After learning that Mad Max is heading back to the big screen after a 25-year absence in “Mad Max: Fury Road,” my first thought was, naturally, “who was going to play the post-apocalyptic Aussie?” (Tom Hardy, a brilliant British actor.) My second thought? “I wonder if they are going to give him another canine sidekick?” [...]

Like most action films, “Salt” was originally written for a male actor. And, at one time, Tom Cruise was attached to or was talking about being attached to the role. Then he bailed, and it was rewritten for a female. If you stop right there, and think about how this could play out, your mind [...]