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Fast and Furious 6

Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw movie review: everything wrong with the world today

Thu, Aug 08, 2019
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A stew of “hilarious” toxic masculinity and nonstop violence as the solution to all problems. Sexist, stupid nonsense, tediously familiar and wholly predictable. Even the cartoonish action falls flat.

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what’s the best way to honor the lives and work of famous people when they die?

Mon, Dec 09, 2013
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Is it doing something in the spirit of their work? Is it not deifying them by pretending they were more or other than they were?

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things wot we learned from the 2013 summer movies

Fri, Aug 30, 2013
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Have you been paying attention to what the movies have been saying — what the movies have really been saying — all summer? Here’s a refresher.

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the screenwriting bible that is to blame for the tedious blandness of blockbusters

Sat, Jul 20, 2013
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When I look at my watch during a movie, it’s because I’m checking to see if my guess about where in the runtime we are coincides with what just happened onscreen. This book is what makes that possible.

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most popular posts on FlickFilosopher week of May 25-31 2013

Mon, Jun 03, 2013
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how much of the success of Fast & Furious 6 is due to the diversity of its cast?

Tue, May 28, 2013
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Poor Paul Walker has only Luke Evans’ villain to turn to for someone who looks most like him…

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most popular posts on FlickFilosopher week of May 18-24 2013

Sun, May 26, 2013
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is this the worst Memorial Day weekend for movies ever?

Fri, May 24, 2013
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I cannot remember another Memorial Day weekend for which I gave all the wide releases a red light.

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The Grating Toretto, by Nick Carraway (Fast & Furious 6 review)

Fri, May 17, 2013
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A colossal affair swollen with the hubris and arrogance of men who trail the foul dust of mayhem in their wake.

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at least it has Luke Evans (Fast & Furious 6 trailer)

Mon, Apr 29, 2013
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“We talkin’ vehicular warfare.” You know that’s how they pitched this script…

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