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Havoc review – Tom Hardy’s gonzo gun mayhem misses the point https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/24/havoc-review-tom-hardys-gonzo-gun-mayhem-misses-the-point #Actionandadventurefilms #ForestWhitaker #GarethEvans #TomHardy #Culture #Film
Havoc review – Tom Hardy’s gonzo gun mayhem misses the point

Disillusioned cop Hardy must rescue a corrupt politician’s son from triads and police but potential for drama goes down in a hail of bullets

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 17
‘My heart broke’: director Ryan Coogler on mourning Chadwick Boseman, rebooting Black Panther and his new movie Sinners https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/17/my-heart-broke-director-ryan-coogler-on-mourning-chadwick-boseman-rebooting-black-panther-and-his-new-movie-sinners #Actionandadventurefilms #ChadwickBoseman #MichaelBJordan #LetitiaWright #RyanCoogler #Horrorfilms #Thrillers #Culture #Blues #Film
‘My heart broke’: director Ryan Coogler on mourning Chadwick Boseman, rebooting Black Panther and his new movie Sinners

The highest grossing Black film-maker of all time is known for his superhero movies and reinventing the Rocky franchise. Now he’s made his most personal film yet – and it’s a vampire thriller

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 16
The Legend of Ochi review – visually dazzling throwback kids movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/16/the-legend-of-ochi-movie-review #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Actionandadventurefilms #Familyfilms #WillemDafoe #EmilyWatson #Culture #Film
The Legend of Ochi review – visually dazzling throwback kids movie

There’s an 80s vibe to this ET-adjacent family adventure with Willem Dafoe and Emily Watson, relying on impressive practical effects

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 16
Is Warfare the most realistic war film ever made? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/15/warfare-realistic-war-film #Actionandadventurefilms #AlexGarland #Warfilms #Culture #Iraq #Film
Is Warfare the most realistic war film ever made?

In Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s brutal and immersive new film, memory informs the events that take place in real time to a unit of soldiers in Iraq

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 10
G20 review – Viola Davis plays president in so-so action thriller https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/10/g20-movie-review-amazon-viola-davis #Actionandadventurefilms #AmazonPrimeVideo #ViolaDavis #Thrillers #Culture #Film
G20 review – Viola Davis plays president in so-so action thriller

The Oscar winner plays a soldier turned world leader forced to fight back in Amazon’s simple, serviceable star vehicle

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 8
The Amateur review – Rami Malek takes action-hero baby steps as CIA analyst out for revenge https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/08/the-amateur-review-rami-malek-laurence-fishburne #Actionandadventurefilms #LaurenceFishburne #Filmadaptations #Thrillers #RamiMalek #Culture #Books #Film
The Amateur review – Rami Malek takes action-hero baby steps as CIA analyst out for revenge

Malek gives an eccentric performance as a nerdy agent who wants his superior Laurence Fishburne to retrain him as an assassin

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 25
Amazon confirms producers to steer next James Bond film: ‘greatest sense of responsibility’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/25/amazon-james-bond-producers #Actionandadventurefilms #AmazonPrimeVideo #JamesBond #Culture #Amazon #USnews #Film
Amazon confirms producers to steer next James Bond film: ‘greatest sense of responsibility’

Spider-Man’s Amy Pascal and Harry Potter’s David Heyman will helm the tech company’s first official 007 adventure

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 24
Samuel L Jackson on shark thriller Deep Blue Sea: ‘I’ve had many deaths – but everyone remembers this one’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/24/samuel-l-jackson-shark-deep-blue-sea-deaths-big-ass-waves #Actionandadventurefilms #SamuelLJackson #Culture #Sharks #Film
Samuel L Jackson on shark thriller Deep Blue Sea: ‘I’ve had many deaths – but everyone remembers this one’

‘I had no idea I’d get so wet. I was in water for a month. It was kind of wild. For the storm scenes, they were dumping it down on us from towers. There were big-ass waves flying everywhere’

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 17
Why are the most expensive Netflix movies also the worst? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/17/netflix-expensive-blockbuster-worst #Actionandadventurefilms #MillieBobbyBrown #ChrisPratt #Netflix #Culture #Film
Why are the most expensive Netflix movies also the worst?

Streamer’s endless quest to make an unforgettable blockbuster continues to sputter out with the release of $300m dud The Electric State

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 11
Novocaine review – throwaway one-joke action comedy brings the pain https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/11/novocaine-movie-review #Actionandadventurefilms #Comedyfilms #Culture #Comedy #Film
Novocaine review – throwaway one-joke action comedy brings the pain

Jack Quaid is a charming lead as a man who can’t feel pain but this high-concept caper brings low-level enjoyment

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