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A bald man in a black shirt reaches down to a woman lying on the ground next to a car.
Review

Fast X

by Jake Cole

Jason Momoa puts in a fine show­ing as a new vil­lain in Louis Leterrier’s zany entry into the mus­cle car franchise.

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A person with blond hair and green eyes gestures towards the camera with a serious expression.
Incoming

Kristen Stewart may or may not get swole for Rose Glass’ bodybuilding movie

by Charles Bramesco

She’s only been cast as the lover of Love Lies Bleeding’s mus­cle­bound pro­tag­o­nist… but still.
Greyscale image of a man with a stern expression, wearing a sleeveless top and multiple necklaces.

Muscle is a fearless exercise in deconstructing on-screen masculinity

by Christina Newland

Ger­ard Johnson’s genre-defy­ing lat­est toss­es class, sex­u­al­i­ty and body image into a pun­gent stew.
Two black dogs sitting on a pavement in front of a brightly lit shop at night.
Festivals

10 highlights from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2019

by Patrick Gamble

Space dogs, mus­cle men and a Sovi­et cin­e­ma icon were at the fore­front of this year’s event.
Muscular man working out, gripping exercise bar, viewed from behind.

Rambo and the changing face of American politics

by Alex Hess

From the post-Viet­nam coun­ter­cul­ture to brash Rea­gan­ite mus­cle-flex­ing to Trumpian nation­al­ism, cinema’s ulti­mate lone sur­vivor has always held a mir­ror to US society.
A group of superheroes walking through a forest, including a large green character, a man with a beard, and others in colourful costumes.
Opinion

Are superhero movies killing traditional screen acting?

by Manuela Lazic

As tent­pole block­busters expand and evolve, actors are hav­ing to flex their per­for­mance mus­cles in dif­fer­ent ways.
Two individuals engaged in physical altercation, one attempting to restrain the other with their hands.
Home Ents

Discover the amateur insanity of this Japanese Evil Dead rip-off

by Anton Bitel

Shinichi Fukazawa’s Super‑8 gem Bloody Mus­cle Body Builder in Hell is a throw­back to ​’80s horror.
Trailers

Watch Anne Hathaway control a Kaiju in the Colossal trailer

by Dan Einav

The actor flex­es her comedic mus­cles in Nacho Vigalando’s upcom­ing mon­ster movie.
Two men in a gym, one adjusting the other's head gear.
Review

Pain & Gain

by Adam Nayman

Feel the pump! Michael Bay’s mus­cle-bound satire is Bad Boys on ​’roids. And that’s not a good thing.

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Muscular man with tattoos holding a handgun.
Review

Bullet to the Head

by Adam Woodward

Slam-bang action icons Wal­ter Hill and Sylvester Stal­lone bud­dy up for some mus­cle-flex­ing and gunplay.

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