for Eddie Murphy, but it's probably for the best that he passed on it.
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Brad Pitt And Robert Downey Jr. Crossed Paths In An '80s Movie That's Nearly Impossible To Stream
If you look carefully, you might just spot Brad Pitt in this Robert Downey Jr.-starring '80s flick ... assuming you can find a way to stream it legally.
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How Old Was Ralph Macchio In The Outsiders?
The Outsiders is a classic coming-of-age drama centered on a gang of boys, but not all of the film's stars were teenagers at the time.
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Donald Sutherland's '80s Agatha Christie Adaptation Is Impossible To Stream
Even with adaptations of the author's work back in fashion, this '80s Agatha Christie film starring Donald Sutherland is surprisingly unavailable for streaming.
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