This weekend is a blast from the past thanks to Twisters, a disaster thriller by director Lee Isaac Chung. Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Anthony Ramos play storm chasers who fight for their ...

Back in the 1970s, disaster movies — The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno among them — were all the rage, but they made a pretty powerful comeback in the 1990s thanks to the original ...

Filmmaker Jan de Bont added that his 1996 movie, starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, "cannot be remade." By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Jan de Bont, the director of 1996’s Twister, is giving his ...

The filmmaker, who jumped to the director's chair after shooting classics like 'Die Hard' as a cinematographer, reflects on his game-changing 1996 movie. By Brian Davids Writer For de Bont, it’s ...

In the climatic scene of 1996’s Twister, Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton share a passionate embrace. The supporting cast—including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Ruck, and Jeremy Davies—cheer wildly. The ...

As Twisters rips through theaters and updates a nearly 30-year-old franchise, the original movie’s creator is reflecting on how the movie got made. Director Jan de Bont recalled the “goddamned real” ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Twister helped to redefine the blockbuster action films of the 1990s, and the process of bringing ...

Jesse Hawila still remembers saddling up to the TV as a kid to watch tornadoes twist, turn and rip across Oklahoma. The future WFAA meteorologist wasn’t watching news footage; he was booting up his ...

In case you’ve been living under a rock or Under Paris, Glen Powell is starring in the new Twisters movie, and he’s really excited about it. But before there were multiple Twisters, there was the ...

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Jesse Hawila still remembers saddling up to the TV as a kid to watch tornadoes twist, turn and rip across Oklahoma. The future WFAA meteorologist wasn’t watching news footage; he was booting up his ...