"Tropic Thunder" depicts actors caught up in a real war zone while making a Vietnam War-era movie. A real-life firestorm is now enveloping director-star Ben Stiller's movie-industry spoof because ...

“Tropic Thunder” director/actor Ben Stiller in 2008 promoting the problematic movie, in which Robert Downey Jr. wears blackface. ... One woman looked at me and said, ...

In 2008, Stiller broadcast far and wide that he screened “Tropic Thunder” for representatives of the NAACP and a few Black journalists. A decade and a half later that detail is cited as a ...

Ben Stiller isn't sure he would have "ventured" to make "Tropic Thunder" in today's comedy environment. "I doubt it," Stiller told Collider, when asked if "Tropic Thunder" could be made today ...

Robert Downey Jr. Defends ‘Tropic Thunder’ Against Backlash, Compares It To Norman Lear’s Sitcom ‘All in The Family’ By Radhamely De Leon Published Jan. 12, 2024, 12:49 p.m. ET ...

My favorite gag in “Tropic Thunder” comes just before “Tropic Thunder” itself, in a movie trailer touting a fake movie called “Satan’s Alley.” (That’s an in-joke for all you ...

In response to a fan on Twitter, Ben Stiller reiterated that he makes "no apologies" for his film Tropic Thunder 15 years later, noting that it's "always been a controversial film." ...

After a summer of frequent box-office droughts, this week brings an embarassment of riches at the box office. No fewer than seven films are expected to bow at local multiplexes, and there are some ...