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It’s been a whole decade since Jason Statham teased fans with an update on a potential third installment of his adrenaline-inducing franchise, Crank. Popular for its thrilling action scenes, excellent editing, and a plot that, basically, defied logic yet never failed to thrill viewers, the franchise stands as one of the actor’s most loved cult hits.

The story of Chev Chelios struck a chord with fans wanting an unfiltered, exhilarating watch. Who wouldn’t love to see an assassin fighting to keep his adrenaline in a constant high in order to stay alive? Despite the franchise garnering a combined gross of over $79 million globally and the film series retaining a loyal fan base, Crank 3 remains unrealized. Though Statham has expressed interest in a third part, with each passing year, the possibility of a new installment is feeling more and more like a far-fetched cinematic dream.

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Jason Statham’s latest action thriller begins playing in theaters everywhere this weekend, but how does it stack up to his other movies? Early previews start today for A Working Man, but enough reviews for the film have come in to give it a 65% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. This comes from 37 reviews at the time of writing, so it is subject to change as more reviews come in over the weekend, but this is still a solid score that falls only slightly below The Beekeeper, which earned a 71% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. However, The Beekeeper netted a strong 92% score from audiences on the aggregate site. If A Working Man is also well-received by audiences, it could become a box office hit similar to The Beekeeper, which grossed over $150 million globally.

A Working Man’s 65% Rotten Tomatoes score falls outside the top 10 on the list of the highest-rated Jason Statham movies.

Jason Statham is a man who knows how to please a crowd, and even if his movies are hammered into the ground by critics, he can manage to blast his way to a spectacular victory every time. While he found huge critical and commercial success with 2024’s collaboration with director David Ayer on The Beekeeper, back in 2016, Mechanic: Resurrection was buried under the weight of a 31% Tomatometer score, but now the film just refuses to lay down and die on the free streaming platform, Tubi.

Following up his 2011 hit, The Mechanic, it was a no-brainer for Statham to reprise his role as Arthur Bishop, a master assassin coerced out of retirement to carry out more increasingly impossible hits. The movie has plenty of the usual intense and over-the-top action sequences, accompanied by a simple plot, and plenty of the usual Statham swagger to boot. Along for the ride in the sequel is Jessica Alba,...

Jason Statham and David Ayer made a winning team last year with the release of The Beekeeper. Featuring the usual mix of brutal action sequences, over-the-top set-pieces, and a story that asks for a little suspension of disbelief, fans have been hoping for news of a sequel but have been left hanging for a year now. However, a new comment from Ayer in response to Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld, noting how much he loves working with the British star, has sparked hope that news of The Beekeeper 2 may not be too far away.

Statham has been the king of streaming recently. From old Guy Ritchie movies to his Expendables and Fast & Furious movies, there is barely a week goes by without a different movie appearing near the top of a streamer’s chart of most watched movies. The Beekeeper has been constantly in and out of the Prime Video...

While the age-old adage "less is more" is sound filmmaking advice, the opposite applies to Jason Statham's relentless action movies. A case in point is Crank 2: High Voltage, a balls-to-the-wall action sequel that goes so far over the top that it dwarfs the absurdity of the original to leave a big, fat grin etched on the faces of hardcore Statham fanatics. Critics were also impressed, giving Crank 2 slightly better reviews than its predecessor.

Boasting a wild premise that forces Statham's Chev Chelios into a ticking-clock health scenario, Crank 2's high-voltage electricity derives from the extreme plot, flagrant fight scenes, hyper-violence, morbid humor, kinetic camerawork, Statham's breathless stunt work, and more. With the film recently celebrating its 15th anniversary, it's time to hook up the jumper cables and bring Crank 2: High Voltage back to life.

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How insane can a need for adrenaline get? There are probably no limits to this answer, but there's at least one franchise in cinema that was willing to go as far as possible in order to find out and entertain its audience. Crank: High Voltage premiered in 2009 with a pretty different concept, which we'll get to in a bit. Now, sixteen years later, the movie is climbing the Max charts and once again entertaining audiences. The title is currently at #9 among the most-watched movies on the platform.

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When it comes to action films, stars like Keanu Reeves or Tom Cruise may come to mind first, but Jason Statham is arguably as well-known in the genre. Beginning with the Transporter trilogy, the actor has been renowned for his effortlessly cool-looking martial arts and has been in numerous other successful action franchises, including The Expendables, Crank, Fast & Furious, and The Mechanic.

Having said that, most people are unaware that, despite his unrivaled success in the Transporter films, Statham experienced a long, exhausting descent in his career during the early 2010s, when six of his movies flopped in succession. Nonetheless, he rose from the ashes to reestablish himself as the action king, eventually appearing in some of the most entertaining films, including Spy, Fast & Furious, and The Beekeeper. So, what...

It would be hard to name another actor working today who is as completely committed to the action genre as Jason Statham. While popular stars like Liam Neeson, Denzel Washington, and Tom Cruise still leave some time in between their action films to appear in more prestigious projects, Statham seems completely committed to making-mass market entertainment that aims to do nothing more than be entertaining. The gritty icon has starred in some of the most memorable action films in recent memory, but his best work tends to be in completely unhinged projects that defy any notion of logic. Although it had to work very hard to outdo its predecessor, Crank 2: High Voltage features an electrically charged fight scene that ranks as perhaps the absolute strangest moment in Stathams entire career.

As one of the best action stars on the block, Jason Statham has been entertaining us for the best part of the last 20 years. With his lean and rock-hard physique coupled with his gruff English accent, Statham epitomizes the hard man energy needed to survive on screen. Be it French goons, gigantic sharks, vampires from Mars, or Jet Li, Statham has taken everyone on. Given a license to create bad Photoshop images and discuss hypothetical film pitches that will never happen, here we suggest exactly who The Stath should beat the crap out of next.

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James Gunn's Superman is coming, and wouldn't it be great to just see Jason Statham play hhimself and go up against the Man of Steel himself? Why not, I guess.

Getting a job at a rival newspaper company, Statham, breaking the fourth wall and talking directly to the audience,...

Jason Statham's high-octane, adrenaline-filled thrill ride Crank: High Voltage has found a second life on Starz. Surprisingly, the movie is third in the streaming platform's most-watched movies, captivating viewers with its madcap premise and utterly relentless action. Crank: High Voltage is the sequel to Crank from 2006, which introduced Statham as Chev Chelios, a hitman who is poisoned with a lethal drug that will stop his heart if his adrenaline levels drop. Think of it like Speed, but with a heart instead of a bus. To stay alive, Chev runs around Los Angeles trying to keep his adrenaline pumping by driving fast, getting into fights, and even engaging in some public carnal activity, all while trying to find the antidote and exact revenge on those responsible for his impending death.

Jason Statham has cemented himself as everyones favorite modern day action star, but will we audiences ever see him return as one of his lesser-known characters: Chev Chelios. The lead of the Crank franchise, a third movie in the series has yet to materialize despite the popularity of The Stath, and director Brian Taylor did once reveal the f*cked up reason why this might be.

In an interview with The Movie Crypt podcast back in 2018, Crank and Crank High Voltage co-director Brian Taylor revealed what it would take for fellow director Mark Neveldine, Statham, and himself to return to complete the trilogy. And its no wonder the studio hasnt given the greenlight yet.

My feeling about Crank 3 is that Crank 3 should be as exponentially more f*cked up than Crank 2 as Crank 2 was to Crank 1. Obviously, theres been talk here and there, but Ive never really felt...

In keeping with the movie's stripped-down approach, the new horror-based Hellboy movie, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, won't be raining hellfire and brimstone down upon movie theaters. Instead, it's coming straight home, where screens are also smaller. Comicbook.com reported earlier today that Crooked Man will be available on video on demand on October 8. Sadly,...

Linkin Park is back and they’re not just making noise—they’re making headlines! After seven years of silence following the tragic loss of frontman Chester Bennington in 2017, the band is ready to turn up the volume once again. This time, they’re rolling out the red carpet for a new lead singer, Emily Armstrong.

Emily Armstrong | Credit: Instagram/@emilyarmstrong

Didn’t see that coming, did you? In a recent livestream event, the band’s familiar faces—Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix, and Joe Hahn—introduced Armstrong as the newest member of the Linkin Park family. For the uninitiated, this powerhouse vocalist is best known as the lead singer & co-founder of the rock band, Dead Sara.

If you haven’t heard of her yet, get ready for a wild ride through her career that’s as colorful as her hair on stage!

The Future of Linkin Park with Emily...

Warning: Major spoilers for Crank (2006) below!

Chev Chelios gets his revenge in Crank's finale by killing the people who injected him with the "Beijing Cocktail." Chev's death in Crank's ending was intended to be conclusive, but the fact his heart is beating left room for a sequel. Crank 2 sees Chev implanted with an artificial heart that he has to keep topped up with electricity.

Crank might end on a bittersweet note for Jason Statham's hitman Chev Chelios, but it still set up a sequel. This Jason Statham action movie opens with Chev waking in his apartment, and soon learning that his rival Ricky Verona (Jose Pablo Cantillo) has injected him with a slow-acting poison. This inhibits adrenaline and will eventually kill him, but Chev realizes if he keeps his flow of adrenaline pumping by performing outrageous acts, he'll extend his lifespan. He thus makes it...

Bennington made cameo appearances in two Crank movies and a Saw sequel, showcasing his versatility beyond music. The singer's brief but memorable roles in cult movies like Crank and Saw 3D highlight his impact on various genres. From helping Jason Statham's hitman character in Crank to facing a gruesome death in Saw 3D, Bennington left a mark in film.

As bizarre as it sounds, Linkin Parks Chester Bennington appeared in not one, but both of the Crank movies. Although Bennington is best known as the late frontman of the rock band Linkin Park, the singer also had minor roles in several movies. Bennington was one of many musicians interviewed for Jared Letos 2012 documentary Artifact, and he also played two separate roles in two of Jason Stathams best movies. Bennington wasnt primarily known as an actor, but his brief movie appearances proved that his outsized stage presence translated well to the genres of action,...

May is major at Max and HBO! This month, several highly anticipated shows, series, specials, live sports streams, and documentaries will be available to watch on the streamer, including the highly anticipated third season of the Emmy Award-winning comedy series “Hacks,” starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder. A24-heads will also get a double dose with the streaming premieres of both the critically acclaimed 2023 wrestling biopic “The Iron Claw” and the 40th anniversary 4K restoration of the Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense.”

Plus, catch up on shows from around Warner Bros. Discovery’s other brands, including Discovery, MotorTrend Network, Magnolia Network, TLC, Food Network, and more.

Find out everything coming to Max this May and get your watchlist ready with The Streamable’s top 5 premiere picks!

Sign Up $9.99+ / month Max.com What are the 5 Best Shows, Movies, and Specials Coming to Max in May 2024? “Hacks” Season 3 Premiere | Thursday, May 2–30

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With its list of new releases for May 2024, HBO streamer Max is bringing back one of the best comedies on television.

Hacks season 3 premieres on May 2 and will continue the tortured (platonic-ish) love affair between comedy superstar Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and her former joke writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder). That will be followed up by Pretty Little Liars: Summer School on May 9.

Movie-lovers have more than enough to keep them occupied in May 2024 as well. The latest John Green adaptation, Turtles All the Way Down, will premiere on May 3. That will be followed by intriguing original documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash on May 30. Max is also putting its Warner Bros. origins to good use with a bunch of excellent library movies like The Iron Claw on May 10 and Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice on May 26.

Here’s everything coming to HBO and Max in May.

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Moritz Mohr’s Boy Kills World is what happens when you toss The Hunger Games, Mortal Kombat, Happy!, and Crank into a blender. While that sounds rad, the slurry of upbeat action and nonsense plot tangles is much more baffling in execution. Mohr’s vision borrows heavily from button-mashy videogames and dystopian graphic novels, blending Cyberpunk futurism with real-world dictatorship commentaries. There’s a message about fascism and rebellion somewhere in Mohr’s madcap martial arts violence, but it’s lost under the piles of enemy corpses. Boy Kills World never knows the movie it wants to be past a killing spree, as the story makes one poor choice after the next, like a genre satire that becomes what it tries to parody.

Bill Skarsgård stars as the deaf-mute “Boy,” who speaks to us through internal narrations voiced by H. Jon Benjamin. Skarsgård’s protagonist has a singular mission: kill...

If curating the Best Action Movies of All Time felt borderline impossible, then ranking just the top entries from this century is Mission Barely Manageable.

Most franchise IP blockbusters released to big box office hauls in recent years could qualify as “action movies” in one way or another. That’s particularly true when it comes to the omnipresent cultural phenomenon we call superhero films. It can be tempting to write off the entire action genre when all you see is the over-pixelated epics about super-somethings stopping intergalactic injustice that make up an increasingly large chunk of modern Hollywood. However, the action movies that depend less on fetishized source material have yielded some of the most personal higher-budget workaround. When done well, action movies can tell great character-driven stories through movement. Action — acted or animated — is simply drama made dynamic.

That principle is what separates so many of the movies on...

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A New Year means lots of removals from Netflix and January 1st is looking busy, with over 100 movies set to leave the service already. Below, we’ll be keeping track of all the Netflix departures for the first month of 2024.

First, a few housekeeping notes as to how Netflix removals work before we dive in. Due to licensing agreements, shows and movies added to Netflix aren’t added forever. Instead, they’re essentially rented for a fixed period. All the shows below have their current window on Netflix ending and will likely be bound for a rival streaming service.

We list titles slightly differently from other outlets, with our listings being the actual day of removal. If you want to watch any titles scheduled to expire on January 1st, for example, you’ll need to watch by the end of December 31st.

Stars: Kellan Lutz, Robin Magdhalen, Manu Intiraymi, Jeff Fahey, Chelsea Lopez, Efren Ramirez, Tonantzin Esparza | Written and Directed by Javier Reyna

Due Justice is the latest film in the never-ending line of Taken wannabes where a former badass has to go back into action to rescue their kidnapped daughter. In this case, it’s Max an attorney who, along with his boss Claire are lawyers celebrating winning their latest case when Max hears a familiar voice from across the restaurant.

It’s his brother Jerry who isn’t happy to see him, probably due to the company he’s dining with. As it turns out, Jerry was undercover for the FBI and that meeting triggered the suspicion of Ellis, Roxy and their crew. It’s not long before both Jerry and Max’s wife are dead, and his daughter abducted while he’s at the office working late.

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Coming soon from High Stake Entertainment, Eric Roberts was recently set to star in Down Below, and Deadline reports today that Doug Jones (Hocus Pocus 2) will also star.

Additionally, Bai Ling (The Crow, Crank: High Voltage) and Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect, Project X) have joined the cast of the horror movie, which is set on Christmas Eve.

Spyder Dobrofsky is directing the psychological horror movie.

“The film centers on a young sheriff and a criminal suspect who find their lives intertwined when both become haunted by a sinister force on Christmas Eve.

“Eric Roberts portrays a intelligent police psychologist, who’s having a tough time with his current patient, a cop recently suspended for an act of violence on a civilian.”

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Twilight and Expendables star Kellan Lutz takes on a thrilling action-packed role in Due Justice, seeking revenge for his murdered wife and kidnapped daughter. Lutz is no stranger to the action genre, having previously worked with Bruce Willis and starred in The Expendables franchise. Due Justice is just one of several projects in the pipeline for Lutz, including Desert Dawn and Fear of the Woods.

Twilight saga and The Expendables 3 star Kellan Lutz takes the law into his own hands and embarks on a mission of vengeance in the newly released trailer for Due Justice. Coming courtesy of Saban Films, the R rated action outing Due Justice finds Lutz in the lead as an attorney with a military past who decides to hunt down the gang who killed his wife and brother and kidnapped his daughter. Check out the trailer for Due Justice below:

Alongside the intense new trailer for Due Justice,...

For a comic book movie franchise that has never reached the heights of most Marvel or DC films of the last two decades, "Hellboy" has remained shockingly resilient. To that end, Mike Mignola's beloved character is set for yet another big-screen reboot in the form of "Hellboy: The Crooked Man." This time around, the character will be headed back to the 1950s for a folk horror adventure based on one the most celebrated storylines from the comics.

This will be the character's first film since 2019's "Hellboy." Starring David Harbour, it proved to be a critical and commercial disaster. Be that as it may, Millennium Media is set to try to bring the character to life once again with a lower-budget take on the material. So, when will you be able to see the movie? Who is playing Hellboy? Who is directing this time around? We've got all of...

Great movie sequels can flop at the box office, proving that commercial success doesn't always reflect a film's quality or impact. Negative reviews and long gaps between the original and sequel can result in a loss of interest and disappointment among audiences. Successful sequels strike a balance between nostalgia and fresh storytelling, attracting both fans of the original and newcomers, but this doesn't guarantee commercial success.

Great movie sequels that bombed at the box office are proof that commercial failure isn't always an accurate indicator of a film's quality, and franchises like Indiana Jones and Terminator prove it. Successor films often face heightened expectations due to the popularity or sheer cultural impact of the original. Failure to meet these expectations can lead to severe disappointment among audiences - or films getting almost entirely forgotten through time.

From sequels that many did not even know existed to some of the best...

Fans eager to give Hellboy another chance on the silver screen rejoice! Ketchup Entertainment snagged the rights to Millennium Media‘s Hellboy: The Crooked Man, starring Jack Kesy as the kitten-loving, pancake-eating demon with an attitude and guns under his trenchcoat. Brian Taylor directs from a script by Christopher Golden, inspired by the Dark Horse comic book series created by Mike Mignola.

In Hellboy: The Crooked Man, Big Red and a rookie Brpd agent become stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia, only to discover a small community haunted by witches, led by the Crooked Man. “According to local legend, Jeremiah Witkins was one of the first settlers in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia,” says the Hellboy Wiki about the Crooked Man. “He built his house in an area called The Hurricane. He was also one of the worst men in his lifetime, amassing his fortune from the misery of others. Stirring...

Faith No More frontman Mike Patton lent a recognizably human quality to I Am Legend's Darkseekers with his unique growl, humanizing the monsters. The Darkseekers' portrayal hinted at their humanity, with their emotions easily understood through their angry, panicked, and upset expressions. Patton's performance injected personality into what could have been incomprehensible squawks and screams, making him the perfect choice for I Am Legend's misunderstood villains.

While I Am Legend’s villainous Darkseekers didn’t have much in the way of comprehensible dialogue, the monster movie’s villains were voiced by a surprisingly iconic musician. Released in 2007, I Am Legend is a post-apocalyptic action-thriller that follows Will Smith’s Dr. Robert Neville around the abandoned streets of New York City after a plague has wiped out much of humanity. Some humans who survived the plague became Darkseekers, vampiric monsters that dwelled in the dark and attacked at night.

All manner of romance, violence, and heists are teased in this exclusive clip from the upcoming action/slasher/thriller/crime caper Johnny & Clyde. Starring Megan Fox as a twisted mob boss who commands a demonic slayer, Johnny & Clyde (as the title suggests) follows an enraptured couple of misfits as they plan and carry out a barbarous, bloodthirsty cavalcade of crime. Check out the clip from Johnny & Clyde below.

Johnny & Clyde follows the titular Johnny (Jogia) and Clyde (Russell), two serial killers madly in love and on an endless crime spree that sees the couple enact a merciless stream of bloody violence. They set their sights on robbing a casino owned by the crime boss Alana (Fox) and guarded by her demonic warrior.

Directed by Tom DeNucci, written by Tom DeNucci and Nick Principe, and produced by Chad A. Verdi, Michelle Verdi, Chad Verdi Jr., Paul Luba and Nick Koskoff, Johnny...

Video Game movies have truly turned a corner over the last handful of years, but with "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" currently in the midst of a record-breaking run in theaters, the tide has truly turned in a big, bad way. Fortunately for Sony Pictures, they've got a big video game movie (sort of) on the way this summer in the form of "Gran Turismo," which takes its name from the beloved eponymous racing game series. The story is based on real events, however, which makes it more than just a run-of-the-mill video game adaptation. And during Sony's presentation in Las Vegas at CinemaCon tonight, the studio showcased new footage from the film.

/Film's Ben Pearson is on the ground to take in what every major studio in Hollywood has to offer at the event. In the case of "Gran Turismo," we got a much better look at David Harbour...

When thinking about our list of the 50 Best Action Movies of the 21st century so far, it became clear that action movies have taken two paths in the past couple of decades. On the one hand, most of the franchise IP blockbusters — especially superhero films — released to massive box-office hauls could qualify as action movies in one way or another, even if they’re less kinetic than pixelated. However, the action movies that depend less on fetishized source material have yielded some of the most personal higher-budget work around. When done well, an action movie can tell great character-driven stories through movement: drama made dynamic.

And that’s what defines so many of the movies on IndieWire’s list: Some are self-consciously quirky character pieces, from Jason Statham needing to keep his heart rate up at adrenalized extremes in “Crank: High Voltage” to Clive Owen and Monica Bellucci having sex...

Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has picked up North American rights to Hustle Down, R. Ellis Frazier’s action-comedy, and will release theatrically in October.

The deal was struck with Ultramedia, which is handling international sales rights and screening the pic in Cannes.

The movie stars Tom Sizemore (Heat), Paul Sidhu (Repeater), Bai Ling (Crank: High Voltage), Kevin Gage (Heat), Raymond J. Barry (Training Day), Vanessa Angel (Weird Science), and Noel Gugliemi.

It follows Cully (Sizemore), a two-bit hustler and the driver for a Baja drug cartel, who finds himself relying on skilled-but-reluctant bounty hunter, to stay out of the grasps of a merciless assassin, and vicious thugs led by a rival gang leader after he steals a money car stuffed with cash meant for his boss.

Robert Beaumont produced, Benjamin Budd wrote the screenplay.

“We’re thrilled to be working with Gravitas and excited to see how North American movie-goers receive...

Mike & Molly alum Reno Wilson, who currently stars in NBC’s Good Girls, has signed with A3 Artists Agency for representation.

Wilson is maybe best known for his role as Officer Carl McMillan on the comedy series Mike & Molly, alongside Melissa McCarthy and Billy Gardell, which aired for six seasons on CBS. He currently plays the series regular role of Stan Hill on Good Girls, opposite Christina Hendricks, Mae Whitman, Matthew Lillard, Manny Montana, and Retta. It debuts its fourth season on June 24.

Wilson was praised for his starring role as legendary jazz icon Louis Armstrong in the film Bolden. His other recent credits include a large guest star role in the HBO pilot A Lot alongside Whitney Cummings, Officer Downe with Kim Coates, and the Taken parody film Tooken opposite Lee Tergesen and Margaret Cho.

Wilson’s other movie credits include Mighty Joe Young, Rough Draft, Fallen, Crank and Crank: High Voltage.

Antonio Sabáto Sr., who had roles in an eclectic slate of films over a five-decades acting career, has died from Covid-19 complications at age 77, according to his son and fellow actor Antonio Sabato Jr.

His son said that the elder Sabáto was hospitalized in California on Jan. 4. “My papa/dad is in intensive care with covid in California,” he wrote. “Lord keep him surrounded by angels and pure God’s love and strength within.”

The elder Sabáto started his acting career in 1966 in the Italian film Lo scandalo. Later that year, he starred in Grand Prix, an American film with an international cast of actors. The film won win three Academy awards.

Sabáto starred in everything from the spaghetti western One Dollar Too Many to science fiction projects like War of the Robots. When he finally move to the US in the 1980s, his films included 1997’s High Voltage. His...

The Notebook Primer introduces readers to some of the most important figures, films, genres, and movements in film history.Speaking after her tragic death at the age of 33, President Franklin D. Roosevelt testified to the legacy of Carole Lombard. “She is and always will be a star,” he stated in 1942, “one that we shall never forget, nor cease to be grateful to.” Although the president’s words were at least in part influenced by Lombard’s recent patriotic zeal (she died in a plane crash after traveling to sell war bonds), his comments resonated throughout the country, especially Hollywood, where the actress’s impact had been progressively pronounced for years. Her films were like a breath of fresh air to Depression-era audiences, adding silver screen levity to individuals seeking a brief reprieve from day-to-day hardship. By contrast, Lombard’s cinematic sphere was often one of glamour, romance, and, above all,...

Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights to “Giving Voice,” a documentary about the August Wilson Monologue Competition that won the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

“Giving Voice” is directed by James D. Stern and Fernando Villena and follows six students as they advance through the monologue competition, which highlights the work of the playwright behind “Fences” and “The Piano Lesson” and allows winners the chance to perform at the August Wilson Theater on Broadway.

The documentary specifically looks at students from public schools pursuing careers in performance arts, and it uses Wilson’s words to focus on the black experience in America and how words and voices can be ignited to inspire change. Netflix plans to release “Giving Voice” later this year.

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February may be the shortest of the year but Amazon Prime Video has crammed its schedule full of treats. The streaming service has confirmed that “Hunters,” a new series from “Us” director Jordan Peele, will start its run this month. Al Pacino stars in his first TV series as a Nazi hunter working in 1977 New York City with a young crew led by Logan Lerman.

In addition, we get the second half of the first season of “Clifford” as well as the debut of a documentary series about the NFL team in the City of Brotherly Love, “All or Nothing: The Philadelphia Eagles.”

Also look for the premiere of the feature film “Honey Boy.” Shia Labeouf wrote this heartfelt film about his troubled childhood and plays a character inspired by his father.

Below is the full schedule of everything that is coming to Amazon Prime Video in February 2020. Unlike Netflix,...

Jordan Peele’s upcoming show “Hunters” is among the slew of new movies and TV series that will be added to Amazon Prime Video next month.

Peele executive produced “Hunters,” a drama following a group of Nazi hunters in New York City in 1977. The first season, created by David Weil, stars Al Pacino, Logan Lerman and Kate Mulvany.

On the film front, Amazon Prime will add a mix of critical favorites and popcorn flicks like “Dick Tracy,” “Magic Mike,” and “Precious.” Recently released movies such as “47 Meters Down: Uncaged,” “The Farewell” and “Honey Boy” will also become available to stream on the platform later in the month.

See everything coming to Amazon Prime Video in February below:

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Beat the Devil

Bridget Jones’s Diary

Buffalo ‘66

Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter

Cheech & Chong’s Still Smokin’

Crashing Through Danger

Dick Tracy

Earth Girls Are Easy

Emergency Landing

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You can’t talk about the last ten years of movies without talking about Crank: High Voltage, right? The gonzo action pic was one of the most fascinating sequels from recent years, basically taking structure of the first movie but ramping everything up to 200. Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine‘s action movie never holds back, never quiets […]

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Are you sitting down, folks? The New York Film Festival has revealed that Martin Scorsese's The Irishman will boast a running time of... wait for it... 210 minutes. That is exactly 3-and-one-half-hours. You could literally watch Crank and Crank: High Voltage in that time frame, and still have roughly 10 minutes to spare. Now, I know what you're thinking. 3.5 hours? That's a lot of movie. Why are movies so freakin' long these days? Well, normally I would agree, but when it's Scorsese teaming up with Robert De Niro and Joe …...

The adrenaline inducing film, Crank comes to 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (Plus Blu-ray and Digital) on May 21 from Lionsgate.

One of action-superstar Jason Statham’s most iconic roles – as Chev Chelios – will be seen in Ultra High Definition for the first time ever when Crank arrives on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital) and on Digital in 4K Ultra HD May 21 from Lionsgate. Starring alongside Statham are Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez, Carlos Sanz, and Dwight Yoakam in a film that “Access Hollywood” calls “an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride!” Experience four times the resolution of full HD with the 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, which includes Dolby Vision® Hdr, bringing entertainment to life through ultra-vivid picture quality. When compared to a standard picture, Dolby Vision can deliver spectacular colors never before seen on a screen, highlights that are up to 40 times brighter, and blacks that are 10 times darker.

” ‘Crank 3‘ is going to happen. The studios are really excited about it — it’s just all about timing,” director Mark Neveldine proclaimed in 2011, but seven years later there has been absolutely no movement on that front. The sad fact is that while “Crank” and “Crank: High Voltage” occupied a weird part of the pop culture conversation between 2006 and 2009, by time the second movie rolled out, the allure of Jason Statham essentially killing himself to stay alive started to wear out.

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Momentum Pictures has released the first poster for the upcoming dark comedy Mom and Dad, which comes just a few weeks after the crazy trailer was unleashed late last month. In case you missed it, we have the first footage below, along with this one-sheet revealing some of the most intense scenes from this twisted thriller that presents a frightening scenario for any parent and child. This pitch-black horror-comedy is set during a worldwide mass hysteria where, for 24 brutal hours, parents turn violently against their own children.

The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, and would later screen at Fantastic Fest later that month and at the Stiges Film Festival last October. The film also stars Anne Winters as Carly Ryan, the daughter of Brent (Nicolas Cage) and Kendall Ryan (Selma Blair), Zackary Arthur as the youngest Ryan child, Josh, Olivia Crocicchia as Carly's friend Riley,...

Cinema cannot save us. It’s not going to force Donald Trump to resign from office. It isn’t going to soften the hearts of Republicans who want to destroy the economic future of the current generation of American youths. It isn’t going to halt global warming. It is not going to end things like racism and transphobia and homophobia. Roger Ebert once famously said that cinema is an empathy machine, but the notion of such an idea is more complex than simply saying cinema can change the world through its narrative achievements. Cinema can foster empathy, but only on a case by case person by person basis, and what are we to do if the films that do force viewers to think aren’t available in the small towns and lower economic areas of the world? If these films that can have a positive effect on viewers and...

"We have to get out of the house before mom and dad come home!" Momentum Pictures has released the trailer for Mom and Dad, a wild 'n crazy action movie from Brian Taylor, one half of "Neveldine/Taylor" (of Crank, Crank: High Voltage, Gamer, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance). The concept for this is nuts - something starts making parents go crazy and kill their kids. Yeah, seriously, the opening act shows this and it's freaky. Two kids smarten up and try to safely evade their parents until the madness dies down. Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair star as the parents, and Anne Winters and Zackary Arthur as their kids. I saw this movie at the Sitges Film Festival and it's fun, in a very wicked way, but it's not that great. It's a quick, throwaway late night movie when there's nothing better to watch - and Cage's craziness fits perfectly.

Patton Oswalt defines the protagonist in Syfy’s new comedic thriller “Happy!” by referencing a classic buddy picture. “Remember in ‘Midnight Run,’ when Charles Grodin is telling DeNiro, ‘the reason you have an ulcer is that you have two modes of expression: Silence and rage’? That’s Nick Sax,” Oswalt told co-star Christopher Meloni, who plays the lead character. “It’s either glowering silence and then just explosive and it’s hilarious.”

It’s not a bad way to sum up the relationship between Meloni’s and Oswalt’s chatacters in “Happy!”, which premieres this Wednesday. But here’s the big difference: Rather than playing somewhat sane humans, Meloni stars as incredibly unstable private investigator Nick Sax, and Oswalt is the voice of Happy, a CGI flying unicorn who is either a figment of Nick’s imagination or the manifestation of a little girl’s imaginary friend.

Either way, only Nick can see Happy,...

Matt Edwards Nov 1, 2017

Matt chats to We Bare Bears creator Daniel Chong about his joyful Cartoon Network cartoon series...

We Bare Bears is showrunner Daniel Chong’s hyper-enthusiastic, utterly pleasant and wonderfully sweet cartoon series, currently in its third season on Cartoon Network. It’s one of the very nicest, exciting, entertaining and joyful programmes on the air, based on the web comic that Chong, a former Pixar artist who worked on Toy Story shorts and the exceptional Inside Out, drew and published himself.

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In London to attend a BAFTA Kids We Bare Bears event (the show won a BAFTA in 2016), Chong sat by while your Den of Geek representative and an audience made up of families and animation enthusiasts watched three as-yet unaired episodes of the show. Afterwards he took questions from the audience,...

Duncan Bowles Jul 17, 2017

Jay Baruchel chats to us about comics, X-Men movies, Goon 2 and Jason Statham...

Jay Baruchel is a very happy man indeed. Over the last decade, I’ve been fortunate enough to interview a lot of people for Den of Geek, but Mr Baruchel might just be the most enthusiastic one to date – almost every sentence ended with the kind of joyous laugh that would come from having, quite possibly, the best job ever, twice. Known to most as an actor with a gift for the comedic, having starred in the likes of Tropic Thunder, Knocked Up, Goon, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and The Art Of The Steal (to name a few personal favourites) as well as voicing accidental hero Hiccup in the fantastic How To Train Your Dragon movies, it was about his recent involvement with Canadian comic book publisher, Chapterhouse, that we had a chat with him about.

James Hunt Jun 28, 2017

Edgar Wright chats to us about making Baby Driver, and its long journey to the big screen. Plus the Statham question, of course...

Following a much-publicised departure from Ant-Man, Edgar Wright is back with a new film which he has both written and directed. Baby Driver stars Ansel Elgort alongside the likes of Jon Hamm, Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx. We had 15 minutes with Wright to talk about the film's long gestation and how he took it from Wood Green Dhss to the big screen...

So this one's been on the slate for a while. I hear you had the idea for it something like 20 years ago now?

Yeah, it's funny, when I've mentioned that kind of timeline - having the idea 22 years ago - it's true in a sense that I heard a song and visualised a car chase, which is John Spencer Blues Explosion's Bellbottoms,...

Musical chameleon Mike Patton has announced that he's working on a score for the Netflix adaptation of the Stephen King novella 1922. In November of last year, it was announced that Netflix would be making a movie based on King's short story. Zak Hilditch will direct the movie based off of the screenplay that he wrote. The story is told through the narration of the main character who confesses to murdering his wife and later believes that she is haunting him. Not much else has been revealed about the movie, but we have learned that Mike Patton has already composed the score.

Mike Patton, who is probably best known as the lead singer of the experimental rock band Faith No More, recently spoke to Rolling Stone about his new black metal project Dead Cross with ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo. At the end of the article, Patton casually mentions that he has...

The heavy metal group Slipknot and the cult action film “Crank” may not have much in common face, but creators from both entities have come together to adapt a hyper-violent graphic novel. Slipknot co-founder Shawn Crahan, a.k.a. “Clown,” and “Crank” co-director Mark Neveldine have brought Joe Casey’s “Officer Downe” to the big screen. Written by Casey himself, the film stars Kim Coates (“Sons of Anarchy”) as Officer Downe, a deceased police officer resurrected from the dead to keep fighting crime. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.

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Neveldine serves as “Officer Downe’s” producer. He and his partner Brian Taylor have previously directed both “Crank” and its sequel “Crank 2: High Voltage,” as well as the sci-fi thriller “Gamer” and the superhero sequel “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.” They have also wrote...