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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

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 ...

The mid-1990s was an exciting time for cinema. Without the competition offered by today's ubiquitous entertainment distractions like streaming and on-demand video, the theatre was still a wholly ...

The thriller film, released on May 10, 1996, premiered in L.A. with plenty of A-listers in attendance Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty (3) It's been a whirlwind 28 years since the original ...