Maltin on Movies

As admirers of "working actors" who bring their experience to each new assignment, Leonard and Jessie are pleased to share their chat with John Pyper-Ferguson, who is now on theater screens in Casa Grande, a feature based on a popular miniseries starring Lou Diamond Phillips. Jon has made a vivid impression in shows like The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. and Suits as well as features including Unforgiven, where he was directed by Clint Eastwood. You've seen him in Agents of SHIELD, The 100, and The Last Ship. Now meet the man who fills those roles so well.

It's been a long time since we caught up with Bruce Davison, a lifelong actor whose latest film, Casa Grande, is now available on digital platforms. He talks about the pride and perils of guiding a career that incorporates theater, films and television—and how he keeps that fire burning within. From Ozark and The Lincoln Lawyer all the way back to Willard (where he worked with a rat named Ben, sung about by Michael Jackson) to X-Men, he continues to distinguish himself as a performer of enormous skill and range. He also shares the career-defining advice he got early on from Robert Aldrich, who observed him trying to compete with the charismatic Burt Lancaster.

He's spent a lifetime in front of the camera, but Corbin Bernsen is still ready to perform when the proverbial red light goes on. His latest release. The Yeti, is now on demand digitally, or you can channel-surf and find him on Your Friends and Neighbors, Duster, The Rise and Fall of Reggie Dinkins, and such vintage hits as L.A. Law and Psych. He's produced, directed and written (even a novel) and has re-energized his life by moving to the Hudson River Valley. Leonard and Jessie enjoyed catching up with this enthusiastic "working actor" who has never lost his love of performing and storytelling—even passing it along to his children.

It's hard to believe that more than twenty years have passed since Leonard and Jessie became aware of Lou Taylor Pucci, who starred in two Sundance features called Thumbsucker and Chumscrubber that launched a career that's still going strong. The still-youthful actor is forever taking on challenges, none wilder than the bug-eyed alien he plays in Touch Me, which is now ON DEMAND AND ON DIGITAL April 7, 2026

If you can judge a person by the company they keep, you'll know why Leonard and Jessie were eager to talk to Stephanie Laing. She has worked with Tracey Ullman, Julia Louis Dreyfuss and other comedy luminaries as a producer and director and has a new movie opening in theaters today: Tow starring Rose Byrne. Stephanie spoke to us from a shuttered hospital in Jersey City, which is the set of her next film.