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I’m old enough to remember when Jacques Rivette films were the domain of dark-web networks and substandard DVD rips, a conspiratorial network worthy of his cinema. It’s still a little strange seeing that April will feature a 10-film, one-short Criterion Channel program that combines of his canonized masterpieces with decidedly lesser-seens––plus Va Savoir, which I really hope is the recently unearthed four-hour cut for which there’s no substitute. Penélope Cruz is also subject of a retrospective in April, which––more than making me pine for a Rivette collab that never was––will include both Abre Los Ojos and Vanilla Sky, some Almodóvar, and another in the Channel’s ongoing let’s-add-a-Woody-Allen-movie campaign, Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

For themed series, J. Hoberman has curated a series on the dangers of ’60s and ’70s New York that runs from Michael Roemer’s recently restored The Plot Against Harry and...

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A rare, 40-year-old Tom Petty documentary from Almost Famous writer-director Cameron Crowe is available to stream for the first time. Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party originally aired on MTV in 1983 and was not seen for decades after. The film was restored for a one-weekend theatrical release in October, and it’s now available to stream on Paramount+ as of March 11.

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Tom Cruise is one of the most influential actors in recent times. Obviously, his Mission: Impossible movies are a big reason behind his fame. Since the first movie released in 1996, Ethan Hunt’s spy saga has become one of the longest running franchises in Hollywood.

Tom Cruise in Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | Credits: Paramount Pictures

In fact, Mission: Impossible 8 is queued for release in May this year. Incidentally, it is also one of the most successful franchises and Cruise’s hard work in the films shines through the screens.

He has broken many records with the movies, be it the crazy stunts that can turn fatalistic with the slightest misstep, or in the box office. However, there might be more to the franchise’s success story than that, and an old interview with Mission: Impossible 3’s co-producer gives an insight into that.

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Raunchy rom-com There's Something About Mary is climbing the streaming chart, currently sitting at number six on Hulu. Starring Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz, the comedy was directed by the Farrelly Brothers (Peter and Bobby), and became a massive smash hit when it premiered in July 1998. The film went on to earn nearly $370 million at the global box office against a $23 million production budget. It currently sits at a positive 84% critical and, surprisingly, only 61% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

Following the success of Dumb and Dumber in 1994, and, to a lesser extent, Kingpin in 1996, the Farrelly Brothers went to work on There's Something About Mary, which starred Stiller as Ted, Diaz as Mary, and Matt Dillon as Healy. Years after a disastrous high school date with his crush Mary (you have to see it to believe it), Ted gets another chance years later when his best friend Dom (Chris Elliott) suggests he find her.

“Back in Action” is a 2025 Netflix original action-comedy that marks the return of Cameron Diaz to the silver screen after a decade-long hiatus. Directed by Seth Gordon, “Back in Action” features a star-studded ensemble cast portraying a mix of seasoned spies and intriguing new characters.

Back in Action: Complete Cast & Characters Guide of the Netflix Original Movie Emily Tanner (Cameron Diaz)

Cameron Diaz, renowned for her roles in “The Mask,” “Charlie’s Angels,” and “Vanilla Sky,” plays Emily Tanner, a former CIA operative who, along with her husband Matt, leaves the espionage world to start a family. Emily’s journey explores themes of parental attachment and reconciliation, particularly in mending her strained relationship with her mother, Ginny.

Matt Tanner (Jamie Foxx)

Academy Award-winner Jamie Foxx, known for “Ray,” “Django Unchained,” and “Collateral,” portrays Matt Tanner, Emily’s husband and fellow ex-cia agent. Matt’s character brings a blend of humor and action,...

When Cameron Diaz retired from acting in 2014, fans thought they'd seen the last of the award-winning actress, but that all changed when it was announced in 2022 that she'd be returning for director Seth Gordon's Back in Action. Diaz stars in the Netflix hit alongside Jamie Foxx, with the duo portraying a pair of married ex-CIA operatives that are pulled back into active duty when their identities are compromised. Just how much money did it take to lure Diaz out of retirement, though? As it turns out, a lot.

An unearthed report from Bloomberg that goes deep into Netflix's production model revealed that Diaz was reportedly paid $45 million dollars to star in two movies for the streaming service, an amount that was agreed upon by the former film chairperson Scott Stuber before Dan Lin took his place in 2024. The report states that though Stuber was hesitant to shell out that much money for Diaz,...

Choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett, who taught Kevin Bacon acrobatic dance moves for his starring turn in Footloose and received two Tony nominations for her efforts on Swing!, has died. She was 78.

Taylor-Corbett died Jan. 12 of breast cancer in Rockville Centre, New York, her son, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, told The New York Times.

A onetime dancer with Alvin Ailey’s dance company, Taylor-Corbett also served as a Broadway choreographer for 1981’s Shakespeare’s Cabaret, 1985’s The Boys of Winter, 1988’s Chess, 1994’s Sally Marr … and Her Escorts, 1997-99’s Titanic, 1997-98’s Jackie and 1999-2001’s Swing!, which she also wrote songs for and directed.

Swing!, a celebration of dance in the big band era, featured zero dialogue and was nominated for five Tonys, including best musical. Taylor-Corbett was up for best choreography and best direction of a musical.

In a 1984 interview, Bacon noted he was not a dancer when Taylor-Corbett worked with...

The 2000s were positively a weird time for movies. The nostalgia of the '90s was fading, but the future of filmmaking, particularly digital technology, hadn't quite taken over yet. This awkward period produced great films that were bold but often misunderstood, leading to mixed reviews or low interest. As they didn't quite fit the typical mold, some of them were left to be largely forgotten as time went on.

These are some of the most underrated movies of all time, and while barely anyone talks about them now, they still hold a special place in film history. Titles like Down with Love and Vanilla Sky captured something unique about the 2000s, even though they never received the attention they deserved. Despite slipping into the background of time and modern cinema, their distinctive storytelling and charm make them worth revisiting or discovering anew.

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Lynne Taylor-Corbett, the Tony Award-nominated choreographer of Broadway’s Swing and Titanic who also left an indelible mark on Hollywood by guiding Kevin Bacon through his famed solo dance in the 1984 hit film Footloose, died of breast cancer January 12 at a hospital in Rockville Centre, N.Y., on Long Island. She was 78.

Her death was announced to The New York Times by her son Shaun Taylor-Corbett.

Accomplished in the worlds of ballet, theater and film, Lynne Aileen Taylor was born in Denver on December 2, 1946, moving to New York after high school to attend the School of American Ballet. Though her hopes for a career as a ballet dancer were short lived: She would later tell The New York Times, “I was never really suited to be a ballet dancer, but I had a gift for theatricality and movement.”

Her career as a choreographer, however, soon took off, and by the...

Netflix’s latest action comedy, Back In Action, boasts a stacked cast filled with heavyweight actors, but unfortunately, like numerous such forgettable Ott ventures, their talents are completely wasted by an unimaginative script. The movie focuses on a spy couple who leave their old life to turn a new page and decide to settle for a peaceful family life, only for the situation to spiral out of control and drag them back into the game. Instead of trying something new with this age-old premise, the movie mostly depends on nostalgia pandering through extremely dated characterization, which is seemingly drawn straight out of unfunny sitcoms. The makers perhaps intended the tone to be family friendly, but the way they went about it turned the movie into something that feels more like a caricature than an organic venture. There is a possibility that a sequel entry gets made, given there are several...

Netflix's Back in Action is finally here, and here is a full breakdown of the cast and crew of the new action comedy film. Back in Action is finally reuniting Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx once again, with this being Diaz's first film role since her retirement after 2014's Annie. Fans of spy comedies like Mr. & Mrs. Smith will love the new Netflix Original movie, and here is every member of the film's star-studded cast.

Back in Action follows Cameron Diaz's Emily and Jamie Foxx's Matt, a married couple of Untied States spies who spent their early years engaging in dangerous espionage missions. After discovering that they were having kids, however, the duo decided to retire and take up secret identities. Fifteen years after they go into retirement, Emily and Matt's identities are exposed, meaning that the couple and their kids must go on a dangerous mission in order to save their lives.

With Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One making a respectable showing at the worldwide box office (and a second half still to come) Tom Cruise has reasserted himself as one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood today. The new spy thriller joins the many other massive hits in Cruise's celebrated acting career.

Thanks to popular hits like the Top Gun movies and well-regarded franchises like Mission: Impossible, Tom Cruise knows how to turn a film into a financial success. According to Box Office Mojo, several of his films have been particularly successful, earning incredible profits at the worldwide box office.

Updated on January 11, 2025 by Robert Vaux: Tom Cruise has been the definition of box office hits for a long time, actively contributing to the film industry not only as a formidable poster boy but also as a talented professional who's done everything in his power to bring people to the movie theaters.

When Tom Cruise first saw Alejandro Amenábar's film Abre los Ojos (Open Your Eyes) at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, he and his producing partner Paula Wagner immediately optioned the rights for an English-language remake, recruiting director Cameron Crowe for what would later become Vanilla Sky. But, like most English-language remakes, Vanilla Sky falls short of the original. Following his Goya Award-winning feature debut, Thesis, Amenábar's second feature film, Open Your Eyes, is a dizzying psychological thriller about an attractive, wealthy young man whose life is upended after a car accident that leaves him disfigured. Open Your Eyes explores the depths of the human consciousness, and dreams intertwine with reality as César (Eduardo Noriega) pursues the beautiful Sofía (Penélope Cruz) and tries to remember a crime he swears he didn't commit.

It didn’t take long for Tom Cruise to move past Nicole Kidman after their separation in 2001. When Kidman was reportedly aching over the breakup, Cruise got involved with Vanilla Sky co-star Penélope Cruz. Just months after his earlier relationship broke down, Cruise was seen on a vacation with Cruz, something he had allegedly planned with Kidman.

Tom Cruise as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in Top Gun | Credits: Paramount Pictures

Cruise and Cruz almost hit it right away and continued their relationship until 2004, when they split. It was before he entered into another very public relationship with actress Katie Holmes. Kidman took some time before she found love with her now-husband Keith Urban.

Tom Cruise’s one act of love for Penélope Cruz allegedly shocked Nicole Kidman Penélope Cruz and Tom Cruise in a still from Vanilla Sky | Credits: Paramount Pictures

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Timothée Chalamet is celebrating his 29th birthday on December 27, 2024. With nominations for one Academy Award, four Golden Globes, and three BAFTAs, the list of achievements for the actor at this young age is very long. Chalamet had a great year in 2024, with Dune: Part Two becoming one of the biggest critical and commercial hits of the year.

Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown | Credits: Searchlight Pictures

He is all set to wrap the year with a critically acclaimed portrayal of Bob Dylan in the biographical drama, A Complete Unknown. Chalamet is also a producer on his latest project, making the year-end and his birthday all the more special to him. There are a few things that fans might find surprising about the actor.

1. Timothée Chalamet auditioned for the role of Spider-Man Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides and Zendaya’s Chani in Dune: Part Two | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures...

Tom Cruise skipping the Oscars felt like the ultimate mic drop. Back in the day, Cruise delivered a knockout performance that had critics buzzing and fans raving, comparing him to legends like Dustin Hoffman. But when it came time for the Academy to give credit where it was due, they completely fumbled the ball.

Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise in Rain Man (1988) | Credits: Star Partners II, Ltd.

Cruise had every right to feel overlooked, and his absence from Hollywood’s biggest night makes perfect sense. After all, why show up for an industry that didn’t show up for him?

When the Academy overlooked Tom Cruise: A snub too big to ignore Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise in Rain Man (1988) | Credits: Star Partners II, Ltd.

Tom Cruise gave a career-defining performance in Rain Man, effortlessly holding his own alongside Dustin Hoffman’s Oscar-winning turn. Although Hoffman’s portrayal of an autistic savant earned universal praise,...

Timothée Chalamet’s new movie, A Complete Unknown, explores Bob Dylan’s early years and his rise to fame. The movie has been praised for staying close to the real story of Dylan’s life, but there’s one detail that isn’t accurate. The filmmakers changed the name of Dylan’s New York girlfriend, a person who played an important role in his journey.

Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown | Credits: Searchlight Pictures

This wasn’t a mistake or creative decision – it was done at Dylan’s request. The change has sparked a debate about whether movies like this should stay completely true to history or respect the wishes of the people involved.

Why was Bob Dylan’s first girlfriend renamed in A Complete Unknown?

In A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet portrays Bob Dylan in a biopic about the singer’s early rise to fame. However, the film takes several creative liberties,...

Timothée Chalamet’s A Complete Unknown has finally been released and the reception has been largely positive. The actor was praised for doing justice to the legendary Bob Dylan’s personality and the film currently stands at a score of 79% on Rotten Tomatoes. While watching A Complete Unknown, you will find a similarity between the film Vanilla Sky, and some of you may wrongly accuse the former of copying the latter.

Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky (2001) | Credits: Paramount Pictures

Vanilla Sky features a moment where Tom Cruise’s David and Penelope Cruz’s Sofia are walking arm-in-arm down the street. A Complete Unknown has an identical moment in the film between Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning. But hey, no one copied anyone!

Timothée Chalamet’s A Complete Unknown hasn’t copied Vanilla Sky

Towards the end of Vanilla Sky, Tom Cruise’s David realizes that he is in fact living in a lucid dream,...

You probably don’t know her name, but you definitely know her face — bright and beaming, covered in chestnut hair, a few feet away from a blue Volkswagen bus. She’s wearing a green loden coat she just bought on a eight-month trip to Italy, a perfect match for the black leather boots on her feet, trudging through the slushy snow of New York’s Greenwich Village. She’s clutching the arm of Bob Dylan, whose hands are keeping warm in his denim pockets. His brown suede coat is absolutely...

The Others, the modern ghost story masterpiece starring Nicole Kidman, will finally start streaming on Shudder next January, after being unable to stream on any subscription service. In fact, it was only earlier in 2024 that the film became widely available to rent or buy online. The first month of the year is famously known for not having the best offers in horror, but a revisit to one of the best horror films in recent decades may prove otherwise. The Others arrives on the horror-based streaming service on January 1, 2025. As you wake up from partying the night before on New Year's Eve, the film is sure to help wake you up.

Directed by the Chilean-Spanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenábar, The Others follows Kidman’s Grace Stewart, the mother of two siblings, Anne and Nicholas, as they live in complete isolation in their European manor in the mid-1940s. Grace is awaiting her husband's return from the war,...

In the early days, before movies became talkies, it was easy to show foreign films in the USA. Just insert new title cards in English, and film fans in St. Louis could watch and understand the latest offering from France or Germany. But then sound came and changed everything.

Of course, distributors in the United States could add subtitles or dub in new voices, but if they really wanted to sell the movie to an American audience, they could also just go ahead and make a new, English-language version.

Whether it is repurposing the Japanese classic Rashomon as The Outrage or taking Spain’s Abre los ojos and turning it into Vanilla Sky, producers in the USA are constantly scouring the globe for some hot property to acquire, rewrite, recast, and in so doing, capture a whole new audience.

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Wicked, Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez lead the list of honorees for the American Cinematheque’s fourth annual Tribute to the Crafts, which will take place at AC’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on January 9.

Tribute to the Crafts honors those who are at the very heart of filmmaking and have exhibited extraordinary work behind the camera over the past year. The evening will celebrate individuals in 12 categories covering all aspects of filmmaking and will showcase clips from each of their respective films.

Wicked is being honored for Costume Design, as well as for the trio of Production Design, Set Decoration and Prop Master. Dune: Part Two will be recognized for Sound and Visual Effects, while Emilia Pérez is named for its Choreography and Editing.

Other achievements in films being singled out include Casting for Saturday Night; Cinematography for Nickel Boys; Hair & Makeup for The Substance; Music Score for...

Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz were once the most glamorous and eye-catching couple in Hollywood, and everyone spoke about them in the early 2000s. The duo first met on the set of Vanilla Sky, and their on-screen chemistry later evolved to a high-profile romance.

Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz in Vanilla Sky | Paramount Pictures

But more than the actual relationship, it was their breakup in 2004 that caused the most buzz and endless speculations. However, both of them handled the situation with grace amidst the rampant rumors. So, here’s the story of their bittersweet ending, and Cruz’s heartfelt words about her ex-boyfriend.

Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz’s breakup had nothing to do with Nicole Kidman Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick | Paramount Pictures

After Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz’s split, the tabloids were flooded with all kinds of theories but among them, the most persistent one was that Nicole Kidman,...

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The sequel to Edge of Tomorrow, titled Live Die Repeat and Repeat, has been a long time coming for fans of the sci-fi action flick that saw Tom Cruise caught in an infinite time-loop, fighting against an alien invasion. The project was initially announced in March 2019, but a series of delays have led to it being in constant limbo. This has been attributed to Tom Cruise's schedule, continued attention to the Mission: Impossible franchise and Emily Blunt also facing consistent scheduling conflicts. Director Doug Liman also spoke about not wanting to return to the project unless he was excited about the script.

On the corporate end, despite Edge of Tomorrow becoming a fan favorite, Warner Bros. considered the box office performance 'modest'; it earned $370.5 on a $178 million budget.

Sometimes, the one thing we want out of movies is for them to play on our emotions, senses, and logical reasoning with enough aplomb and effectiveness to make us feel them in our bones — to physically overwhelm us, tense up our nerves, draw sweat from our palms, make our eyes open wide involuntarily.

No kind of movie does that better than a good thriller, whether we're talking tight, single-location potboilers that keep turning up the heat, mind-exploding puzzle films that make you guess and hold your breath for answers, gritty unsentimental crime capers, deep forays into disturbed and traumatized psyches, or carefully-plotted twist-o-ramas. There are countless great thrillers out there, but, if you're looking for a worthwhile one to queue up on Prime Video, you've come to the right place. Here, we've compiled a list of 15 excellent thriller movies available at no additional charge to U.S. Prime Video subscribers.

Tom Cruise has delivered some of the best dramatic acting throughout his extensive Hollywood career. The action movie star made a name for himself with films like Rain Man, Magnolia, Eyes Wide Shut, Jerry Maguire, and Vanilla Sky before becoming nearly synonymous with action, stunt work, and the Mission: Impossible franchise. But of all his films, Born on the Fourth of July stands out as a rare gem.

Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men [Credit: Columbia Pictures, New Line Cinema]

Despite his penchant for delivering constant box office hits, Cruise invited controversy with some of his more prominent films like Valkyrie and Interview With the Vampire. In the case of Born on the Fourth of July, however, it was not the film’s stance on the subject of war itself but Cruise’s acting that captivated the audience and caused sensationalism.

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Hollywood might look like a sparkly big universe, but when you dig deeper, it’s more like a family reunion with A-list stars. Yep, you heard it right, many of your favorite Hollywood celebrities are secretly related and the connections are as wild as a plot twist in a soap opera. While we’re all familiar with the famous dynasties like the Kardashians or the Smiths, the web of celebrity connections goes beyond siblings and parents.

For starters, were you aware that there are celebrities who are cousins, sometimes super distant cousins, but still connected? That’s right, stars like Nicolas Cage, Emma Roberts, and Julia Roberts share family tree branches. And it doesn’t stop there. The list of Hollywood icons tracing their lineage back to royalty is too long. Who would’ve guessed our favorite action star might share DNA with a former US president? Crazy, right?

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Every week, moviegoers are polled by a company called CinemaScore to see how they like new movies in theatres. Their opinions are averaged out, and the film is assigned a letter grade. If the movie scores in the A-range, it will likely prove to be at least a decent-sized hit. Movies scored in the B-range usually do mediocre business, although there have been plenty of hits that have scored this way, too – it might just mean that the movie inspires strong feelings, with some people loving it and others not. Anything below a C-rating is a disaster, unless it’s a horror movie, because for whatever reason, even hit horror movies typically have underwhelming CinemaScore ratings. Only 22 films have ever gotten an F, but a D rating is considered the kiss of death for your film, with Joker: Folie a Deux recently scoring a dreaded D. Only one movie that...

If there's one thing Tom Cruise is known for beyond being a movie megastar, it's doing his own stunts. There was a time when the star decided he wanted to be taken very seriously as an actor, and so we entered the age of "Eyes Wide Shut" and "Vanilla Sky" Cruise, during which time he did an admirable job in his more serious roles. But as his career continued, Cruise has leaned more heavily into his standing as one of the industry's premier action stars, most obviously by churning out a bewildering amount of "Mission: Impossible" movies that all hinge on the idea that the actor himself is performing the outrageous feats featured therein.

I write, of course, about such things as Cruise performing 13,000 motorbike jumps in order to prepare for his big "Mission: Impossible 7" stunt, or his plane stunt in "Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation" that saw the...

Actress Cameron Diaz worked with Tom Cruise on the 2001 cult classic Vanilla Sky. The science-fiction thriller film follows the story of Cruise’s David Aames, a vain publishing magnate, who begins to question his reality after an accident with his jaded lover, Julianna “Julie” Gianni, played magnificently by Diaz.

Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz starred in 2001’s Vanilla Sky (Credit: Paramount Pictures).

Directed by Cameron Crowe, the film emerged as a box-office success and remains beloved even after almost two decades. The film is remembered for the electric chemistry between Cruise and Diaz, which made it difficult for Crowe to ignore one of Diaz’s most striking features. Here is what Crowe had to say about Cameron Diaz’s role in Vanilla Sky.

Vanilla Sky Director Revealed Why Cameron Diaz’s Most Striking Feature Was the Film’s Soul

Vanilla Sky is a 2001 sci-fi thriller film, directed by Cameron Crowe and starring Tom Cruise,...

Cameron Diaz burst into the scene as Tina Carlyle in 1994's "The Mask," which quickly became one of the highest-grossing films of the year, thanks to pitch-perfect performances by the leads. Diaz's ability to hold her own opposite Jim Carrey emerged as a testimony in favor of her talents, which she channeled into the string of roles that succeeded her promising debut. Comedy and drama are undoubtedly Diaz's strongest suits: the actor knows exactly how to make a joke land while grounding the narrative with her innate charm, as exemplified by her performance in "There's Something About Mary," which earned her a Golden Globe nomination.

This, of course, doesn't mean that Diaz did not excel in roles that demand a more nuanced approach to a character. Cameron Crowe's divisive, yet intriguing "Vanilla Sky" puts the actor in a unique position to play someone deeply hurt and obsessed, who...

Tom Cruise has positioned himself as one of the greatest action stars of the last two decades thanks to franchise roles like playing Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible. As if we didnt already know that Cruise has the ability to draw a crowd, U.S. Paramount+ subscribers have been making it abundantly clear, as four of the stars movies are currently dominating the streamers Top 10 even though most of them have been on the platform for more than a year.

Top of the pile is 2022s highest grossing movie, Top Gun: Maverick, which is currently holding third position on the chart. The sequel to Cruises 1986 blockbuster suffered numerous delays during the Covid pandemic, and all the signs suggested that when it arrived the reaction would be quite muted in the same way as many other pandemic movies. Instead, Cruises return to the skies took off at Mach 10 and just kept going.

Stephen Belber wrote his story Tape as a play back in 1999, so it was always intended to get multiple interpretations over the years, with productions that would take place in different locations, with different casts and directors. Productions of Tape have been performed in Louisville, Kentucky; New York City; Dublin, Ireland; London, England; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Williamstown, Massachusetts; Buxton, England; Orlando, Florida; Alexandria, Minnesota; and Tehran, Iran, among other places. In 2001, Richard Linklater directed a film adaptation of the story that starred Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, and Uma Thurman. And now, Variety reports that Tape has gotten a Hong Kong reimagining. A trailer can be seen in the embed above.

Directed by banker turned film producer and director Bizhan Tong (Forensic Psychologist), the new cinematic take on Tape stars Kenny Kwan (The Legend of Luzhen), Selena Lee (Queen of News), and Adam Pak (A Guilty Conscience). The story explores the...

When Cameron Diaz was still in high school, she signed her first modeling contract and appeared in ads for Levi's and Calvin Klein. She became recognizable nationwide when she appeared on the cover of Seventeen Magazine in 1990. Fittingly enough, she was actually 17. Diaz continued to model for a few years and even appeared in a Coca-Cola campaign before successfully auditioning for the role of Tina in Chuck Russell's comedic superhero noir "The Mask" in 1994. The star of "The Mask" was Jim Carrey, then experiencing a massive career upswing, and Diaz was swept up with him, becoming a household name almost immediately.

Diaz almost instantly became a media sensation, and her acting career took off. In the years after "The Mask," Diaz appeared in notable indie dramas like "She's the One," "The Last Supper," and "Feeling Minnesota," all of them with notable co-stars. By 1997, she moved into Hollywood's top tier,...

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The Spanish-born actress Penelope Cruz began acting at 16 by starring in Jamon Jamon. The role catapulted her to fame and established her as one of Spain’s rising stars. Since then, she has starred alongside A-list names in the Hollywood industry, including Scarlett Johansson, Tom Cruise, and her husband Javier Bardem.

The actress has had a highly successful career; her net worth is estimated to be $85 million per Celebrity Net Worth. Her first significant film, Jamon Jamon, put her on the map, starring her husband, Bardem. Her role in the movie earned her widespread acclaim as she filmed her first-ever nude scene at the age of 18. She reflected on the scene and told Esquire, “I remember the last day of filming, I was crying, saying: ‘What if I never reshoot a movie?’ The feeling was devastating.

Mariah Carey is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of all time and her star status reached pinnacles in the ‘90s. Carey became the first singer ever to have her first five singles top the Billboard Top 100 charts and has been celebrated as one of the most successful artists of all time.

Carey’s off-screen personality has also made headlines, with her diva persona being one of the most talked-about things in her career. She reportedly had a feud in the late ‘90s with star Cameron Diaz who had allegedly called Carey’s music torture. However, all seems to have been good between the starlets now.

Cameron Diaz Called Mariah Carey’s Music Torture Cameron Diaz in Charlie’s Angels | Credits: Sony Pictures

Cameron Diaz was one of the most popular actresses in the ‘90s and early 2000s. After beginning her career as a model, Diaz made her Hollywood debut in The Mask,...

Netflix will bring Tom Cruise and Morgan Freemans divisive sci-fi action thriller Oblivion to a new streaming home on November 1. Joseph Kosinskis 2013 movie saw him collaborating with Cruise several years before they broke the box office with Top Gun: Maverick in 2022, and while the film did not garner the incredible reviews or theatrical gross of that sequel, it is still a movie that begs to be reassessed. The addition of the film to Netflixs library makes it the perfect time to do just that.

Set in the year 2077, Oblivion takes place on an Earth that has been devastated by an alien invasion decades earlier. The planet has been abandoned other than a few remaining outposts, and any remaining resources are being harvested for use on Titan where the remnants of humanity live. Cruise plays Jack Harper, a drone repair technician who, along with his partner Victoria (Andrea Riseborough), must ensure...

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Tom Cruise has consistently shown a willingness throughout his career to apply his stardom to challenging projects and roles, beginning with his Oscar-worthy performance as Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic in the 1989 biographical drama film Born on the Fourth of July. With his performances as misogynistic dating guru Frank T.J. Mackey in the 1999 drama film Magnolia and cold-blooded assassin Vincent in the 2004 thriller film Collateral, Cruise also proved that he was unafraid to subvert audience expectations by playing unsympathetic characters.

This ambitious career approach is perhaps most clearly embodied in the 2001 psychological thriller film Vanilla Sky, in which Cruise plays a hedonistic New York playboy whose carefree lifestyle, along with his sense of reality, is completely upended after his handsome character,...

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Johnny Galecki was once the second highest-paid TV actor in the world, only behind his The Big Bang Theory co-star Jim Parsons. Galecki played the role of one of the four lovable geeks in the series, Leonard Hofstadter. While Galecki’s breakthrough role was in the classic sitcom Roseanne, Tbbt made him a star overnight.

Johnny Galecki in a still from The Big Bang Theory | Credits: CBS

Since the end of the series in 2019, Galecki hasn’t been active in Hollywood. He and his ex-girlfriend Alaina Meyer had a son in November 2019 and he has been focusing on his dad life during this period. In 2024, he welcomed a daughter with his wife Morgan Galecki.

The legacy of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt can almost be considered predestined in Hollywood – so powerful is their impact on the industry today. However, the problem with legends is that there can only be one of them at a time. And the world will never settle for knocking either Pitt or Cruise off the pedestal to raise the other.

Interview With the Vampire feat. Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, and Tom Cruise [Credit: Warner Bros.]

The newer generation with actors like Jacob Elordi, Timothée Chalamet, and Austin Butler have a long way to go before elevating themselves to the level of Cruise and Pitt. Fortunately, once in a blue moon, actors like Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon waltz into the scene and launch themselves off with a bang which automatically propels them to god-tier fame among the fans.

The Subtle Art of Pitting Leo DiCaprio Against Matt Damon Matt Damon and...

There are two types of confusing movies. On one hand are those films that do confuse you while keeping you entertained so that even if you don’t “get it,” the viewing experience feels fruitful. Some examples that come to mind are Donnie Darko, Mulholland Drive, Memento, Predestination, Tenet, Coherence, and Nocturnal Animals. If you tell me to explain what was going on in these movies, I will probably fail miserably, but if you ask me if I am up for rewatching them again and again, I’ll say, “Hell yes.” That said, on the other hand, you have films that confuse you while forgetting to engage you in any meaningful way. I am talking about I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Under the Skin, Primer, Vanilla Sky, Lost Highway, and what I consider my arch-nemesis, Enemy. I’ve rewatched these films more than I have rewatched some of my...

Cameron Diaz has revealed exactly why she has come out of retirement to star in her new Netflix movie, Back in Action. There was once a period when you couldn't turn around without seeing Diaz n a film. Since making a splash in 1994's The Mask, the actress remained consistently busy and soon became one of the most sought-after actresses in Hollywood, working with some of the best in the business. Then, after appearing in the 2014 movie adaptation of the Broadway musical Annie, Diaz decided to take a step back from Hollywood, effectively retiring from the business. Although she kept herself busy with other ventures, the actress went dark in the industry for her own personal reasons, but she has revealed why now is the right time to return to acting.

During a chat with The Hollywood Reporter, Diaz reiterated that she stepped back from acting to be there to help build her family.

Fans of the singer’s hits, fluffy mullets (and young Cameron Crowe) are well-served by unseen and remastered footage as this sweet look back ticks all the relevant rock doc boxes

A king of Am radio in the US and stalwart of the Spotify playlists of anyone with a taste for solid, four-square old-school rock, Tom Petty died seven years ago this month – but his estate must surely be earning royalties every minute of every day from hits such as American Girl, Refugee and I Won’t Back Down. It’s perhaps strange that for all his musical success he has less of an afterlife as a physical entity, but this sweet documentary may alleviate that a little.

It was shot in 1982-83 around the time Petty and his band the Heartbreakers had just finished their album Long After Dark and were starting to tour again. A prismatic collage of archive clips,...

Tom Cruise is a name synonymous with Hollywood stardom, especially in the action and thriller genres. Though his career peaked in the 80s and 90s, the 2000s also saw some stellar performances and iconic roles that further cemented his status as a versatile actor.

Despite his eventual transformation into the industry’s biggest action star, Cruise has produced his fair share of hits in other genres as well. Below are the top 7 Tom Cruise movies from the 2000s, ranked based on their impact, critical acclaim, and Cruise’s remarkable performances.

1. Minority Report (2002)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Neo-noir

Runtime: 145 min

Starring: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton

Tom Cruise’s collaboration with Steven Spielberg resulted in Minority Report, a mind-bending adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s short story. The film showcases Cruise as John Anderton, a futuristic cop who arrests criminals before they commit crimes. The movie’s unique...

Tom Cruise’s affiliation with Scientology has raised numerous headlines over the years. Ever since the Church has come under intense public scrutiny for its controversies, Cruise’s association with the organization has been criticized by many fans. However, the Mission Impossible star admitted that Scientology is the primary reason for his highly successful career.

Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Credits: Paramount Pictures

The Church of Scientology attracted extensive media attention after multiple documentaries exposed several alleged dark secrets associated with the religion. Even ex-members like Leah Remini also came out to address the alleged negative impacts of the Church’s teachings.

Tom Cruise did not hesitate to thank Scientology for his career Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | Credits: Skydance

Tom Cruise, with his vast experience, fantastic filmography, and love for death-defying stunts in his films, amassed a gargantuan fanbase. With his acting skills and charismatic aura,...

The best kinds of cameos are ones that are totally unexpected, sandwiched between innocuous scenes or poised in the background as a blink-and-you'll-miss-it tidbit. Directors often make brief appearances in their own films, where some, like Alfred Hitchcock, feature in a chunk of their filmography (including showing up as a telephone operator in "The Lodger" and walking on the road with a trumpet case in "Vertigo"). Like Hitchcock, a handful of directors can be glimpsed in their own work — from Martin Scorsese to Peter Jackson — and they generally play smaller roles, except for some characters that gain prominence for storytelling or budgetary purposes.

Others, like Steven Spielberg, make quick cameos in films directed by their peers, such as his appearance as a man in an electric wheelchair in "Gremlins" or an alien gracing a TV monitor in "Men in Black." This, obviously, also extended to his own directorial efforts. For instance,...

Ah, 2004—a year when Friends was saying its final goodbye, mini skirts were the fashion statement, and a celebrity couple lit up the headlines: Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz. Their romance shone bright like a neon sign, but just as quickly, it dimmed, allegedly due to a dash of ex-drama.

Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz in Vanilla Sky | Credit: Paramount Pictures

Now, why would a handsome action star and an Oscar-winning actress go their separate ways after three years of dating bliss, you ask? The Evening Standard reported that Cruz got a little weary of her Vanilla Sky co-star’s lasting friendship with his ex-wife, Nicole Kidman. Can you even blame her? It’s tough to build a relationship when your partner’s ex is still on the scene.

Tom Cruise & Penélope Cruz’s Love Story That Couldn’t Last

The romance between Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz ignited in...

Cameron Crowes 2001 sci-fi thriller Vanilla Sky is far from a forgettable movie, but not many people know the star-studded film is actually a remake and it pales in comparison. With a cast as talented as Vanilla Skys, featuring Tom Cruise as the protagonist with Penlope Cruz and Cameron Diaz in supporting roles, its hard to believe that the movie could disappoint. Living up to the source material is a hard task for any remake, and unfortunately, it was beyond Vanilla Sky.

At the time of writing, Open Your Eyes is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.

Abre Los Ojos or Open Your Eyes, directed by Alejandro Amenbar, is the Spanish 1997 original that predates Vanilla Sky. Similar to its successor, the sci-fi psychological thriller follows the womanizing protagonist as he tries to make sense of his confusing reality following a car crash that leaves him disfigured. The movie was released to majorly positive reviews,...

Actor Penlope Cruz made a splash with a 1997 role, and was good enough to warrant playing the part again in a more famous remake. Born in Spain in 1974, Cruz is an actor who has appeared in both Spanish and English-language movies. She got her start in acting as a teenager, playing roles in music videos and one-off episodes of television throughout the early 1990s. She continued acting, predominantly in Spanish-language projects, throughout the 1990s.

In 1997, Cruz played the lead role of Sofia in the Alejandro Amenbar-directed film Open Your Eyes. The film stars Cruz as a young woman who becomes the love interest of a man who suffers from a car accident that results in him needing to have his face surgically rebuilt. In addition to Cruz, Open Your Eyes features a leading cast including Eduardo Noriega, Chete Lera, Fele Martnez, Najwa Nimri, and Gerard Barray. Cruz was praised for her role in the film,...

Tom Cruises appearance at the 2024 Olympics closing ceremony became one of the big talking points of the event, with the actor making a special and dramatic appearance to collect the Olympic flag and deliver it to its next destination of Los Angeles. While the production, which included pre-recorded footage of Cruise leaving Paris by plane and skydiving down to the Hollywood sign, seemed like the kind of big budget stunt that the actors Mission: Impossible movies have become known for, Cruise himself has a surprising pay packet for his appearance. Absolutely nothing.

While Cruise has been known as one of the highest paid actors in the business, it seems that he had one simple condition to do the whole thing for free he wanted to do his own stunts. This is hardly surprising considering the actors history of throwing himself off buildings, mountains, out of planes, and fighting on top of moving vehicles.