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Sylvester Stallone and Megan Fox share Expendables 4 set photos

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Following its official announcement last month, cameras are now rolling on The Expendables 4, and franchise veteran Sylvester Stallone has taken to Instagram to share a couple of images of himself and co-star Jason Statham (Lee Christmas) on the set of the film, while new addition Megan Fox has also offered a sneak peek at […]

Guy Ritchie spy thriller Operation Fortune set for release in January

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Previously titled Five Eyes, director Guy Ritchie’s upcoming spy film starring Jason Statham has now scored a new title – Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre – as well as a January release date in North America courtesy of STXfilms. Operation Fortune sees Statham playing Orson Fortune, a super spy with MI6 who finds himself recruited […]

Jason Statham’s Wrath of Man skipping UK cinemas for a Christmas release on Amazon

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You might have been wondering what had happened to Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham’s reunion movie Wrath of Man. Filmed during the pandemic, screened for critics back in May (you can read our ★★ review here), and released in the U.S. as something of a summer litmus test for the struggling moviegoing industry, the film […]

Mid-Era Jason Statham Movies

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the middle era of Jason Statham movies (2010-2015)… He’s follicly challenged, raspy voiced and a double hard bastard. No, he’s not Vin Diesel, he’s Britain’s own Jason Statham. Statham began his film career almost by accident, plucked from obscurity to star in Guy Ritchie’s breakout film, Lock Stock and Two Smoking […]

Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Megan Fox and more gear up for The Expendables 4

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Are you ready to return to the action-filled world of The Expendables? Well, gear up as Lionsgate is coming back with a new entry. The fourth film in The Expendables franchise will see Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, and Sylvester Stallone reprising their roles from the first three entries. Joining the franchise for the […]

The Expendables 4: How To Get It Right

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the impending production of The Expendables 4, long-delayed but now seemingly ready to rumble… Eleven years on from the first film, the time seems nigh for the fourth instalment in a somewhat unexpected franchise. The faded appeal of a collection of action icons from the 1980s was the starting point in […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Snatch (2001)

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Snatch, 2001. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Brad Pitt, Jason Statham, Benicio del Toro, Dennis Farina, Jason Flemyng, Vinnie Jones, and Rade Serbedzija. SYNOPSIS: Guy Ritchie’s second movie, Snatch, arrives in 4K with an accompanying Blu-ray that’s the same disc issued in 2009. If you’re looking for a visual upgrade to that old platter, though, […]

Movie Review – F9 (2021)

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F9, 2021. Directed by Justin Lin. Starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Nathalie Emmanuel, John Cena, Sung Kang, Jordana Brewster, Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren, Kurt Russell, Lucas Black, Shad Moss, Anna Sawai, Vincent Sinclair Diesel, Finn Cole, Thue Ersted Rasmussen, Don Omar, Shea Whigham, Vinnie Bennett, J. D. Pardo, Michael Rooker, Jim Parrack, […]

Jason Statham’s Wrath of Man kicks off Summer season with $8.1 million at the U.S. box office

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Any other year an $8.1M opening at the top of the U.S. box-office on the weekend that analysts herald as the start of the Summer moviegoing season, would be seen as a disaster. As it is, Wrath of Man‘s pandemic-era opening tally will just be labelled as something of a disappointment for the long-overdue Jason […]