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The Equalizer at 10: Looking Back at the Stylishly Violent Action Thriller

September 28, 2024 by admin

Hasitha Fernando on the story behind The Equalizer as it celebrates its 10th anniversary… Denzel Washington requires no introduction. The man is a master of his craft who has worked in multiple genres over several decades delivering compelling performances across the board. However, the early to mid-2000s saw him take on more action centric roles […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: Antoine Fuqua, Chloe Grace Moretz, Denzel Washington, The Equalizer

Are the Old School Action Veterans Headed Into Forced Retirement?

November 23, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

With diminishing returns and a lack of interest from big-screen audiences, are old-school action heroes heading to the retirement home…? In the 1980s and 1990s, you couldn’t move for action heroes. Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger led a musclebound movement that led to younger, more grounded heroes like Will Smith, Keanu Reeves and Tom Cruise […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Denzel Washington, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Expend4bles, Expendables, Harrison Ford, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Keanu Reeves, Liam Neeson, Mel Gibson, Mission: Impossible, Sylvester Stallone, taken, The Equalizer, The Matrix Resurrections, Tom Cruise

Movie Review – The Equalizer 3 (2023)

October 3, 2023 by Robert Kojder

The Equalizer 3, 2023. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Gaia Scodellaro, David Denman, Eugenio Mastrandrea, Remo Girone, Sonia Ammar, Daniele Perrone, Andrea Scarduzio, Andrea Dodero, Zakaria Hamza, Manuela Tasciotti, Dea Lanzaro, Alessandro Pess, Bruno Bilotta, and Giovanni Scotti. SYNOPSIS: Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Alessandro Pess, Andrea Dodero, Andrea Scarduzio, Antoine Fuqua, Bruno Bilotta, dakota fanning, Daniele Perrone, David Denman, Dea Lanzaro, Denzel Washington, Eugenio Mastrandrea, Gaia Scodellaro, Giovanni Scotti, Manuela Tasciotti, Remo Girone, Sonia Ammar, The Equalizer, The Equalizer 3, Zakaria Hamza

It’s Denzel vs. the Italian Mafia in The Equalizer 3 TV spots

August 9, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

Sony Pictures has dropped a series of TV spots for Denzel Washington’s final outing as Robert McCall in Antoine Fuqua’s action thriller sequel The Equalizer 3.  With the action relocated to Southern Italy, Washington’s retired hitman is forced into a war with the local Mafia, and as the TV spots show, he gets to utilise […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Antoine Fuqua, dakota fanning, David Denman, Denzel Washington, The Equalizer, The Equalizer 3

Denzel Washington is back as Robert McCall in The Equalizer 3 trailer

April 25, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

Sony Pictures has debuted the first trailer for the action thriller sequel The Equalizer 3.  The film reunites director Antoine Fuqua with star Denzel Washington who returns as retired hitman Robert McCall and finds himself using his skills to take on the mafia of Southern Italy when he discovers his new friends are under their […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Antoine Fuqua, dakota fanning, David Denman, Denzel Washington, The Equalizer, The Equalizer 3

Dakota Fanning to star in The Equalizer 3 alongside Denzel Washington

June 18, 2022 by Ricky Church

Dakota Fanning is set to reunite with Denzel Washington in The Equalizer 3, per Deadline. The pair first starred together in the 2004 action film Man on Fire. Washington first starred as former CIA operative Robert McCall in Fuqua’s 2014 The Equalizer and reprised the role in 2018 for The Equalizer 2, again directed by Fuqua. The franchise is […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Ricky Church Tagged With: Antione Fuqua, dakota fanning, Denzel Washington, The Equalizer, The Equalizer 3

Queen Latifah’s The Equalizer renewed for third and fourth seasons

May 6, 2022 by Ricky Church

CBS has handed a two-season renewal to its reboot of The Equalizer starring Queen Latifah, which will take it through to season four. In The Equalizer, Latifah stars as Robyn McCall, a former CIA operative who puts her vast array of skills up for hire as a vigilante to help ordinary men and women obtain justice. The series […]

Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television Tagged With: CBS, Queen Latifah, The Equalizer

Denzel Washington to return as The Equalizer in 2023

April 21, 2022 by Ricky Church

Sony has announced a September 1st, 2023 release date for The Equalizer 3 which will see Denzel Washington and director Antione Fuqua. Washington first starred as former CIA operative Robert McCall in Fuqua’s 2014 The Equalizer and reprised the role in 2018 for The Equalizer 2, again directed by Fuqua. The franchise is based on the 1980s […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Ricky Church Tagged With: Antione Fuqua, Denzel Washington, Sony, The Equalizer, The Equalizer 3

Joy Division in Cinema and TV

May 30, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

40 years after the death of Ian Curtis, Tom Jolliffe looks at the impact of Joy Division in cinema and TV… There have been a few big anniversaries of late. 40 years since Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back was released. 40 years since The Shining came out too. On a more […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Television, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 24 Hour Party People, American Horror Story, Control, Heat, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Stranger Things, The Crow, The Equalizer

Silence of the Lambs sequel Clarice and The Equalizer reboot get straight-to-series orders

May 10, 2020 by Gary Collinson

CBS has announced that it has given series orders to its The Silence of the Lambs sequel Clarice starring Rebecca Breeds, and the Queen Latifah-headlined reboot of The Equalizer. With the global health crisis shutting down productions, both projects have skipped the pilot stage and move straight-to-series. One of CBS’ completed pilots has made it […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: B Positive, Clarice, The Equalizer, the lincoln lawyer

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