action-movies

With ‘Spenser Confidential,’ Mark Wahlberg Attains His Final Form: A Generic Netflix Star

Actors used to aspire to be A-listers on the silver screen. But this action-movie veteran seems content to settle for streaming status

How Vin Diesel Ended Up Living Every Nerd’s Best Life

The brain of a D&D shut-in and the physique of Superman somehow combined to unlock success beyond the average nerd’s wildest dreams

Forget ‘Contagion’ — ‘The Happening’ Is the Real Coronavirus Movie

The world must truly be ending, because I’m recommending a Mark Wahlberg film

Vin Diesel Wants to Be Your Favorite 1980s Action Hero

The ‘Bloodshot’ star is a throwback to the muscle-bound action heroes of yesteryear, but he also harks back to an era when big-screen men were macho dudes of few words

Let’s Remember When Jim Carrey Lip-Synced to Guns N’ Roses in a Clint Eastwood Movie

The Inside Story of How ‘Wild Wild West’ Spun Out of Control

The ‘Bad Boys’ Movies Have Always Been Terrible

How ‘Fast & Furious’ Became the Baldest Action Franchise of All Time

War Is Hell — And a First-Person Shooter — In ‘1917’

‘Yippee-Ki-Yay, Motherfucker’: How ‘Die Hard’ Made John McClane a Modern-Day Cowboy