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A serious-looking, bald Black man wearing a blue jacket and looking out of a window.
Review

A Working Man review – a dire, forgettable actioner

by Hannah Strong

Even Jason Statham looks bored by his lat­est hard man turn in Dav­ey Ayer’s unin­spired adap­ta­tion of Chuck Dixon’s nov­el Lev­on’s Trade.

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A bearded man wearing a grey jacket and carrying a bag on a rural gravel path surrounded by lush greenery.
Review

The Beekeeper review – not enough bees

by Hannah Strong

David Ayer’s lat­est action thriller is an under­whelm­ing sto­ry about a retired secret agent who swears revenge against a tech bro scam company.

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A man wearing a black cap with a logo, a green jacket, and a serious expression, standing in a grey, blurred background.
Review

Expend4bles review – the living end

by David Jenkins

Sur­re­al­ly awful action spec­ta­cle which rep­re­sents noth­ing more than the quick­est route to a pay­day for every­one involved in its sor­ry creation.

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Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

Meg 2: The Trench | Paris Memories | Deep Blue Sea (1999)

On Truth & Movies this week, Jason Statham bat­tles more giant sharks in Meg 2, one of the more sur­pris­ing choic­es in Ben Wheat­ley’s fil­mog­ra­phy. We also review Paris Mem­o­ries, where a woman tries to come to terms with her trau­ma in the wake of a ter­ror­ist attack and final­ly, for film club, we go from giant sharks to clever ones in 1999’s Deep Blue Sea
Four men wearing suits and ties, one with a large scar on his face, standing together.
Acting Up

The irrepressible screen presence of Jason Statham

by Callie Petch

One of cin­e­ma’s lead­ing hard men, the for­mer mod­el and Com­mon­wealth div­er has carved out a depend­able – and at times great­ly enter­tain­ing – niche.
A stern-faced man in a dark, checked suit and tie, glaring intensely at the camera against a dark background.
Incoming

Jason Statham takes on an army of bank robbers in the Wrath of Man

by Charles Bramesco

The trail­er for Guy Ritchie’s lat­est sends the Stath on a ram­page of pater­nal vengeance.
Two muscular men wearing tactical gear walk through a rugged, rain-soaked environment.
Review

Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw

by Hannah Strong

Two titans of action cin­e­ma team up for an auda­cious block­buster romp in this well-mean­ing fran­chise spin-off.

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Two bald men in black clothing standing in a busy indoor setting.
Incoming

Hobbs and Shaw gets a testosterone-fuelled first trailer

by Charles Bramesco

Dwayne John­son and Jason Statham join forces in the Fast & Furi­ous spin-off.
A man with a serious expression in a dimly lit spacecraft interior.
Review

The Meg

by Hannah Strong

Jason Statham squares off against a pre­his­toric behe­moth in Jon Turteltaub’s sil­ly and over­com­pli­cat­ed thriller.

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A woman with curly blonde hair, wearing a grey jumper, looks surprised with her hands on her cheeks in an office setting.
Review

Spy

by Adam Woodward

Melis­sa McCarthy and Paul Feig again prove they’re a match made in com­e­dy heav­en with this supe­ri­or spoof.

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