This episode of The Bark Knight Podcast reflects on the actors we’ve lost across 2025 and 2026 and celebrates the performances that shaped film and television across generations.

We revisit the careers of Gene Hackman, Robert Redford, Diane Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, Robert Duvall, James Van Der Beek, Eric Dane, Tom Noonan, and Robert Carradine before transitioning into the latest movie news and a physical media showcase featuring the Alien VHS Trilogy & The Crow 4K Steelbook.

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Chapters

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:09 Episode Overview

00:00:57 Catch Up with Send Help Review

00:02:37 Actors from 2025

00:02:57 Gene Hackman (Williams Friedkin’s The French Connection and To Live and Die in L.A.)

00:05:03 Unforgiven, The Quick and the Dead

00:06:30 To Live and Die in LA / Down and Out in Beverly Hills

00:06:44 Back to The Quick and the Dead, The Conversation

00:08:14 The Poseidon Adventure

00:10:14 Late Stage Hackman (Behind Enemy Lines, The Replacements, Enemy of the State)

00:12:07 In Closing on Gene Hackman

00:13:06 Robert Redford (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Jeremiah Johnson, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Endgame)

00:15:24 Mom Movies (The Horse Whisperer, A River Runs Through It, Up Close and Personal) and The Last Castle, The Sting, and Sneakers

00:16:53 In Closing on Robert Redford

00:17:22 Diane Keaton (The Godfather Trilogy, Annie Hall, Something’s Gotta Give, The Father of the Bride, The Family Stone)

00:19:52 In Closing on Diane Keaton

00:19:59 Actors from 2026

00:20:02 Catherine O’Hera (Home Alone, The Last of Us Part 2, The Studio, Schitt’s Creek, John Candy: I Like Me documentary, Beetlejuice, A Mighty Wind, The Wild Robot)

00:25:16 In Closing on Catherine O’Hara

00:26:01 Robert Duvall (The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, Gone in 60 Seconds, Falling Down, Gods and Generals, Jack Reacher, Lonesome Dove, Open Range

00:27:44 His 2000’s Output (Gone in 60 Seconds, Secondhand Lions, We Own the Night)

00:31:19 The Variety of his Output (Days of Thunder, The Apostle, Sling Blade, The Judge)

00:33:25 In Closing on Robert Duvall

00:34:54 James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek, Varsity Blues, Jaw and Silent Bob Strike Back, Kevin Smith, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot)

00:41:00 Eric Dane (Grey’s Anatomy, X-Men: The Last Stand, Countdown, Feast)

00:45:54 Tom Noonan (The X-Files, RoboCop 2, Manhunter, Hell on Wheels, Last Action Hero, Heat, Eight Legged Freaks, Knockaround Guys, Synecdoche, New York)

00:49:23 Robert Carradine (Revenge of the Nerds, Lizzie Macguire, Body Bags, Ghosts of Mars, Escape from LA)

00:51:40 Why we chose to do this episode now

00:52:32 News

00:52:41 Nathan Fillion & the Cast of Firefly teasing some sort of reunion

00:56:31 New The Mummy with Brendon Fraser and Rachel Weisz in the works

00:59:12 Patrick’s Spartacus Story

01:01:07 Spider-Noir Trailer Dropped

01:03:03 Sony confirms they will be rebooting their Spider-Man spin-off franchise with new actors

01:04:15 Physical Media Showcase

01:04:18 Alien VHS Trilogy

01:05:40 The Crow 4K Steelbook

01:08:52 Why the Crow Franchise hasn’t been able to duplicate

01:13:30 Episode Wrap