When the news broke that Bonnie Tyler had passed away on July 8, 2026, my mind quickly leapt to the quintessential, husky-voiced, Welsh singer/songwriter's hits "Holding Out for a Hero" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart." But for me, these pop classics are inseparable from the 2001 heist dramedy flick "Bandits." Directed by Barry Levinson, the picture casts Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton as Joe and Terry, two very different career criminal buddies. (Joe is a sensitive tough guy, whereas Terry is an anxious hypochondriac and the brains to Joe's brawn.) As scripted by Harley Peyton, whose many other credits include the (weirdly, not streaming) Brett Easton Ellis adaptation "Less than Zero," "Bandits" is a witty, grand ol' time for multiple reasons ... which brings us to the Cate Blanchett (and Bonnie Tyler) of it all.