Tag: Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
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Why Jason Statham Wouldn’t Reprise His Role For The Transporter Reboot
It’s been 20 years now since the release of “The Transporter,” the 2002 film that put Jason Statham on the map as an action movie star. Statham’s breakout roles as an actor had already come in a couple of crime films, both directed by Guy Ritchie: namely, “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and “Snatch,”…
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‘The Gentlemen’: Film Review
It took Guy Ritchie a little over a decade to make the transition from self-styled auteur to journeyman, and his output was hardly worse off for the change. At the turn of the century, he announced himself as the swaggering enfant terrible of British genre cinema with the sharp Cockney crime pic “Lock, Stock and…
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Guy Ritchie Returning To His Gritty Crime Roots With ‘Toff Guys’
It appears that Guy Ritchie is done toying around with big-budget tentpole filmmaking for the time being.After successfully launching the Robert Downey, Jr.-led “Sherlock Holmes” franchise, the British filmmaker went on to direct “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,” and the upcoming live-action Disney remake “Aladdin.” With the last decade filled…
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‘Aladdin’ Teased at CinemaCon, Will Smith Won’t Imitate Robin Williams
Will Smith will put his own stamp on the Genie, Disney executives promised at CinemaCon on Tuesday while unveiling a behind-the-scenes look at its live-action remake of “Aladdin.”Instead of imitating Robin Williams’ rapid-fire improv and celebrity impressions, Smith will inject the magical wish-granter with a little bit of the Fresh Prince and a little bit…