The nostalgia-movie remake is a crowded market. Mining the 70s and 80s for movie classics in the hope they will translate to a modern audience seems like a safe idea but the results have been hit and miss at best. For … Continue reading Fast and Furious Month: Baywatch (2017) Review
What a difference The Rock makes. It is a cynical view but a somewhat valid one that The Rock’s inclusion in the seemingly unstoppable franchise meant a few things for The Fast and Furious. First: That it was now looking to … Continue reading Fast and Furious Month: Fast 5 (2011) Review
It has finally happened. After Iron Man was released in 2008 and arguably started what is The Golden Age of the superhero movie, we now have a female-led superhero film and who better than Diana Prince herself: Wonder Woman. It would … Continue reading Fast and Furious Month: Wonder Woman (2017) Review
At a time when there are sequels, prequels, remakes, reboots and re-imaginings; Fast & Furious manages the hardest of movie types – The Soft Reboot. Fast & Furious isn’t a reboot or a remake. It starts again, with a brand new … Continue reading Fast and Furious Month: Fast & Furious (2009) Review
It would be easy to write Tokyo Drift off as a cheap sequel cash-in. For starters, none of the original cast return from either the first movie or the sequel. Secondly, the focus has shifted completely, this time looking at teenagers … Continue reading Fast and Furious Month: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) Review
3 of the Best vs 3 of the Worst is exactly what it sounds like – 3 of the best examples of either an actor, film series, genre, etc. versus 3 of the worst. It’s also an opportunity for you … Continue reading Fast and Furious Month: 3 of the Best vs 3 of the Worst Rappers that became actors
I love trailers. I think there is a special skill to putting together a good trailer. It must capture the attention and entice an audience but give very little away so that the viewer doesn’t feel like they’ve already seen … Continue reading Trailer of the Week: Death Wish
When you divide the key ingredients for a sequel to The Fast and the Furious they boil down to this; fast cars, sexy women, racing and Vin Diesel. Unfortunately, rather than Vin Diesel, who for reasons that will become very clear … Continue reading Fast and Furious Month: 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) Review
This week saw the announcement of a Lord of the Flies remake with an all-female cast. Alongside the usual more sexist remarks about why this is a poor idea, it seems something else was missing from the conversation – it just … Continue reading Is “A Female version of…” lazy film-making?
If ever a film proved that style over substance could work: it would be The Fast and the Furious. Like any good late 90s/early 2000 movie, it decides to overwhelm with flashy cars, hip-hop, sexy women and enough testosterone to start … Continue reading Fast and the Furious Month: The Fast and the Furious (2001) Review
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