Tag: Mad Max: Fury Road
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Mad Max: Fury Road Ending Explained: Reclaiming One’s Own Humanity
I feel that one of the bigger misconceptions about action cinema is that it is all about the spectacle. The chases, the fights, the explosions, the stunts. They exist to be an adrenaline rush, and if you feel like turning your brain off at the door of the auditorium, feel free to do so. Sure,…
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‘The End We Start From’ Review — Jodie Comer Is Sensational
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.The apocalypse is kind of boring. It wasn’t always that way as films like The Road, 28 Days Later, and Mad Max: Fury Road have been able…
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We Need More Documentaries About Visual Effects Artists!
For just a moment, contemplate a big blockbuster you love without its visual effects. Imagine the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park just being non-existent or perhaps the various sights of Mad Max: Fury Road just not existing period. Those wonders are realized through a variety of means, but they all come back to the world of…
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‘Kill’ Review – Nikhil Nagesh Crafts Bloody Brilliant Action
Every so often there comes an action film that is so confident, so bold, and so fresh, that you just can’t help to believe that there is hope in the genre beyond just big budget blockbusters starring your favorite actors who once played a superhero. Films like The Raid, John Wick, Mad Max: Fury Road,…
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A Critical Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Scene Was Written Just Hours Before Shooting
Christopher McQuarrie’s 2015 film “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” is arguably the best film in the series. Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) was getting a little older and was considered decreasingly trustworthy by his sour-faced bosses at the Impossible Missions Force. “Rogue Nation” saw him tracking down the identities of a rogue nation of ex-spies who…
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This Cillian Murphy Film Has Been on the Shelf for Over a Decade
There are countless reasons why a film may struggle to come out by its intended release date, as the process of putting together an ambitious film production is never predictable. A film like Mad Max: Fury Road took over a decade of restarts, production shutdowns, studio delays, and release date changes before it finally saw…
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Eminem Almost Played This ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Character
What do you get when you cross Mad Max: Fury Road and Eminem? If director George Miller had his way, we would have an answer to that very question. Mad Max: Fury Road is an undisputed classic, a film that doesn’t let off the gas until the credits roll at the end. Tom Hardy picks…
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‘Furiosa’: Chris Hemsworth’s Character Is Something He’s “Most Proud Of”
Chris Hemsworth is a world-wide superstar thanks to his spectacular turn as Thor, the Norse God of Thunder in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. Since his debut as the thunderous superhero in 2011’s Thor, the Australian actor has reprized his role in a further three solo films and been a regular member in the Avengers team-up movies.…
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Mad Max: Fury Road’s Flamethrower Guitar Actually Worked
“Mad Max: Fury Road” is one of the biggest miracles of modern cinema. This is a film that could have gone wrong so many times (and actually kind of did), where most of the stunt crew could have died several times over, a movie that against all odds not only got made, but it was…
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Cancelled Movies We Would Have Most Liked to See
The term “passion project” can either be a positive or negative one for prominent filmmakers. While some films that fought through years of development end up becoming masterpieces, such as Martin Scorsese’s Silence or George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road, others go the disastrous route of Colin Trevorrow’s The Book of Henry. Anytime that a…