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Jason Statham's real-life career as a con man led to his first big break, which turned him into one of the preeminent action heroes of a generation.

Jason Serafino
Paramount Pictures

It takes just 14 words—“Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order?”—to make a ‘90s kid swoon with nostalgia.

Tara Aquino








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Harrison Ford has been Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Rick Deckard, Jack Ryan, and an ass-kicking President. But the actor almost learned about plastics, and stuck a banana in a tailpipe.

Roger Cormier








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The Oscar winner almost tested his supreme likability by playing Richard Nixon. The Oscar winner almost tested his supreme likability by playing Richard Nixon.

Roger Cormier
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Howard Hawks' beloved film is at once a newsroom drama, a crime story, a romantic comedy, and one of the most beloved screwball comedies of all time.

Anna Green








Paramount

Yes, 'Face/Off/ is incredibly dumb—but darned if it isn’t the kind of incredible dumbness that goes down smooth.

Eric D Snider