Five years later “Mad Max: Fury Road” is the gift that keeps on giving. With a Furiosa spinoff prequel on the way and continued play in best-of-the-decade lists, George Miller’s Oscar-winning 2015 action epic has stayed firmly in the cultural imagination. The film was toasted once again Friday night at a special drive-in screening in […]
Continue readingAs part of her extraordinary range, Charlize Theron has cemented herself as one of today’s leading badass women action stars. But almost 15 years before she was outrunning a post-apocalyptic cult army in “Mad Max: Fury Road,” she was forced to prove that women can keep up with the guys to the filmmakers behind “The […]
Continue readingIn the midst of promoting her upcoming Netflix movie The Old Guard, Charlize Theron opened up about potential sequels for some of her previous films. First: Theron expresses some understandable disappointment at not being involved with the Mad Max: Fury Road spin-off devoted to Furiosa, a character she made famous. Then, on the good news […]
Continue readingCharlize Theron rules, full stop. She’s one of our best actors working today, blessed with the range that gives us prickly, low-status characters like her leading role in Tully, high-status-but-still-struggling characters like her leading role in Long Shot, and utter slices of action iconography like her leading role in Mad Max: Fury Road. This means […]
Continue readingIt’s pretty much official, Charlize Theron is a bonafide action star and the go-to queen of action movies. Following roles in “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Atomic Blonde,” its rumored sequel, and her entry into the “Fast & Furious” franchise, the actress has carved out an additional niche for herself, beyond her dramatic roles, as today’s […]
Continue readingCharlize Theron is holding nothing back about the making of “Mad Max: Fury Road” five years after its release. The Oscar-winning actress took part in a New York Times oral history of the action movie published last week and got honest about fighting with co-star Tom Hardy on set, and now she admits that much […]
Continue readingRecently, it was revealed that development on the long-awaited “Mad Max: Fury Road” prequel, focused on the character of Furiosa, was shifting into high gear as filmmaker George Miller confirmed that he’s set to begin work on it next. However, we also learned that Charlize Theron, who played Furiosa in ‘Fury Road,’ will definitely not […]
Continue readingThe Doha Film Institute has added French auteur Claire Denis and Oscar-nominated cinematographer Phedon Papamichael (“Nebraska”) to the lineup of star talent who will act as mentors for the Qumra Masters program during its upcoming Qumra event dedicated to fostering fresh Arab film fare that is opening up to TV projects.They join previously announced directors […]
Continue readingZoe Kravitz has had her fair share of franchise film experience. In her short career, she’s already starred in “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Divergent,” and “X-Men: First Class.” Let’s also not forget her role in the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ series. But in a new interview with Variety, she admits that tackling the upcoming film “The Batman” […]
Continue readingIn a new approach to Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel of the same name, Hulu’s High Fidelity TV series puts Zoë Kravitz (Mad Max: Fury Road) in the lead role of Rob Brooks as she takes a look back at the five biggest heartbreaks in her life, all so she can figure out why she keeps […]
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