Tag: Bruce Willis
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Hollywood Needs to Give Jason Statham a Rom-Com
Although the 1980s saw the emergence of iconic action stars like Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Sylvester Stallone, and Bruce Willis, no one has dominated action cinema in the 21st century quite like Jason Statham. Although he has appeared in such franchises as The Expendables, The Meg, The Transporter, and Crank, Statham has successfully created his own genre…
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Cj Enm America Expands Scripted TV Team with Elsie Choi Appointment
Elsie Choi, a film and TV development veteran who has worked for such producers as Dan Lin and Bruce Willis, has joined Los Angeles-based Cj Enm America as executive VP and head of scripted TV.Cj Enm is a South Korean entertainment company that has produced content such as Oscar-winning film “Parasite” and popular Korean fantasy…
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How To Watch Moonlighting (Finally)
There wasn’t a funnier or sharper show in the mid-1980s than “Moonlighting” became a Nielsen ratings behemoth.American television viewers weren’t exactly clamoring for an amiably off-kilter riff on “The Thin Man” and 1930s – ’40s screwball comedies at the time, but once they saw Shepherd and Willis bantering with Hepburn-Grant ease, they were sold. “
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‘Hard to know’ if Bruce Willis is aware of dementia condition, wife says
Emma Heming Willis says she has been ‘care partner’ to husband, 68, after actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal degenerationSix months after Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, it is “hard to know” whether the actor, known for roles in Die Hard and Pulp Fiction, is aware of the extent to which his condition has…
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The Correct Order To Watch The Die Hard Movies
The “Die Hard” movies run the gamut from great to dire, but even the worst of the bunch can’t undermine the franchise’s standing as one of the all-time best action sagas in cinema history. The original “Die Hard” has influenced countless filmmakers and inspired untold “Die Hard” knock-offs. Which is ok because, as star Bruce…
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Expendables 4 Ending Explained: The Dead Don’t Die
Major spoilers for “Expend4bles” follow.Ever since “The Expendables” was released in 2010, the identity and tone of the franchise has been heavily in question. That first film seemed to want to have things both ways, presenting the trials and tribulations of the (very fictional) titular team of mercenaries while metatextually commenting on (and piggybacking off…
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The Best Plot Twists of the 21st Century, Ranked
It’s the shock of seeing Norman Bates, knife in hand, clad in his mother’s clothes, grinning maniacally in the swinging lamplight. It’s a supposedly dead husband rising from a bathtub with terrifying saucer contact-lenses. It’s finally connecting “I see dead people” with Bruce Willis being shot at the beginning of “The Sixth Sense.” When movies…
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Die Hard Review: Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman Shine in this Classic
Since the advent of the moving picture, there have been many great action movies. They have challenged what was possible in film and thrilled us in exciting new ways. However, how many of them can say they had a fresh-faced Bruce Willis fighting and swearing his way through a tower during the holidays? In this…
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The Alternate Ending of ‘Die Hard With a Vengeance’ Changes John McClane
In the history of ’80s and ’90s action movies, three names stand out above the rest: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and Bruce Willis. The first two names made their mark through their imposing presence. From the Terminator films and Predator, to the Rambo films and Cobra, Schwarzenegger and Stallone were all about being larger than…