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FAST X Review: The Beginning of the End for the Globetrotting Action Franchise
Vin Diesel stars in the action-adventure, directed by Louis Leterrier.
Review: F9: THE FAST SAGA, Embrace the Absurdity, Love the Insanity
There’s a moment in F9: The Fast Saga, the Justin Lin-directed ninth entry in the Fast & Furious franchise (not counting spin-offs) that got its start 20 years ago, where Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), a onetime professional thief, street-car racer,...
Review: STUNTWOMEN: THE UNTOLD HOLLYWOOD STORY
Have you ever watched Charlize Theron, Lynda Carter, Michelle Rodriguez, Michelle Yeoh, Brie Larson, Pam Grier, or Carrie-Anne Moss in an action flick and wonder, "How the hell did they do that?" Based on the best-selling book by Mollie...
Review: WIDOWS, a Rip-roaring Robbery Is Just the Icing on the Cake
Steve McQueen's whip-pan transition from Oscar-winning 12 Years A Slave to a star-studded commercial remake of a British TV-mini series, Widows, is crafted with such care and visual sophistication that even Viola Davis' character, Veronica, dropping off her poodle at the...
Los Cabos 2018 Dispatch: AMERICAN ANIMALS and WIDOWS, a Heist Movie Double Feature
Reminiscent of the recent Mexican film Museo, by Alonso Ruizpalacios, American Animals is a heist movie starring youngsters who, on paper, would have no obvious reason to carry out a robbery. With the support of their families, without economic problems,...
Critical Distance: THE ASSIGNMENT, Man-Made Women
Impeccably made and persuasively acted, The Assignment is a thriller that's a throwback to director Walter Hill's prime period in the late 70s and 80s. It never throws off the stink of its odious premise, but it's so otherwise entertaining...
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...
Interview: Director Walter Hill on THE ASSIGNMENT, Star Quality, and the Late Bill Paxton
With a career that started early as Steve McQueen’s screenwriter, Walter Hill has more than made his mark on American cinema. The writer of The Getaway and Alien, and director of Hard Times, The Warriors, 48 Hours, Streets of Fire, Wild...
Destroy All Monsters: Universal's Monster Movies Ate The Summer Of 2015
Earlier this month Universal took the record for the fastest studio to the $2 billion mark (domestically) in any given year. This isn't particularly surprising - Universal has ruled the roost since Furious 7 came out in April, with an...
Destroy All Monsters: Dudes With Feelings In FURIOUS 7
I suppose the reason we continue to tolerate - all right, adore - the Fast and the Furious franchise is the degree to which it's simply so amiably palms-up about everything. It knows what it's about, and based on the...
The Many Faces Of Paul Walker
Astute people may have noticed that there is a new Fast and the Furious film in cinemas. It's the seventh in its franchise, it's called Furious 7, and it has either arrived in your hometown or will soon (even if...
Review: FURIOUS 7, Super-Charged And Super-Sized
Big, loud, macho cool. It took some convincing to get me to believe that there was anything more to the Fast & Furious series than that. By the time part five rolled around, I had still never seen one of these...
*UPDATED* Sahamongkol Blocks FURIOUS 7 From Release In Thailand Over Tony Jaa Contract Dispute
[Engines are revving with news that Thailand's Civil Court has struck down the injunction against releasing Furious 7 following an appeal filed by Jaa, Universal and UIP.]The ongoing drama between Thai star Tony Jaa and Sia Jiang - the head...
In The New FURIOUS 7 Trailer You Will Believe Cars Can Fly
There probably aren't many action cinema fans out there that don't believe the Fast & Furious franchise can pretty much do anything it wants to do... and do it well. But if not, the following trailer should prove any doubters...
FURIOUS 7: Big Game Spot Takes Crazy To A Whole 'Nother Level
So as the Big Game goes on tonight we get our godly share of Big Game promos and the one for Furious 7 is just bonkers. Bonkers in such a good way. Vin Diesel jumping from one building to another in...
This First FURIOUS 7 Trailer Makes You Wish Your Family Was Like This
So. The first trailer for the seventh film in the Fast and the Furious franchise dropped like an atomic bomb today! If there were any concerns that the departure of Justin Lin, who, let's be honest here, turned this franchise...
Destroy All Monsters: Car Sex and Muscle Memory
When a movie is as testosterone-soaked as Furious 6, it can accumulate a curious sweetness in spite of itself, fumbling for thoughts it scarcely has the wit to express. Boys have feelings too, made (as any 13-year-old boy will tell...
Win RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION On Blu-ray!
Alice is back and there are more zombies to kill in Resident Evil: Retribution. The latest installment of the long running horror franchise hits DVD and Blu-ray this Friday, December 21st and we've got a Blu-ray copy to give away....
Review: RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION Dares to be Anemic and Shallow
Since Resident Evil: Retribution starts with a slow-motion battle scene shown in reverse, the easy joke to make is something about how the franchise is moving backwards. Usually it's best to avoid the easy jokes, but this film is such...
RESIDENT EVIL RETRIBUTION Breaks The Series' Continuity. So What?
Over at game blog Destructoid, Hamza CTZ Aziz laments that the based on the trailer for the latest entry in the series, filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson has all but upended and invalidated the stories of the previous films using the...
