Roger Corman: cinema's pulp genius whose talent to shock was rocket fuel
Peter Bradshaw
Heists, horror and carnivorous plants were all grist to Corman’s staggeringly prolific movie mill, as were his pivotal collaborations with other film-makers
May 2023
Notebook
How philistine of David Starkey to limit western civilisation to whiteness
Tomiwa Owolade
Fast X review – more overcranked nonsense with Vin Diesel and co
Fast X review – stupidly entertaining sequel offers more of the same
Ranked
All Vin Diesel’s film performances – ranked!
March 2022
TV tonight
TV tonight: Grantchester is back with another whodunnit to solve
Tom Brittney and Robson Green return as Will and Geordie, and are at loggerheads with the latter’s new boss. Plus: Mary Beard goes inside culture. Here’s what to watch this evening
October 2021
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Streaming: Fast & Furious and other great car movies
The juggernaut series powers on in the slipstream of full-throttle classics from Thunder Road and The Italian Job to Bullitt and Mad Max
June 2021
Fast and spurious: the failed attempts to cash in on the hit car franchise
Fast & Furious 9 review – Vin Diesel back at the wheel of an overheated vehicle
Fast & Furious 9 review – Vin Diesel and crew kick Isaac Newton’s ass
Modern Toss
Modern Toss …
Vroom or bust: is Fast & Furious the ultimate franchise of our times?
‘My brain has liquefied!’: what happened when one careful Skoda driver binged every Fast & Furious film
May 2021
John Cena apologises for calling Taiwan a country amid Chinese backlash – video
Fast & Furious actor and wrestler apologises profusely on social media for offending Chinese fans
John Cena ‘very sorry’ for saying Taiwan is a country
Fast & Furious actor and wrestler apologises profusely on social media for offending Chinese fans
Fast & Furious 9 to Black Widow: which blockbuster will triumph this summer?
Cinemas are about to reopen, and with them big, dumb epics involving lots of explosions. Here’s how the contenders stack up
May 2020
Ranked
Ill-advised car journeys on film – ranked!
Dominic Cummings’ drive to Barnard Castle is unlikely to cut it as a road movie, but here are some nightmarish trips that did make it into the cinema
August 2019
Why Fast & Furious is the best film franchise of all time
Arwa Mahdawi
I can’t wait to see Hobbs & Shaw – with its diverse cast and focus on loyalty, the car-racing series encapsulates the best of the US, writes Arwa Mahdawi
Fastest & Furiousest: how Hobbs & Shaw expands the $5bn franchise
The action-packed spin-off shows how Hollywood’s most audacious franchise has more than enough gas left
Fast and Furious: Hobbs & Shaw review – silly spin-off
This fast-car franchise pits Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham against Idris Elba
