The sequel to the 1986 smash-hit Top Gun has been decades in the making, but after years of delays, the air-combat movie is finally soaring into theaters this week behind a promotional blitzkrieg led by Tom Cruise. Every poster for the new ...
50 Years Later, Kid From ‘Jaws’ Named Police Chief on Martha’s Vineyard
The young prankster from Jaws — seen scaring Amity Island beachgoers with a fake great white dorsal fin — is all grown up, and he will soon be made a police chief on Martha’s Vineyard. Nearly 50 years after starring in the iconic hoax scene from ...
Chris Pratt Is a SEAL on the Warpath in New ‘Terminal List’ Teaser
Chris Pratt emerges from the surf, ready to deliver violent retribution in the new teaser for The Terminal List. The latest trailer for the upcoming Amazon Prime series, starring Pratt and Taylor Kitsch, just dropped, and it looks brutal. The two ...
Jon Bernthal Professes Love for Police While Promoting HBO’s ‘We Own This City’
Jon Bernthal delivers one of television's most accurate and humanizing performances of a corrupt cop in HBO’s new hit-miniseries We Own This City. The Hollywood A-lister, best known for his roles in The Punisher, Fury, and The Walking Dead, spent ...
Marine and Author Phil Klay on His Latest Book and Endless War
Nearly a decade after Phil Klay’s debut book Redeployment won the National Book Award for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize, the bestselling author and Iraq War veteran returns with his first venture into ...
Air Force Hijacks ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ To Recruit Future Fighter Pilots
Fans are screaming for Top Gun: Maverick to hit theaters in a couple of weeks after years of delays. The long-awaited sequel stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, and Jennifer Connelly, and will also see Val Kilmer return as Iceman, although it's unclear ...
‘Revision of a Man’: Army Vet Uses Poetry To Tackle Manliness in the Modern Age
By traditional standards, Matt Smythe is as manly as they come. If he weren’t a dedicated father, he might live alone in a cabin in the woods or on a mountain. That doesn't arise out of a disdain for other people, but his insatiable desire to be ...
U2 Frontmen Hold Surprise Subway Station Concert in War-Torn Kyiv
Bono and the Edge, frontmen for the Irish rock band U2, performed a surprise concert in Ukraine yesterday. The two rock stars traveled to Kyiv, where they put on a concert in the Khreshchatyk metro station to show solidarity with the embattled ...
When Val Kilmer Claimed To Understand War Better Than Veterans
Actors are often known for their unorthodox behavior. Just look as far as this week's MetGala and you won’t need any more convincing that actors aren’t like the rest of us. Wild outfits and peculiar lifestyles are nothing new when it comes to ...
5 of the Best Movie Dogfights To Hold You Over Until ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
In less than a month, Tom Cruise will finally soar back into theaters in Top Gun: Maverick, and if you’re anything like us, you’ve probably been chomping at the bit to see some badass dogfights. With Maverick getting pushed back several times ...
‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ — First Look Reveals a Nunchaku-Wielding Keanu Reeves
Everyone’s favorite dog-avenging action hero is back, and this time he’s toting an iconic Okinawan weapon: nunchaku. Keanu Reeves seems to have found the role he was made for in the form of John Wick. The 57-year-old Canadian actor has starred in ...
Bring Back These Brutal Marine Knife-Fighting Techniques From World War II
Whether armed with aircraft, rifles, or just their hands, Marines are renowned for being tough and capable fighters. The Corps’ lethal reputation stretches back to the days when Marines were tasked with boarding enemy ships, armed only with muskets, ...
Viking Legend Behind New Movie ‘The Northman’ Also Inspired ‘Hamlet’
At 6 feet 4 inches tall, Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård’s towering figure makes for a perfect on-screen Viking berserker. In Robert Eggers’ new film The Northman, Skarsgård dons his wolfskin and teams up with Anya Taylor-Joy, Willem Dafoe, Nicole ...
9 of the Most Awesome Nicknames For Military Badasses
A lot of accomplishments in the military get overlooked or rewarded with a couple metal baubles to be worn on the chest. But sometimes, a man leads a couple of invasions and gets to keep his callsign for the rest of his life as a nickname, or someone ...
‘Iron Eagle’: The ’80s Aerial Action Gem That’s Way Better Than ‘Top Gun’
If you like your military movies to be even remotely plausible, then you probably think Top Gun is the gold standard for on-screen aerial combat. But if you prefer your 1980s action with extra cheese, then you likely already know Doug Masters and ...
‘Band of Brothers’ Sequel Wraps Filming, Tom Hanks Begins Next World War II Project
Masters of the Air — the long-awaited World War II miniseries from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg — wrapped filming, and Hanks already has his sights on another World War II project. In addition to being an executive producer for the upcoming ...
Pink Floyd Teams Up With Ukrainian Rock Star To Release First Song in Decades
In a display of solidarity with Ukraine, legendary rock band Pink Floyd teamed up with Ukrainian rock star Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the band Boombox to release their first single in nearly 30 years. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers created a unique ...
‘Bunch of Baloney’ — Oldest Living Marine and WWII Vet Reacts to ‘The Pacific’
HBO’s award-winning miniseries The Pacific is widely considered one of the best television shows ever made about World War II. Following in the wake of the groundbreaking miniseries Band of Brothers — which follows a company of American paratroopers ...
How Val Kilmer Used Artificial Intelligence To Speak Again in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
After years of delays, Top Gun: Maverick is finally soaring into theaters this May, and with it comes the two biggest stars of the original high-flying blockbuster. Tom Cruise is set to reprise his role as hotshot fighter pilot Maverick, and flying ...
‘Lovecraft’s Iraq’: Recon Marines Fight From Fallujah to the Mountains of Madness
Since leaving the military 16 years ago, David Rose has locked people up as a police officer, gotten himself placed on house arrest (anklet GPS and all), fought Muay Thai professionally, been committed to a VA psych ward, contracted in Afghanistan, ...
‘Redeployment,’ Acclaimed Book of War Stories, Banned in Some Maryland Schools
On Friday, March 25, Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) confirmed that the award-winning book Redeployment by Marine veteran Phil Klay was pulled from school libraries, citing “many instances of violence, drugs and ...
Bush, Milley Join 16 MOH Recipients for Medal of Honor Museum Groundbreaking in Texas
The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, Friday, March 25. The museum, which is scheduled to open in 2024, will celebrate the service of the more than 3,500 ...
That Time US Forces Tore Hundreds of Russian Wagner Group Mercenaries to Pieces in Syria
It’s been one month since Russia invaded Ukraine. What Vladimir Putin and much of the world originally expected to be a quick and easy victory over their smaller neighbor has rapidly devolved into a military disaster for Russia. The Pentagon ...
3 Brilliant War Stories That Show Combat Through a Unique Lens
To conclude his combat memoir Beyond Band of Brothers, retired major and World War II veteran Richard “Dick” Winters reiterates the truism that war simultaneously brings out the best and worst in people. There are few mediums better for understanding ...
David Simon, HBO Tackle True Story of Corrupt Baltimore Police Unit
The Wire writers David Simon and George Pelecanos have teamed up again for HBO’s upcoming drama We Own This City, and the recently released trailer suggests the highly anticipated miniseries will be a gritty portrayal of Baltimore’s notoriously ...
Recalling Nazi Father’s Service, Schwarzenegger Pleads to Russians: Don’t Fight ‘Illegal War’
In a now-viral video posted across multiple media platforms Thursday, March 17, Arnold Schwarzenegger begged Russia to end its war against Ukraine. During the nine-minute video, Schwarzenegger pleads for his “dear Russian friends” to accept the truth ...
‘Servant of the People,’ Starring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Returns to Netflix
The political comedy series Servant of the People — which stars Ukraine’s current president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and helped kick-start his political career — is back on Netflix. The series originally ran in Ukraine from 2015 to 2019 and helped ...
Reimagined Master Chief Divides Critics in New Paramount+ ‘Halo’ Series
Super fans of the first-person shooter video game franchise Halo might be disappointed to hear the new television series from Paramount+ deviates from the plot of the games, but while some viewers are frowning at the unexpected changes, initial ...
Russian Director’s Nightmarish Film Is Powerful Indictment of War
In 1985, when tensions between the Soviets and Western democracy were rising to a fever pitch, a Russian anti-war film about World War II captivated audiences and critics around the world. Restored in 2K resolution and rereleased in 2020, Come and ...
After 7 Years in the NFL, Decorated Army Ranger Alejandro Villanueva Retires
Alejandro Villanueva, the former Army Ranger who earned a spot as an offensive tackle with the Pittsburgh Steelers after leaving the Army in 2015, is retiring after a seven-year career in the National Football League. The two-time Pro Bowler played ...