“They just don’t make ’em like they used to,” said every movie fan ever. But Vince Vaughn (the star of ’90s and 00s hits like Swingers, Wedding Crashers, and Dodgeball:A True Underdog Story) knows why. Nostalgia for older movies has always been a powerful force affecting cinephiles, but the growth of social media has seen that effect increase tenfold. Sites like Instagram, X, Facebook, and YouTube are filled with disgruntled moviegoers complaining about the lack of original storytelling in Hollywood. While audiences usually attribute this effect to Hollywood’s status as a money-making machine, according to Vaughn, that isn’t the whole truth.
Vince Vaughn reveals why Hollywood doesn’t make R-rated comedies like it used to. Read More