Tag: Jason Statham

Why I’m Excited: Hobbs & Shaw

In the summer of 2006, my camp decided that, due to the heat, we were going to the movies instead of the pool. Usually, I’d take a movie any day of the week, but when they told us it was The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, I wasn’t too happy. Oh sure, I knew …

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Hobbs & Shaw Trailer Muscles its Way Online

The Fast and Furious franchise just cut the fat as the first Hobbs & Shaw trailer has finally dropped. A spinoff of Vin Diesel’s race car series, Hobbs & Shaw catapults the supporting characters played by Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham into the lead roles, with...

REVIEW: The Meg (2018)

Jaws doesn’t have to worry; The Meg won’t be unseating it from atop the shark movie heap anytime soon. Not that anyone expected it to, of course, but a little fun would’ve been nice. Unfortunately, The Meg is the type of movie where it’s abundantly clear no one involved in th...

Hobbs and Shaw Gets a Director

It has been officially announced that David Leitch, one half of the John Wick directorial team and helmer of Deadpool 2 and Atomic Blonde, will be directing the Fast and Furious spin-off Hobbs and Shaw for Universal. The film will be a team-up of the two frenemies, and is written by Chris Morgan (wh...

Being Jason Statham

One of the reasons Jason Statham is such a great action hero is that he has successfully created an on-screen persona for himself. We don’t see his new movie to find out what great new character he’s going to play; we see his new movie to see Jason Statham. I would argue that Statham has &hellip...

REVIEW: Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)

August is commonly known as a dumping ground for the bottom-of-the-barrel movies that won’t get any traction during the higher profile summer months, but I tend to find that there are some gems hidden in the season’s twilight weeks. People seem to be having a great time with Don’t Breathe, whi...