Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Nice Guys) has been making action buddy comedies for nearly four decades, but with Play Dirty, his signature template feels a bit creaky.

James Lee Schwartz, 84, died in his home on Tuesday September 23rd, 2025. He attended Capital University and Ohio State University as an undergraduate and went on to earn master degrees in social work ...

LaKeith Stanfield, Rosa Salazar, Keegan-Michael Key and Tony Shalhoub also star in Amazon Prime’s action-thriller based on Donald E. Westlake’s ‘Parker’ novels. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic ...

Chris is a Senior News Writer for Collider. He can be found in an IMAX screen, with his eyes watering and his ears bleeding for his own pleasure. He joined the news team in 2022 and accidentally fell ...

On the set of the 1960 classic The Magnificent Seven, Steve McQueen's typical on-set shenanigans were no match for Yul Brynner's commanding presence, and their rivalry became the stuff of legends. So ...

In Play Dirty, now streaming on Prime Video, Mark Wahlberg is Parker, a professional thief out of pulpy paperback novel legend. But the thing is, this version of Parker he’s playing was maybe ...

At one point the highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood, Shane Black has always had a knack for characters. Specifically, for writing winningly funny action heroes – sassy, endearing roles that draw ...

Keira Knightley in "The Woman in Cabin 10" (Netflix), Tess Thompson in "Hedda" (Prime Video), Scarlett Johansson in "Jurassic World: Rebirth" (Universal) One of the year’s most entertaining films, ...

Splinter Cell has always rewarded fans for demonstrating patience. The video game series that first debuted in 2002 was unusual for emphasizing stealth, hiding, and biding one’s time in an era when ...

Ever since Shane Black was young, he wanted to make a Parker movie. You can imagine that would be the introduction of the movie about Shane Black’s life, told in the heightened-noir style of the ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series called “The Day Tomorrow Began,” which explores the history of breakthroughs at UChicago. Learn more here. The “Fertile Crescent,” a term coined by University ...