Furious 7

‘My brain has liquefied!’: what happened when one careful Skoda driver binged every Fast & Furious film

Eight films. Twenty-four hours. One nervous breakdown. Ahead of the latest instalment, one writer caught up on the pec-drenched petrolhead franchise

Tim Jonze

11, Jun, 2021 @5:00 AM

From Bruce Lee to Paul Walker: how Hollywood pulled off its biggest resurrection acts

Paul Newman is only the latest star to return to the big screen after death. From Philip Seymour Hoffman to Peter Sellers, here are some of the most celebrated performances from beyond the grave

Ben Child

14, Jun, 2017 @5:00 AM

#OscarsSoWhiteAndStraight: the Academy fails at diversity yet again

It’s another great year for straight white people as the Oscar nominations snub Idris Elba, Straight Outta Compton and Carol director Todd Haynes

Benjamin Lee

14, Jan, 2016 @4:55 PM

Jurassic World and the 'legacyquel': 2015 global box office in review

US cinema is on the road to recovery, while China gets it head around the blockbuster game – plus more winners, losers and trends of the year

Phil Hoad

29, Dec, 2015 @4:05 PM

China box-office record breaker Monster Hunt 'manipulated figures'

Official figures claimed that the homegrown fantasy beat Furious 7 in China, but reports suggest the audience tally was artificially inflated

Phil Hoad

07, Dec, 2015 @6:29 PM

China's box-office share to become world's largest by 2017

China set to overtake the US as world’s prime market for films a year earlier than expected as new screens open

Andrew Pulver

06, Nov, 2015 @5:10 PM

Girlhood; Furious 7; A Royal Night Out; Rosewater; Trueblood; Doll and Em – review

A tale of black Parisian teens is tough and tender, Furious 7 pauses for a little male bonding, the Windsor girls enjoy a Blyton-esque romp – plus much more

Guy Lodge

06, Sep, 2015 @7:00 AM

Paul Walker's estate sues associate over the disappearance of seven cars

The Fast and Furious actor’s estate has demanded the return of a Porsche and six other vehicles that were allegedly taken hours after Walker was killed in a car crash

Ben Child

15, Jun, 2015 @12:55 PM

Pitch Perfect 2 picks up women left in wasteland by Mad Max: Fury Road

‘Feminist’ blockbuster draws Mad Max faithful – but not women – while Avengers: Age of Ultron pulls $154m in six days in China – the country’s second-highest take ever

Phil Hoad

20, May, 2015 @2:49 PM