Shaun Munro reviews the Bad Boys trilogy… Bad Boys for Life has finally landed in cinemas some 25 years after Michael Bay’s original, comparatively “grounded” buddy cop actioner first hit screens and made its wilfully excessive director an overnight household name. What the Bad Boys franchise has always lacked in finesse and class, it’s stridently attempted […]
Bad Boys spinoff L.A.’s Finest renewed for second season
Series stars and executive producers Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba have announced that Spectrum Originals has renewed the Bad Boys spinoff show L.A.’s Finest for a second season. “We’re thrilled L.A.’s Finest has resonated with our subscribers in such a major way. When I first saw the pilot – a show about two strong women learning […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review – The Public
The Public, 2018. Directed by Emilio Estevez. Starring Emilio Estevez, Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling, Christian Slater, Gabrielle Union, Jeffrey Wright, Michael K. Williams, Che ‘Rhymefest’ Smith, and Jacob Vargas. SYNOPSIS: For his 6th feature behind the camera, Emilio Estevez explores homelessness on the coldest night of the year in Cincinnati, Ohio. Playing public […]
Trailer and poster for Emilio Estevez-directed The Public
Ahead of its release this April, a trailer and poster have arrived online for the upcoming drama The Public. The film is written and directed by Emilio Estevez, who also stars alongside Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling, Christian Slater, Gabrielle Union, Jeffrey Wright, Michael K. Williams, Che ‘Rhymefest’ Smith, and Jacob Vargas; take a look […]
Bad Boys TV spinoff L.A.’s Finest gets a first trailer and premiere date
Spectrum has unveiled the first trailer for L.A.’s Finest, the upcoming TV spinoff from Bad Boys, which sees Gabrielle Union reprising her Bad Boys II role as Syd Burnett alongside Jessica Alba as NYPD detective Nancy McKenna. Watch the trailer here… SEE ALSO: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence share first look at Bad Boys for […]
Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba in first-look image from Bad Boys spin-off L.A.’s Finest
Entertainment Weekly has unveiled a first look image from L.A.’s Finest, the upcoming Bad Boys TV spinoff, which sees Gabrielle Union reprising her role as Syd Burnett alongside Jessica Alba as LAPD detective Nancy McKenna. L.A.’s Finest follows Syd Burnett (Union), last seen in Miami taking down a drug cartel, who has left her complicated past […]
Gabrielle Union to produce YA adaptation 500 Words or Less
Deadline is reporting that Gabrielle Union is set to produce an adaptation of Juleah Del Rosario’s debut novel 500 Words or Less through her I’ll Have Another Productions banner, alongside Manaal Khan of Amyale and Matt Nicholas of Rebel Maverick. The YA book, published last week, is written entirely in verse and follows Nic Chen, […]
Bad Boys spin-off L.A.’s Finest given straight-to-series order from Spectrum
The Bad Boys television spin-off L.A.’s Finest has not only found itself a home, but has been given a straight-to-series order from Charter Communications on their Spectrum network. The series stars Gabrielle Union (Being Mary Jane), returning to the Bad Boys franchise as she reprises her role of Syd Burnett from Bad Boys II alongside Jessica Alba (Mechanic: Resurrection) as a pair of reluctant […]
Movie Review – Breaking In (2018)
Breaking In, 2018. Directed by James McTeigue. Starring Gabrielle Union, Seth Carr, Ajiona Alexus, Christa Miller, Jason George, Billy Burke, Richard Cabral, Levi Meaden and Damien Leake. SYNOPSIS: A woman fights to protect her family during a home invasion. Bless Gabrielle Union for the thoroughly undeserved commitment she lends to this fundamentally naff yet mildly efficient home invasion thriller. […]
Bad Boys TV spinoff gets a pilot order from NBC
Last week it was reported that a TV spinoff to the Bad Boys franchise is in development, which will centre around the character of Syd Burnett, played by Gabrielle Union in 2003’s Bad Boys II. Now we have word that the project – which is being written by The Blacklist writers-producers Brandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnier, with Jerry […]
