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Tori Spelling Details Worst Filming Experience With Director
Tori Spelling opened up about the worst experience she claims she had with a director on the set of 2003’s sci-fi comedy Evil Alien Conquerors.
“From the moment I stepped on set, it was like I couldn’t say one word without the director being like, ‘Uh, Tori, can you do that again?’” Spelling, 53, recalled on the August 9 episode of Stephen Baldwin’s “One Bad Movie” podcast.
Spelling makes an uncredited appearance in Evil Alien Conquerors opposite comedians Chris Parnell and Diedrich Bader as part of a madcap story about intergalactic invaders sent on a mission to destroy Earth.
The project was cowritten and directed by Chris Matheson, who previously worked on the 1989 classic comedy Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and its 1991 sequel Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey. (He went on to cowrite the 2020 franchise entry Bill & Ted Face the Music as well.)
Looking back on her time filming Evil Alien Conquerors, Spelling initially thought that the “big furry unibrow and furry feet” she wore for the movie would help her shake off the “forever persona being Aaron Spelling’s daughter.” (Tori was one of late TV producer Aaron and wife Candy Spelling’s two children, along with brother Randy Spelling.)
The actress recalled receiving a “straight offer” for Evil Alien Conquerors, meaning she didn’t have to audition for the part, and hoped that the movie would be a “great” change of pace from her previous work on Beverly Hills, 90210. (Spelling played Donna Martin on 90210 from 1990 to 2000.)
However, Tori told Baldwin, 60, that she clashed with Matheson, 67, right away, as he allegedly asked her to do repeated retakes on many of the scenes she shot and far more frequently than her costars.
The filmmaker would reportedly ask her to give “just a little bit less” in her line delivery, which she found odd since they were making a wacky sci-fi comedy.
“Now, although I was in a drama for 10 seasons and did other work, my comedy was on point, like I was a comedian and am a comedian,” she said. “And so, in drama sometimes I was like, ‘Okay, if I get that note, I understand that,’ but comedy? No one ever gave me a note. It was always like, ‘Oh my God, that’s great, go for it.’”
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While Tori always felt she was “good with direction,” she came to realize that whatever she was giving in her line readings “didn’t matter.”
“It could be a scene with me and one other actor or a scene with like 20 of us… By the end I knew he’d go through the first take, and then he’d be like ‘Cut!’ And I’m like, ‘Wait for it,’ and he’d be like, ‘Tori…’” she said. “Every time! He would say it out loud across all the other actors and everyone in the room and I’d be shuddering.”
The tension ultimately got so intense on set that Tori’s agent asked for her to be uncredited in Evil Alien Conquerors. Tori finished the project convinced that Matheson “hated” her.
“I was like, ‘Just fire me and recast. This is so hard on me.’ I went to set every day just like a puddle of … I don’t know,” she declared. “I watched it. I’m fine in it, but I’m like, ‘Oh, I wish I had done more with it.’ It was a comedy. It was just like a goofy comedy. He just didn’t like me. And I’m like, ‘That’s okay.’”
Us has reached out to Matheson’s representatives for comment.
Contacted by People, Matheson said, “I’m sorry she felt that way. I like Tori personally. I just think we have some different ideas about comedy.”
Evil Alien Conquerors ultimately skipped a theatrical release in the U.S. and went straight to DVD.
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Of all the returning shows in 2026, from Netflix’s flagship romance series Bridgerton to Prime Video‘s best ass-kicking action series Reacher, there is perhaps none more exciting than the long-awaited return to AFC Richmond in everyone’s favorite heartwarming sports series, Ted Lasso. Apple TV’s most famous series that once solidified them as a major player in the streaming wars was seemingly over in 2023, when Ted’s (Jason Sudeikis) time as coach at AFC Richmond came to an end as he made the tough decision to return to Kansas to spend more time with his son.
But how would the show return? Is there a way of coaxing Ted back to London that wouldn’t ruin the touching ending of Season 3? On August 5, Season 4 of Ted Lasso began with the titular soccer coach working as a part-time grocery store assistant and full-time father in Kansas. However, Keeley Jones (Juno Temple), Leslie Higgins (Jeremy Swift), and Hannah Waddingham‘s Rebecca Welton have other ideas, as they fly to the States to try and encourage Ted back to AFC Richmond to take over the brand-new women’s team, The Lady Greyhounds.
Apple TV, which rarely announces its viewership data, was proud to confirm in the past couple of days that the Season 4 premiere drew 296.6 million views during its first two days on streaming, including over 200 million minutes watched alone during its first day on the platform. These are record-breaking figures for Apple TV, marking its biggest streaming launch in history. Unsurprisingly, at the time of writing, the series is the most-watched show on Apple TV both in the U.S. and around the world.
What Have Critics Said About ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4?
After what felt like the perfect ending in 2023, many were skeptical of how Apple TV would pull off the return of Ted Lasso. So far, the viewing figures have been impressive, but how have critics reacted? On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the fourth season has so far earned a strong average rating of 90%, which is a 9% increase on Season 3. Collider’s Tania Hussain praised the show for being able to “move forward without losing what made it special” in her review, awarding a positive 7/10 score.
Ted Lasso Season 4 airs weekly on Apple TV. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for more streaming stories.
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Patrick Mahomes’ entire family hit the gridiron for the Kansas City Chiefs’ first preseason game of the year.
His wife, Brittany Mahomes, 30, shared an adorable carousel of photos from her visit to the sidelines with all three children — Sterling, 5, Bronze, 3, and Golden, 1 — at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Saturday, August 15. The three little ones split their time between cheering for their dad and posing for some unforgettable family photos.
“Their faces when they see their dad 🥹🫶🏼 …and bronze yawning is just the best,” Brittany beamed in her Instagram caption.
The NFL also captured a sweet moment where Patrick greeted his wife and kids on the sidelines during the Chiefs’ preseason opener against the Los Angeles Rams.
Patrick didn’t actually get any playing time in Saturday’s game — which ended with the Rams beating the Chiefs, 20-12 — because of Coach Andy Reid’s concerns over the quarterback’s knee injury.
The athlete suffered a season-ending torn ACL and LCL in his left leg during the Chiefs’ December 14, 2025, game against the Los Angeles Chargers. While he was able to limp off the field, Patrick underwent surgery later that month to begin his long road to recovery.
During the offseason, Patrick opened up to reporters at a January press conference about the impact of his injury on his parenting responsibilities.
“The kids understand that dad can’t necessarily be the dad that I usually am throwing them around the couches and stuff like that,” he acknowledged.
He credited his “great wife” Brittany for being “able to keep me involved” with their three children while he was focusing on his physical rehabilitation.
Brittany Mahomes is celebrating her husband, Patrick Mahomes, and his highly anticipated return to the gridiron after his season-ending ACL injury. “Seeing him back doing what he loves,” Brittany, 30, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Saturday, July 25, resharing the team’s footage of Patrick, also 30, arriving for training camp. “So thankful 🙏.” The […]
By the time the Kansas City Chiefs’ training camp started this summer, Patrick reiterated his goal of returning for the 2026-2027 season opener. (The Chiefs kick off the regular season against the Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium on September 14.)
“[My recovery] is going good. It’s a long process,” Mahomes said on Yahoo! Sports Daily on July 15. “I think that’s what I’ve learned throughout this entire thing. All I can do is be as great as I can be every single day. You just have to maximize that day and then slowly get better and better as the year goes on.”
He went on, “We’ve had a great recovery program going these last few months and we’re in a good spot. Now it’s just about trying to continue to do that so that I’m ready to go whenever the season comes around.”
Meanwhile, Saturday’s Chiefs preseason gave the world its first official look at Patrick’s teammate Travis Kelce’s wedding band following his July 3 marriage to Taylor Swift at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The jaw-dropping gold wedding band was the perfect accessory to Kelce’s black-and-orange tie-dye two-piece, black sunglasses and metallic watch as he entered Arrowhead Stadium. (Like Patrick, Kelce, 36, was held out of Saturday’s preseason game as a health precaution.)
Diff’rent Strokes star Todd Bridges and his estranged wife, Bettijo B. Hirschi, are beholden to a meticulous prenup as they navigate their divorce, Us can exclusively share.
According to court documents obtained by Us, the pair’s prenuptial agreement — which includes clauses for disability, spousal support and more — is only applicable “if the grounds for divorce are due to the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage and incompatibility of temperament led to the irremediable breakdown of the marriage with no possibility of reconciliation or adultery by either Spouse.”
In other words, the prenup is only in effect if Bridges, 61, and Hirschi remained faithful for the duration of their marriage.
The prenuptial agreement also includes a disability clause, stipulating that “each spouse does not pledge to the other that they will take care of them indefinitely in the event of disability of any kind during the marriage.”
Kandi Burruss’ estranged husband Todd Tucker might have a fighting chance at winning his prenuptial argument in their ongoing divorce — but it’ll be tricky, legal experts warn. “Any time a person signs a prenuptial agreement days or hours before their wedding, they are creating an argument to be made later that they were under […]
Us previously confirmed Bridges filed to end the pair’s three-year marriage on March 31 — weeks after the pair first announced their split. Per the docs, exclusively obtained by Us at the time, the actor claimed their “marriage is broken beyond repair” after trying to “resolve [their] problems.”
According to the pair’s prenup, neither Bridges or Hirschi are “obligated to pay, provide for, or support one another after the marriage is dissolved,” meaning neither are eligible to receive any alimony once their divorce is finalized.
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The pair’s individual financial earnings obtained during the marriage “shall be owned by each Spouse separately” after their divorce, per their prenup, and all earnings shall “include, but not be limited to, salaries, bonuses, personal payments, gifts, dividends, distributions, and any other income.”
Their personal, individual bank accounts will remain their own, while any joint account will be treated as joint property.” Each party will be personally responsible for obtaining and paying for their own health insurance after their split, too.
Per the prenup, any property or assets, as well as any debs, obtained during the marriage “shall be owned by each spouse respectively” and “be the separate responsibility of each spouse respectively,” and if either plan to file for bankruptcy they must inform the other in writing at least 10 days prior to any legal filing.
The pair, who got married in 2022, do not share any biological children but are coparents to their children from their previous marriages. (Bridges shares two children with his ex-wife Dori Smith, while Hirschi is the mother of four children from a previous relationship.)
“Husband acknowledges and agrees that the care and direction of the children outside the couple shall be in the sole and exclusive control of the Wife,” the pair’s prenup says in part, outlining any post-marriage coparenting guidelines. “Husband agrees not to interfere with or obstruct the Wife in her role as the mother of the children outside the couple and her authority for decision-making regarding the children outside the couple.”
Us has reached out to reps for both Bridges and Hirschi for comment regarding the details of their prenuptial agreement, but did not hear back at the time of publication.
According to a recent court filing from Hirschi on August 5, Bridges’ estranged wife is requesting the ownership, branding and management rights of the website realtoddbridges.com, provided by her company, Loop 101 LLC. Hirschi values the website at slightly over $20,000, and is giving her ex the option of paying her $20,720 in full in exchange for the domain. She is also giving her ex the option of her waiving the fee in exchange for full ownership of the site or allowing for the full “permanent and irreversible” termination of the site.
Teddi Mellencamp’s estranged husband, Edwin Arroyave, has broken his silence after she confirmed their separation. Arroyave, 47, filed a response to Mellencamp’s divorce docs on Friday, November 8, requesting that the court enforce their prenup. “Pursuant to the parties’ Premarital Agreement, all assets, income from all sources, and obligations of each party are his/her separate […]
According to the docs, Hirschi will “terminate the website” if Bridges does not send her his decision in writing within 30 days. In the meantime, she will continue to host the site for a monthly fee of $40 covered by the site’s merchandise sales. If the site fails to generate enough revenue to cover the fee, Hirschi will invoice the difference to her estranged husband.
If the site makes more than “$4,000.00 of annual net profits,” the remaining profit “will be split 50/50 between the parties,” meaning Bridges can continue to make money off the website but that profit will be split equally with his ex.
Hirschi is also arguing who is legally responsible for their joining credit card, which had a $18,275.87 balance at the time of their separation. Hirschi is arguing they are both responsible for the debt, and is asking the court to order her husband to pay her $9,187.94 — half the total amount of the card – to cover his obligation after she paid off the card in full to save her credit.
She is also arguing that Bridges owes her $3,164, or half their IRS debt from their 2025 taxes, while he is owed $8.00 — half their state refunds from “Connecticut ($2.00), Massachusetts ($8.00), and New York ($6.00), totaling $16.00,” initially received by Hirschi.
Us reached out to reps for both regarding the financial claims but did not hear back.
Bridges announced the pair’s split back in January.
“After much prayer and reflection, my spouse and I have made the difficult decision to separate,” he said in a statement at the time. “This was not an easy choice, and it comes with a heavy heart, but also with love and gratitude for the life we shared.”
Bachelor Nation’s Tyler Cameron has handed out his final rose, proposing to girlfriend Tate Madden after two years of dating.
“Better late than never they say,” Tyler, 33, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, August 15, sharing photos from his romantic proposal on Florida’s Little Palm Island beach.
Tyler and Tate, 32, who have been together since 2024, received a flurry of congratulations from his fellow Bachelor alumni.
“Congrats you two ❤️. Sending so much love,” Colton Underwood wrote in the comments section, while JoJo Fletcher added, “Ahh congrats!! ❤️❤️❤️ Love u guys.”
Tyler Cameron may not have been the recipient of former Bachelorette Hannah Brown’s final rose, but he found his own happily ever after with girlfriend Tate Madden. Two months after confirming their relationship in September 2024, Cameron and Madden revealed that they had been together for nearly a year already. “So Tyler and I actually […]
Justin Glaze, for his part, chimed in, “Alright alright alrightttttt 👏🏽👏🏽 congrats y’all!!.”
Tyler’s brother Ryan Cameron, meanwhile, jokingly replied, “He did it, people.”
Tyler rose to fame on Hannah Brown’s season 15 of The Bachelorette in 2019, ending the show as her runner-up. Years later, Tyler found love with Tate. (The contractor and Tate confirmed their relationship in early 2024.)
“Tyler and I actually met a couple times before he remembered meeting me. I thought Tyler and I were actually good friends,” Tate recalled on the “Trading Secrets” podcast in November 2024. “Turns out he didn’t know who I was.”
According to Tate, she first met Tyler through a mutual friend. She was hired to work for Tyler before their platonic bond eventually turned romantic.
Bachelor Nation fan favorite Tyler Cameron is officially off the market and dating Tate Madden. After Cameron received a comment during an Amazon Live in September 2024 that read, “Tell us about your girlfriend,” the former reality TV star asked Madden whether she wanted to make an appearance on screen. Madden, who was off-camera, declined. […]
“I think she is everything that I’ve ever wanted in somebody,” Tyler exclusively told Us in May 2025, hinting that Tate is The One. “She is also my best friend on top of that. I think that’s all a good recipe right there.”
At the time, Tyler acknowledged that he initially waited to publicly debut his relationship due to his reality TV past.
“She didn’t always understand what was going on when it was going on,” he explained at the time. “That was a big step for us. Now, being in the public eye, you basically add a third party to your relationship. They’re always going to scrutinize or say something. It’s learning how to navigate through that, and I think she’s done a great job at it — and so far, it’s been good.”
Despite their relationship heating up, Tyler was admittedly wary about potentially expanding his family with Tate.
“[Having kids is] a fear I have, and it has nothing to do with Tate,” he previously said on “Trading Secrets” in November 2024. “It’s just when I grew up, I had parents who busted their asses and worked their asses off for us, gave us everything they had. We lost everything in the [2008 stock] market crash. We went from having everyone together, living this dream life in this dream house, to losing it all.”
Rather, Tyler hopes to be in a “financially set place” before becoming a father.
“I think right now, just doubling down and just working as much as we can to get to that spot so then when we do hopefully have kids one day, God willing, that he can also be the dad that he wants to be,” Tate chimed in at the time. “Never miss a game, be the coach, do all the things. Which I think right now, doing what we’re doing will get us to the place where you can also have financial stability.”
Tyler Cameron won over Bachelorette fans when he vied for Hannah Brown’s love during season 15 of the dating show — since then, Cameron’s dating life has been busier than ever.
Brown has been linked to a long list of famous women, from Brown to Gigi Hadid over the years. Despite his heartthrob status, he assured Us in October 2019 that he is not “worried about dating” at the moment.
“Dating girls is, like, the least of my worries right now. I’m so busy and running around,” he revealed at the time, teasing that he was “just trying to worry about today and tomorrow, you know?”
Cameron has not scrubbed the idea of finding love completely from his mind either, romancing models and social media stars alike since becoming a Bachelor Nation favorite. He began dating Tate Madden in 2024, popping the question two years later.
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Aaron Cross, president of the Pima County Deputies Organization, the largest of three unions representing the sheriff’s deputies, is detailing what he claims is gross inexperience among the detectives working to find Nancy Guthrie more than six months after her mysterious and disturbing disappearance.
“[The lead sergeant] was placed in [the investigation] nearly immediately. He was promoted to sergeant only in 2023, if I remember correctly, so he very rapidly went inside, from patrol and then was assigned to homicide,” Cross told TMZ in an interview published on Saturday, August 15, describing what he knows of the investigation while clarifying he is in no way in charge of or part of the case.
“I don’t believe he put in for that [assignment] — usually those assignments are made by command,” Cross continued. “So command, for whatever reason despite the fact that he had never been in homicide before, thought he was the right person for that unit.”
When asked to quantify how much homicide experience the detective working to solve the case of Today coanchor Savannah Guthrie’s mom’s disappearance, Cross was clear they all had some experience — just not much.
Former Pima County Sheriff’s Department employee Dr. Richard Carmona has some thoughts regarding Sheriff Chris Nanos and the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. Carmona recalled being “perplexed” by some of Nanos’ interviews during a recent appearance on the “Brian Entin Investigates” podcast. “We were like, ‘How could you open the crime [scene]? That’s not something […]
“They all had some because they were in the homicide unit, but it was very limited,” he claimed to the outlet. “Three years or less — all of them.”
Cross went on to claim that “novice homicide detectives” is a “fair characterization” of the investigators working on the case.
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“It was almost unheard of prior to Chris Nanos winning an election, having someone with that little experience in homicide,” Cross continued. “If they were brought in it would be one person being brought in and the rest of the unit would mentor that new detective to show him the ropes and how to be a homicide detective to show him the ropes and how to be a homicide detective.
He added, “You can’t even call yourself a homicide detective until you’ve been through a trial — so it takes time to learn the ropes.”
After detailing the investigators alleged inexperience, Cross was asked to detail what he believes the authorities’ greatest misstep to date has been in the investigation. (More than six months after Nancy was first reported missing in January, there are still no substantial leads in the case and no suspects.)
“The big misstep, in my opinion and the opinion of many of the detectives and people in the community, is just giving up the scene so quickly,” Cross alleged. “I think the next day it was given back to the family, and there was no reason for that.”
Us has reached out to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department for comment regarding Cross’ claims and assessment of the ongoing investigation, but did not hear back at the time of publication.
Sheriff Nanos, who has come under fire for his alleged mishandling of the investigation, including allegations from the FBI that local authorities have not been cooperative with federal agencies, marked six months into the investigation by sharing a message to the Guthrie family directly.
“We’re still here. We’re not going away. If you could just see the team working, you’d see the energy, the concern,” Nanos said in a video shared on August 1. “They’re fired up and we will continue to work this case hard.”
Four months into the case, Nanos addressed the “prolonged” search for the Guthrie family’s matriarch amid public scrutiny.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is sharing an update on his communication with Nancy Guthrie’s family. More than 100 days after Savannah Guthrie’s mom was reported missing in Tucson, Arizona, Nanos revealed to People that “I personally am not” in touch with the family. Instead, ongoing contact with Nancy’s relatives is handled through other investigators […]
“These cases are difficult,” Nanos told local Tucson, Arizona, outlet KOLD News 13 on June 1. “Not just this case. A number of our cases come to us where it requires a lot of work from other people. It’s not just a detective who goes out there, talks to somebody, and we can make an arrest.”
Today cohost Savannah, for her part, issued another plea to those who allegedly abducted her mother on the six month anniversary of her disappearance.
“This is our beautiful Mom. Six months ago, someone took her out of her bed in the dead of night,” Savannah, 54, captioned a photo of her mother via Instagram on August 1. “We have lived every moment, every breath, and every heartbeat in agony and despair ever since. Every day, we wake up and try to be strong and go on because that’s what our joyful and resilient Mom taught us to do, but make no mistake — our hearts are in ruins.”
Batman on the big screen was all but a lost cause in the nascence of the 21st century, with audiences and critics some combination of soured and apathetic toward the Caped Crusader following the glitterbomb travesty of Joel Schumacher’s Batman and Robin. Nevertheless, Warner Bros. pushed forward in pursuing a reinvention of one of their most valuable IPs. Several directors including Wolfgang Petersen and Darren Aronofsky were considered to take the helm, before the studio finally settled on Christopher Nolan, fresh off critical acclaim surrounding dark, R-rated thrillers Memento and Insomnia.
The hiring would prove to be one that completely reinvented and perhaps even defined the studio for years to come. Boldly aimed at adult filmgoers in contrast to its predecessors, movies that were openly designed to sell toys to children, the character-rich and technically astounding Dark Knight trilogy would garner overall splendid reviews from critics, and break all kinds of box-office records between 2005 and 2012. There were multiple iterations on the character before, and there’ve been more since, but for so many, this is the definitive Batman. The following ranks every Christopher Nolan Batman movie from worst to best.
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‘The Dark Knight Rises’ (2012)
As someone who genuinely loves all three of these movies, there’s a lizard-brain instinct to be a contrarian and move the third entry higher—somehow, for some reason. Though it’s juggernaut of cinematic spectacle, tension and pleasure, The Dark Knight Rises is, like, objectively the weakest of these three movies, and by a considerable margin. Part of that is just because its predecessors were home runs, the middle chapter pretty much perfect. On its own merits, The Dark Knight Rises is kind of a mess, but if we were ranking these movies by sheer entertainment value, it might very well be in the top spot.
It’s easy to point out the flaws here: There are plot holes you could fly a BAT through. Tom Hardy‘s accent under the Bane mask sounds silly. The operatic and bombastic nature of the entire thing is a bit jarring following the grounded near-perfection of the 2008 film, but it’s hard to imagine a better or more satisfying direction the filmmakers could have taken than this go-for-broke epic of Gotham under siege.
Anne Hathaway really probably is the best thing about this movie, with several sensational acting beats that linger in memory long after the ending. The action is also truly spectacular, particularly final chase scene through land and air in bright daylight that’s both unexpected for a Batman picture, and symbolic of the end of Bruce Wayne’s character arc—he’s finally done hiding. 2023’s The Flash would attempt to bring Batman to daylight scenes, but let’s face it, Andy Muschietti can’t match Nolan, perhaps especially along the lines of visuals. The garish Flash looks like an episode of Rupaul’s Drag Race, at best.
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‘Batman Begins’ (2005)
As previously mentioned, most people had pretty much given up on Batman movies by 2005, and as a result, Nolan’s terrific first blockbuster film was something of a sleeper hit, despite critical praise. The freshest and most unexpected thing about Batman Begins is that it’s actually about Batman and Bruce Wayne. The first act carefully, and in what would become known as characteristically Nolan fashion, non-linearly, established Bruce’s tragic backstory, grief, and pursuit of a higher meaning. It’s about exactly one hour into a 140-minute runtime before we see Batman. He’s far scarier, and obsessed with fear, than general audiences had any reason to anticipate given what had come before.
The achievement of Batman Begins would be somewhat overshadowed by the cultural juggernaut that followed three years later, but time has been good to the original film. Christian Bale received some flack for the exaggerated Batman voice, but really his performance is uniformly terrific across all three movies, and his scenes of dialogue with Michael Caine‘s Alfred Pennyworth give the film a central heartbeat that was entirely missing from even the best of the live-action Batman entries in the ’80s and ’90s. Roger Ebert gave Batman Begins his highest rating of four stars after dismissing previous live-action entries, saying:
“This is at last the Batman movie I’ve been waiting for. The character resonates more deeply with me than the other comic superheroes, perhaps because when I discovered him as a child, he seemed darker and more grown-up than the cheerful Superman.”
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‘The Dark Knight’ (2008)
Is The Dark Knight a perfect movie? Well, perhaps not on the most technical of levels. There are plot holes and demanded leaps of faith and disbelief here, but pretty much anyone needs to see the film more than once to even notice, because we’re entertained into submission by the filmmaking. This is one of a mere handful of truly monocultural movie events in the 21st century. Released weeks after similarly acclaimed, if tonally disparate, Iron Man launched the MCU, the one-two punch would completely reinvent how the public saw comic-book movies, paving the way for blockbuster filmmaking for years and years.
Though you could poke holes in the narrative if you really wanted to, part of The Dark Knight’s legacy is a stunning emotional and psychological depth that never wanes and isn’t fully matched by anything else in the genre. For all the hype and infamy surrounding it for nearly 20 years now, you can never really say enough about the Heath Ledger performance as Joker. There’s a layer of menace and intrigue that completely blankets the film, even when he isn’t on screen. Surely this would have been the case even if the actor hadn’t tragically passed prior to the film’s release. This is probably the most intense summer blockbuster movie ever made. The filmmaking is surely partially responsible for this, but so much of it comes from the Ledger performance.
Pretty much everyone retroactively agrees this was the best film of 2008. That The Dark Knight wasn’t nominated for Best Picture, much less Best Director, remains an inky black stain upon the reputation of the Academy. There was enough deserved outrage for the top honors category to be expanded beyond five nominations the following year. The Dark Knight is the most influential movie of the 21st century so far, and one of the very best.
After a shocking TV death on Will Trent and multiple show cancellations, Scott Foley has booked his new job — and it has him reprising a familiar role.
Foley, 54, appeared in the season 2 teaser for Hulu’s Scrubs revival, which aired at D23 on Saturday, August 15. He previously appeared in the original Scrubs series in seasons 1, 3 and 8 as Sean Kelly, who was a dolphin trainer who dated Dr. Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke) and later Dr. Kim Briggs (Elizabeth Banks).
The actor’s return to Scrubs comes after he previously couldn’t appear in season 1.
“I’ve had the good fortune of working with Yana Grebenyuk Bill Lawrence not just on Scrubs, but then I did Cougar Town and I did Undatable,” he said in an interview with Josh Wilding in January. “He and I, we made Whiskey Cavalier in the Czech Republic together. So we’ve had a long history of working together.”
Foley confirmed he was invited to return.
“Zach [Braff] has asked me to come back,” Foley revealed. “I actually got a call right when they were starting production. They had me scheduled for an episode, and we couldn’t work the schedule out. So I’m sure we’ll find the time.”
Foley is known for his appearance on various TV shows, including his work on The Unit, Scrubs, Felicity and Scandal. He has also guest starred on Grey’s Anatomy, Dawson’s Creek and House, though his onscreen arcs have usually been cut short or ended tragically.
After Foley joined Will Trent in 2025, there were concerns that his character, Seth, wouldn’t make it for the long haul. A May episode showed Angie (Erika Christensen) finally giving birth, but her happiness was short-lived as Seth, her husband, died after collapsing in the hospital.
“What a wonderful gift to receive after a wonderful experience on #willtrent,” Foley wrote via Instagram alongside a photo of his name in the show’s title card. “Thanks to the cast and crew, the writers and creators who made the experience so special.”
He added, “This will surely make my wife and daughter say ‘Awww’ each time they pass by and really, that’s enough for me.”
Months later, Foley broke his silence about his latest show’s cancellation. He took to Instagram in July to address Prime Video not renewing his faith-focused series, It’s Not Like That, for a second season.
“After six or so weeks in Prime Video’s Top 10, I think getting as high as, like, three or four, really great reviews — I think we have like 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes — our little show called It’s Not Like That has been canceled at Amazon Prime,” he began in the video, admitting he was “disappointed” by the news.
“But I’m so grateful for the chance. I get to make — I got to make a show I’m so proud of with people I grew to like a lot, and now we don’t get to make it anymore, and you don’t get to watch it,” he continued. “If you watched it, thank you. I appreciate it. If you didn’t, it’s still on Amazon Prime.”
Foley added, “It’s not going to change the cancellation, but I wanted to thank everybody who took the time to check it out. Whether it was you found it on your own, whether it was a recommendation you saw on social media, it’s appreciated. So thank you.”
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Tom Hardy’s 106-Minute ‘The Sopranos’-Style Thriller Is Officially Taking Over Digital
The discovery of a hidden gem featuring two big stars you never imagined would have ever crossed paths is one of the true virtues of the streaming era. Nobody has time to watch every single movie at the multiplex, and finding it at home used to be tougher than it is now. That’s why it’s great to stumble across a neat little crime movie that has no sprawling criminal empires or glamorous gangsters. Instead, everything happens in dingy Brooklyn bars, cramped houses and freezing streets where violence feels less like spectacle and more like an occupational hazard.
Released in 2014, The Drop paired an up-and-coming A-lister with perhaps the most iconic actor of the prestige television era in one of his final performances. It wasn’t a major theatrical phenomenon, but time has been extremely kind to the movie, which remains one of the smartest and most understated crime dramas of its era. Hardy is about to return to MobLand, which may explain why it has recently been charting globally. As for the story?
Lonely bartender Bob Saginowski and his hardened employer, Cousin Marv, run a bar that is used as a “drop” — a covert scheme that funnels cash to local gangsters. But when they find themselves caught in a robbery gone bad, and on the hook for a debt they can’t repay, both men have to make the dangerous choice between loyalty and survival.
The movie comes from screenwriter Dennis Lehane, adapting his own short story Animal Rescue, and director Michaël R. Roskam. The cast is led by Tom Hardy (Havoc) as Bob Saginowski, James Gandolfini (The Sopranos) as Cousin Marv, Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) as Nadia, Matthias Schoenaerts (The Old Guard) as Eric Deeds, and John Ortiz (American Fiction) as Detective Torres.
Was ‘The Drop’ a Success?
Made for approximately $12.6 million, The Drop grossed $18.9 million worldwide, including $10.7 million domestically. So it wasn’t exactly a runaway hit, but it did well enough and, of course, found its true audience at home. Its real legacy was from critics. The Drop currently boasts an excellent 88% critics’ score alongside a 76% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while critics particularly praised its writing and ensemble, with Hardy and Gandolfini earning much of the attention, unsurprisingly.
The Gandolfini connection inevitably gives the movie some Sopranos DNA, but Hardy’s Bob is what makes it genuinely special. You think he’s a weak man, but then when it comes down to it, you find yourself asking, has everyone misunderstood the man he truly is?
The Drop is currently available to rent or purchase digitally in the United States, including through Fandango at Home.
- Release Date
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September 12, 2014
- Runtime
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106 minutes
- Director
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Michael R. Roskam
- Writers
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Dennis Lehane
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