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CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio review for the streaming series “Emily in Paris” the adventures of Emily Cooper and her fanciful/fashionable Paris friends and lovers, now in its fourth season. Episodes 1-5 currently on Netflix.
Film Review: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ is All Kinds of Awesome
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 15, 2015 - 8:03am
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“Mad Max: Fury Road” opens everywhere on May 15th, in 3D and regular screenings. See local listings for 3D theaters. Featuring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Zoe Kravitz. Written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nick Lathouris. Directed by George Miller. Rated “R”
Continue reading for Spike Walters’ full review of “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Tom Hardy Portrays the Title Character in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
Photo credit: Warner Bros.
Continue reading for Spike Walters’ full review of “Mad Max: Fury Road”
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CHICAGO – While “Mad Max: Fury Road” isn’t quite in the same league as director George Miller’s masterpiece “The Road Warrior,” it’s learned all the right lessons from that action classic. It’s a cinematic adrenaline machine that puts the pedal to the metal and rarely lets up.
 Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
There’s a similar post-apocalyptic setting this time around with the deserts of Namibia subbing for the Australian outback. Tom Hardy plays Max, introduced as a shaggy-haired loner eating a live lizard and living by survival instincts alone. But he’s really a supporting player in his own movie. Charlize Theron is the star of this show as a renegade one armed war general who helps a pack of women escape from an evil warlord who’s using them as his personal baby making machines.
From the opening chase where Max is literally held prisoner as a hood ornament on a souped up car driven by a crazy white skinned kid with a death wish, to the fiery finale “Mad Max: Fury Road” just keeps on moving and amazing its audience with “I can’t believe they actually did that” kinds of stunts.
Continue reading for Spike Walters’ full review of “Mad Max: Fury Road”Tom Hardy Portrays the Title Character in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
Photo credit: Warner Bros.
Continue reading for Spike Walters’ full review of “Mad Max: Fury Road”
