Golden Globes 2025 The Golden Globes stay messy Usually, Duana would write this post and critique the Golden Globes as a telecast, with her expertise as a television writer, directress, and producer in her own right, but this year, the Golden Globes telecast was so f-cking janky even we peons with our untrained, non-professional eyes could see there By Sarah • Jan 06, 2025 06:35 am
Douchebags New year, new bad man New year, new day, new bad man alert! On December 21, 2023, Asta Jonasson filed a lawsuit in California against Vin Diesel alleging, in part, sexual battery and wrongful termination. In 2010, Ms. Jonasson was hired to work as an assistant to Diesel, who was in Atlanta filming Fast Five. By Sarah • Jan 02, 2024 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Happy Fast X Day to Jason Momoa only I am not, historically, a fan of the Fast/Furious movies, especially the last few since Paul Walker’s untimely death. They have become too serious and small, overly invested in Dominic Toretto’s boring life outside of racing cars. Vin Diesel is not a compelling leading man, especially without By Sarah • May 19, 2023 12:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews #Family Feud Redux Spoilers for Fast X We have now entered the era of spoiler culture in which presumably above-board industry trade outlets are straight up posting film spoilers as if they are exclusives. This happened Friday, when The Wrap posted a major spoiler for Fast X—a movie general audiences will not By Sarah • May 15, 2023 11:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Guardians have to pass the test Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 comes out in just two weeks. Chris Pratt is still riding high from the bonanza success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which is only a week or so away from hitting one billion dollars. But he’s already onto the next blockbuster, promoting By Sarah • Apr 25, 2023 11:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The FAMILY is back One of the biggest trailers dropping during the Super Bowl is the super-sized trailer for Fast X the penultimate chapter in the “Fast Saga”, which is still a stupid thing to call these dumb movies. The self-importance kills me, and it’s killing these movies, but…I’m gonna see By Sarah • Feb 10, 2023 12:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Fast #Family divorce drama In a bombshell afternoon news drop, yesterday it was announced that director Justin Lin has left the latest Fast/Furious movie, officially titled Fast X, after starting principal photography last week. It’s the second divorce to hit the #Family, following the Diesel-Rock breakdown. If I have taught you anything, By Sarah • Apr 27, 2022 09:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brie Larson is also #Family Fast & Furious 10, alternatively called Fast 10 or Fast10 but not FasTEN, is currently filming and still adding to the cast, as Vin Diesel took to Instagram to announce that Brie Larson is joining the franchise (in an unspecified role), following Jason Momoa’s addition earlier this year (he By Sarah • Apr 11, 2022 02:55 pm
Top Reads The Rock shuts down Vin: Boy Sh-t to End the Year Back in November, Sarah posted about Vin Diesel’s public appeal on Instagram to get Dwayne The Rock Johnson back for Fast 10. Vin called The Rock “my little brother Dwayne” (LOL forever) and brought his kids and the late Paul Walker into it. Now The Rock has responded, closing By Lainey • Dec 30, 2021 11:34 am
Business of Hollywood Celebrities and the D&G Comeback As mentioned in the previous Bennifer post, JLo wasn’t the only celebrity in Venice this weekend for the Dolce & Gabbana show. A gallery of the high-profile guest list is attached including Anna Wintour, Helen Mirren, Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldana, Bebe Rexha, and more. So the comeback of the By Lainey • Aug 30, 2021 12:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews F9: This might as well happen In 2001, The Fast and the Furious was about street racing and selling stolen DVD players. It was Point Break with cars. It was simple, and dumb, and kind of fun in the way early 2000s films are, caught between the overblown action of the post-Matrix world and the nascent By Sarah • Jun 25, 2021 01:01 pm
Amazingness Vin Diesel produced The Rock The much-delayed F9 is finally opening in North America this week and the cast has been on promotion ahead of the release. The leader of the Fast and Furious franchise, of course, is Vin Diesel and he covers Men’s Health this month to show off his 53-year-old body and By Lainey • Jun 22, 2021 02:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews F9: The Return of Han F9 first began advertising in January 2020 for what was supposed to be a May 2020 release date, only to get pushed back multiple times due to the pandemic. Currently, it is slated to come out on May 28, but the Super Bowl TV spot ends with “In theaters soon” By Sarah • Feb 08, 2021 02:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Vin Diesel in Bloodshot Based on a character from Valiant Comics, Bloodshot is Vin Diesel’s latest attempt to bag a fantasy/sci-fi franchise where he gets to be the star and not just a talking tree. Diesel sincerely loves the fantasy genre, but he has not evolved past an eighth-grader’s appreciation for By Sarah • Mar 13, 2020 12:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews F9 brings #JusticeForHan at last Jason Statham started out in the Fast/Furious universe—dubbed “The Fast Saga” because everything is a goddamn saga now and I BLAME YOU, MARVEL—as a villain. His character, Shaw, killed a member of the original Fast Family, Han, played by Sung Kang. Han died in a crash in By Sarah • Feb 04, 2020 03:49 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Fast 9: Will the women get to stand up this time? Fast 9, the latest entry in the most improbable franchise in cinema, is currently filming in the UK. Vin Diesel took to Instagram to drop some casting news, confirming that Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren are returning for this installment. Theron was the villain in F8te of the Furious—still By Sarah • Jul 09, 2019 09:50 am