How to Start Watching: Jason Statham
by Jill Vranken, Staff Writer
You could make the argument for Jason Statham being his own little microgenre in the world of action/thriller movies.
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Directed by David Leitch (THE ATOMIC BLONDE director, YES!)
Written by A Trio of middle-aged white dudes
Starring: The Rock, Crank, Idris Elba and Vanessa Kirby
Runtime: 2 hours 15 minutes (I know!)
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
“What’s your skin regimen? You look like Shirley Temple.” -Ryan HEARTTHROB Reynolds
I have seen one and half of Fast and The Furious flicks.
Makes ya kinda wonder why I am writing this review, huh? Welllll…the press screening was in King of Prussia (KOP), which is basically like saying I trekked to East Bolivia. In order to travel to KOP one has to utilize the dreaded 76 westbound strip. Despite the KOP theater only being about twenty miles from Philadelphia, it has at times, taken upwards of two hours to travel there due to the miserable highway. Several MJ contribs lacked interest in experiencing this hellacious journey for this particular flick. Therefore, I was tasked with bringing you (aka grabbed the shortest straw), our dear readers the scoop on director David Leitch’s (Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2) latest raucous undertaking.
Read MoreEverything Old is New Again, Vol. 10 - July and August 2019
by Hunter Bush
Hello again and welcome back to Everything Old is New Again, the column where I write about the movies & series coming to screens of all sizes in the next two months, but specifically the ones based on some previously-existing work, intellectual property or franchise. I also included two movies coming to limited release based on true stories because, cynic that I am, I question the ethics of releasing these stories Right Now. But we'll get there.
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