Vin Diesel denies accusations of sexual battery in lawsuit by former assistant
Asta Jonasson alleges Fast and Furious actor assaulted her in 2010 in Atlanta hotel during Fast Five filming
May 2023
Fast X review – more overcranked nonsense with Vin Diesel and co
Fasten your seatbelts as everything smashes into everything else in this not-quite finale to the Fast and Furious franchise
Fast X review – stupidly entertaining sequel offers more of the same
Vin Diesel et al return for an overstuffed Fast and Furious chapter that delivers giddily effective action but an outsized and silly villain
Ranked
All Vin Diesel’s film performances – ranked!
As Groot returns to screens and Fast & Furious hits its 10th instalment, we celebrate an actor who unfailingly delivers a masterclass in badass
April 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 review – James Gunn’s fun and energetic threequel
Chris Pratt has fully grown into a hunky action-lead, but Dave Bautista’s beefy Drax is the scene stealer as he flexes his comedy chops
March 2023
Top 10s
From Ghostbusters and Aliens to Lego Star Wars: 10 great video games based on movies
As Oscars night approaches, we pick out some of the video game film tie-ins that don’t make you want to throw popcorn at your screen
October 2021
The fast and the farcical: the Rock v Vin Diesel, round two
The beef between Fast and Furious’s hulking megastars had simmered down – but now the Rock has hit the nitro again in a Vanity Fair interview
June 2021
Fast & Furious 9 review – Vin Diesel back at the wheel of an overheated vehicle
The road-racing franchise’s latest spectacular outing is as big and stupid as before – and that’s no bad thing
Fast & Furious 9 review – Vin Diesel and crew kick Isaac Newton’s ass
The gang are back for another bout of deafening and magnificently silly, gravity-defying action, leaving plot logic in the dust and driving their cars into space
‘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
August 2020
Dwayne Johnson tops Forbes list of world's highest-paid male actors
Netflix now accounts for quarter of all actors’ earnings as the Rock takes home biggest pay packet for second year running
March 2020
Cinema audiences drop dramatically as coronavirus restrictions bite
Box-office revenue in North America falls to its lowest level in two decades as cinemas adopt social distancing measures
Steve Rose on film
Wheels within reels: the evolution of cars on the big screen
From Batman to Vin Diesel, the muscle car is the go-to ride for macho stars. Couldn’t they drive something greener?
