Posts Tagged ‘The Fast and the Furious’
Film Review – Black and Blue
Black and Blue comes at a prolonged contentious time between African Americans and the police, especially in my area of Dallas-Fort Worth. With an unprovoked, deadly police shooting in Fort Worth earlier this month, it is probably not the best time for a fictional film like…
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Episode 17 – Hobbs & Shaw
On this episode of the podcast, we discuss which actor played the best Alfred Pennyworth, the cancellation of the Blumhouse thriller The Hunt, and we review the newest installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, Hobbs & Shaw. We also try to decipher our latest…
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Film Review – Love, Simon
Sweet, sincere, a bit too obvious, funny, yet also guilty of explaining things versus actually portraying them, all of these can be ascribed to the new teen dramedy Love, Simon. It’s a bit aggravating in a way, because representation in pop culture is extremely important.…
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Film Review – Blackhat
From top to bottom, Blackhat is a Michael Mann movie. All the familiar traits are there: tough guys, conversations over tabletops, dynamic cityscapes, and flashes of violence. It is a “Mann film,” but it’s unlike anything he’s done. Here is a filmmaker so focused on…
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Film Review – Getaway
Some movies you can just tell by everything about them that they were thought up in an executive board meeting. Everything from the premise, to the director and casting, through the script to the execution, you can just see it all being brainstormed by people…
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Film Review – Alex Cross
Renowned playwright Tyler Perry has certainly carved out a Hollywood niche for himself these past few years. Between his incredibly successful turn in the Madea films (all of which he wrote and directed himself) and his myriad other movie and TV projects, he’s proven himself…
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Episode 85 – The Mel Gibson Problem
Spencer and John try to come to terms with Mel Gibson’s movie career before the release of The Beaver, discuss film series they wish didn’t exist, and give their DVD picks of the week.
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Film Review – Fast Five
In 2001, the original The Fast and The Furious film started a storyline involving an undercover cop and an ex-con and the unlikely friendship they formed. It also left the storyline open until 2009’s Fast and Furious reunited undercover-cop-turned-FBI-agent Brian O’Connor (Paul Walker) with the…
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