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What Are The Best Female-Led Blockbusters?

August 1, 2023 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno looks at eight of the best women-led blockbusters… We are entering almost unknown territory with the success of Barbie. As the film inches to half a billion in just one week of release, we see a female-led (and female-directed) blockbuster hit heights we never thought possible. With only Captain Marvel in the billion-dollar […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies Tagged With: Barbie, Captain Marvel, Charlie's Angels, Frozen, Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Wonder Woman

Movies Not Filmed Where You Think They Were

August 10, 2022 by admin

We all know that movies, particularly major Hollywood movies, film all over the world, cherry-picking locations with just the right backdrop for even just a few clips. From luxury destinations to deserted buildings, thinking that the characters are in the places that the script says they’re in doesn’t always add up. Still, even though the […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Judy, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Dark Knight

Propelled to Greatness by Set Pieces: A Maverick Approach to Action Cinema

June 8, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at two of the best action films of the last decade, Mad Max: Fury Road and Top Gun: Maverick… There are great films. There are great action films. Attaining greatness through your action amounts to nailing your set pieces and imbuing proceedings, with just enough characterisation to give the propellant action some […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Charlize Theron, George Miller, Jennifer Connelly, Jerry Bruckheimer, Joseph Kosinski, Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road, Miles Teller, Tom Cruise, Tom Hardy, Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick

George Miller says don’t expect to see Mad Max: The Wasteland any time soon

May 24, 2022 by Matt Rodgers

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While George Miller is in Cannes with his fantasy-romance Three Thousand Years of Longing, it has afforded journalists the opportunity to ask him about the sequels and prequels to his 2015 modern classic Mad Max: Fury Road, one of which is currently in production, and another that he says reveals is “further down the chain”. […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Furiosa, George Miller, Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road, Mad Max: The Wasteland

The Essential Action Movies of the 21st Century

May 1, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up a list of essential 21st Century action films… As an action aficionado and self-confessed old git, I quietly nod in a small amount of agreement with Ridley Scott and Martin Scorsese’s Marvel/modern cinema shade. I grew up in an era when action was performed almost entirely in camera, with an eye […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Avengement, Casino Royale, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, John Wick 3: Parabellum, Mad Max: Fury Road, Minority Report, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Ong-Bak, Snowpiercer, taken, the bourne ultimatum, The Dark Knight, The Raid, Upgrade

4K Ultra HD Review – Mad Max Anthology

November 17, 2021 by Brad Cook

Mad Max Anthology Directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie. Starring Mel Gibson, Tom Hardy, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Roger Ward, Bruce Spence, Mike Preston, Max Phipps, Vernon Wells, Emil Minty, Kjell Nilsson, Virginia Hey, Tina Turner, Adam Cockburn, Frank Thring, Angelo Rossito, Paul Larsson, Angry Anderson, Robert Grubb, Helen Buday, Charlize Theron, […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Physical Media, Reviews Tagged With: Abbey Lee, Adam Cockburn, Angelo Rossito, Angry Anderson, Bruce Spence, Charlize Theron, Courtney Eaton, Emil Minty, Frank Thring, George Miller, George Ogilvie, Helen Buday, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Kjell Nilsson, Mad Max, Mad Max 2, Mad Max Anthology, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Mad Max: Fury Road, Max Phipps, Mel Gibson, Mike Preston, Nicholas Hoult, Paul Larsson, Riley Keough, Robert Grubb, Roger Ward, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Tina Turner, Tom Hardy, Vernon Wells, Virginia Hey, Zoe Kravitz

Ten Essential Films of the 2010s

September 1, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers 10 essential films from the past decade… As a miserablist of impending middle age, I’ve often joked with friends my age (and perhaps with a demi-truth belief) that music died in 1994. On the subject of cinema, I’ve increasingly found in opining (the increasingly difficult task of selecting personal favourites, or creating […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 12 Years a Slave, Blade Runner 2049, Dunkirk, Get Out, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Mad Max: Fury Road, Mandy, Moonlight, The Survivalist, Under the Skin

Charlize Theron admits “it’s a little heartbreaking” being recast as Furiosa

July 7, 2020 by Liam Waddington

Director George Miller recently revealed he is developing a Mad Max: Fury Road prequel solely focused on a younger Furiosa which would recast the character previously played by Charlize Theron. Now, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Theron admitted that while the news is a “tough one to swallow” and “a little heartbreaking,” she trusts Miller […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: Charlize Theron, George Miller, Mad Max, Mad Max: Furiosa, Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road star Zoe Kravitz offers her thoughts on Furiosa being recast for the prequel

June 19, 2020 by Liam Waddington

Recently, it was revealed that director George Miller is currently developing a Mad Max: Fury Road prequel solely focused on a younger Furiosa while recasting the character which was previously played by Charlize Theron. Now, in an interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Fury Road star Zoe Kravitz has offered her thoughts on the recasting news while praising […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: George Miller, Mad Max, Mad Max: Furiosa, Mad Max: Fury Road, Zoe Kravitz

The Doof Warrior was almost cut from Mad Max: Fury Road

May 20, 2020 by Samuel Brace

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Mad Max: Fury Road nearly cut the guitar-wielding, fan-favourite character, Doof Warrior, thanks to negative test screenings. Mad Max: Fury Road was a huge hit with both fans and critics. It’s whacky and zany characters were a big part of what made the film so enjoyable, with a particular standout being the crazy, guitar playing […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: George Miller, Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road

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