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Brian DePalma and Screenwriter Oliver Stone’s 1983 update of the Howard Hawks gangster classic is one of our favorite furious films (READ OUR FULL REVIEW). The poster we’ve chosen is the alternate Australian design which recalls the illustrated kinds that were very popular in the 70s. We’ve also included the original iconic black and white poster that is an 80s New Wave spin on the film noir gangster aesthetic. [read...]
The classic 1972 action-thriller DELIVERANCE was based on a book by author James Dickey (look for a cameo by him in the film as the suspicious Sheriff). The story focuses on four friends, Lewis (Burt Reynolds), Ed (Jon Voight), Drew (Ronny Cox) and Bobby (Ned Beatty) who take a weekend canoe trip down the (fictional) Cahulawassee river in the wilds of rural Georgia. The film brilliantly sets up an ominous [read...]
Director Kathryn Bigelow has been making furious films for decades now. The first movie I ever saw by her was Blue Steel (1989) a tense thriller about a female police officer (Jamie Lee Curtis) and a psychotic stalker (Ron Silver). Then in 1991 came Point Break an action packed crime film about a hot shot FBI agent (Keanu Reeves) who goes undercover as a surfer to track down a gang [read...]
We’re back with another mad as hell edition of CineFusion, FC’s own weekly in-blog newsletter that we’re using to compile some of the cool film related things (past, present and future) that give us pleasure. This week’s furious highlights includes images from the geekiest event known to man: the San Diego Comic Con! FROM THE TARANTINO ARCHIVES: The cast of Django Unchained along with QT were at the SDCC to [read...]
When film fans heard that RZA would be directing his own martial arts extravaganza, they immediately went ballistic and couldn’t wait to see just what the musician/actor/writer/director would come up with. If you know of RZA and The Wu-Tang Clan, then you’re already aware he is an expert and lifelong aficionado of kung fu cinema. He’s seen everything released in the genre from Shaw Brothers classics to Golden Harvest and [read...]
We’re back with another mad as hell edition of CineFusion, FC’s own weekly in-blog newsletter that we’re using to compile some of the cool film related things (past, present and future) that give us pleasure. This week’s furious highlights include: blaxploitation badasses, a furious independent filmmaker, a science teacher turned drug mastermind and some wily grifters. FROM THE TARANTINO ARCHIVES: Lynn Hirschberg of the New York Times talks with Quentin [read...]
The crime film is one of the greatest genres to provide audiences with a mainline to adrenaline charged action drama and emotion. If you don’t go for all the fantasy CGI and 3D cinema, Ruben Fleischer’s upcoming old school cops vs. criminals film Gangster Squad (the title even sounds like a pulp novel) might be for you. It looks like a throwback to classics we love like Once Upon a [read...]
CineFusion? Wazzat you ask? It’s FC’s new weekly compendium of various furious film info and links we’ll be sharing with our readers. We hope you enjoy this latest addition to the site! MAD AS HELL MOVIE MUSIC: “Vamos a Matar Companeros” (Titoli) by Ennio Morricone GET DJANGO’D!: We’re anxiously awaiting Quentin’s latest cinematic adventure and our sister site has been steadily putting together a collection of all the Django Unchained [read...]
It’s pretty obvious to see that The Avengers is going to be one of the geekiest movie events of the year. It will finally bring together some of the most powerful super heroes in the Marvel Universe including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and The Hulk who will also be joined by SHIELD agents Hawkeye, Black Widow and that eye patch wearing badass: Nick Fury! The group will be facing [read...]
We’re really anxious to see this furious action film from director Gareth Evans. Word around the geek campfire is that it delivers the mad as hell, brutally bombastic thrills big time! We’ve been informed recently from other sites that the movie has been retitled The Raid: Redemption because it is, in fact, the first in a trilogy. This just cranks up the coolness even more to find out that we’ll [read...]
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