Tag: dwaynejohnson
RED ONE Review: Short on Christmas Cheer, Long on Holiday Schmear
If there was a Guinness World Record for the most jacked-up Santa in a big-budget, Hollywood-financed, holiday-themed action-comedy, Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) would win hands down and biceps curled for his committed portrayal of Father Christmas (aka, St. Nick,...
Review: BLACK ADAM, DC's Pre-Modern Anti-Hero Gets the Big-Screen Treatment
After development-related delays stretching back more than a decade, Black Adam, Dwayne Johnson’s belated addition to Warner Bros.'s vaguely defined, loosely connected DCEU (DC Extended Universe), arrives in multiplexes with a mix of anticipation and dread, the former due to...
RED NOTICE: Official Teaser and New Images, Starring Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds
Here's the official teaser for Netflix's Red Notice, the next big and inevitable blockbuster for Netflix, starring the bankable talents of Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot. It all looks big and explodey with a lot of sweeping and swooping...
Review: JUNGLE CRUISE, Derivative Story Elevated By Charismatic Leads
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt star in an action adventure, based on a Disney theme-park attraction, and directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.
Review: JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, New Adventures Await Old Heroes In This Satisfying Sequel
Okay, you got me. I'm an easy mark for the crowd-pleasing antics of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. While the Jumanji franchise is very clearly an ensemble driven enterprise, it's Johnson who looms largest on screen, both figuratively and literally. It's...
Giveaway: Win FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW On Blu-ray!
Time for a giveaway! Screen Anarchy has teamed up with the lovely folks at Universal Pictures Home Entertainment to host a giveaway of the brand new Blu-ray release of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw! This wild science...
Review: FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW, A Fine Bromance
David Leitch directs Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in this big budget action spinoff.
Review: FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY, Hidden in Plain Sight
Oh, I see, it's a British working-class comedy. That's why I liked it so much!
Review: SKYSCRAPER, You're Not Going to Believe This
"Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Oh, if only Skyscraper displayed 1/10 of the furious intensity that consumed James Cagney in White Heat! But that's a ridiculous thought, almost as ridiculous as Skyscraper itself, which director Rawson Marshall Thurber...
Review: RAMPAGE Delivers The Monster Mayhem We Deserve
Rampage just might be the most entertaining video game adaptation ever made. It might have something to do with the fact that there is so little meat on the bones of the original property that writers Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse...
All The Big Game Spots in One Place! SOLO, A QUIET PLACE, JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM And More
[Updated 2/5/18: The full teaser trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story has been added below.] The game of games. The opportunity for history to be made tonight. Or will it go to the underdogs? We will know in a...
Review: JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE, Now Go Home
The days of direct sequels are still with us -- Star Wars: The Last Jedi begins practically at the next moment after The Force Awakens concludes -- but the major studios in Hollywood have concluded that there are other, possibly...
To Be or Not To Be DTV: The films of WWE Studios - Part 2
After the WWE's success with The Call, they would stay in thriller territory for the much darker No One Lives (2013), an extremely violent genre movie from director Ryuhei Kitamura. Like The Call, No One Lives only features a wrestling...
To Be or Not To Be DTV: The films of WWE Studios
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is no doubt the most famous wrestling organisation in the world. Formerly known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), the company has gone through many ups and downs before becoming the company it is today. In...
Review: THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS Hits the Accelerator
Vin Diesel and his gang are back for yet another round of supercharged ridonkulousness with The Fate of the Furious, the eighth film in the ever-expanding, infectious cars and crime franchise. Like a boisterous but fun relative who keeps rolling...
Review: MOANA, Stereotypes Are Overturned, and Also Reinforced, on the High Seas
Spectacular beauty is on display throughout Moana, the 56th theatrical feature from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Even better, the film's protagonist is an admirable young woman who is determined to come of age on her own terms, without any adolescent...
The Many Faces Of Dwayne Johnson
This week sees worldwide premieres of Rawson Marshall Thurber's Central Intelligence, starring Kevin Hart and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Peter Martin didn't slag the film in his review, and included the following bit about Dwayne: "Johnson has always threatened to...
Review: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, Lowbrow Comedy Hijinks
Exceedingly silly, Central Intelligence survives a rough start to achieve at least one of its evident goals, namely, to be a lowbrow comedy for audiences with low expectations. Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart star as an updated pair of 1980's...
FAST 8: Helen Mirren Buckles Into The FAST Franchise
The everlasting British actor Helen Mirren is going to grace the world of the popular Fast franchise. The Wrap is reporting that the admitted car enthusiast has signed to fill in a role of an undetermined nature in F. Gary...
FAST 8: Iceland Is On Fire In BTS Pics!
Icelandic site Visir posted some behind the scenes shots from Fast 8 today. The film was shooting on a frozen lake yesterday and will move to Arkansas soon. You got your Subaru, a decked out Charger, a Rally Fighter. And...
