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