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Without a doubt, Christopher Nolan‘s Interstellar is one of the most highly anticipated releases of 2014. But whether it’ll deliver on those sky-high expectations is another question altogether. The first Interstellar reviews are in, and they’re really all over the map. One thing’s for sure, though: No one is faulting Nolan for lacking style or ambition. Hit the jump for the Interstellar review roundup.

In summary: Visually, Nolan seems to remain at the top of the game. Where critics are divided is is handling of the emotional material. Nolan has a reputation for being a chilly director, but he reportedly tries to nail the more sentimental aspects of the story here… with either incredible results or disastrous ones, depending on whom you ask. But even a Nolan failure is more interesting than lots of filmmaker’s successes, and Interstellar definitely sounds worth a look.

Our own Peter Sciretta tweeted (and elaborated upon here):

Interstellar is ambitious, beautiful, Christopher Nolan‘s most emotional film to date. The story allows us to explore many big ideas we wouldn’t normally see in a big budget studio film, but the ideas sometimes fly by at light speed, squeezed into popcorn cinema. The result is that the story is left with some holes of logic. As someone who enjoyed Prometheus, I can see past this kind of thing when the overall experience is enjoyable. I think others may have problems with some of these logistical issues. But even those critics will agree that Interstellar is a film not to be missed in its theatrical run – the movie must be experienced in a big theater, projected in 70mm or on an IMAX film screen if possible.

THR:

For all its adventurous and far-seeing aspects, Interstellar remains rather too rooted in Earthly emotions and scientific reality to truly soar and venture into the unknown, the truly dangerous. Startling at times, it never confronts the terror of the infinite and nothingness, no matter how often the dialogue cites the spectre of a “ghost” or how many times we hear Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” and its famous “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”

Screen Crush:

‘Interstellar’ is a good movie that so desperately wants to be important. That sentence is going to read as churlish, but I do admire ‘Interstellar’ for at least attempting to be something that’s not dumb. There are already too many dumb things we are subjected to on a daily basis. And ‘Interstellar’ is ambitious, even though there are a lot of head-scratching scenes. Yet, there we still are, spinning out of control with the reality that Nolan has created – and it’s only when we stop spinning, when we look at it from afar, that we kind of realize how absurd it all was … even though it leaves us craving a little more.

HitFix:

Like Zemeckis, Nolan is known as a bit of a wizard who has often dealt with criticisms that his work is cold or less emotionally engaging than it is technically dazzling. One of the things that I found most interesting about “Interstellar” is how very hard it’s focused on getting the emotional side of things right, sometimes at the expense of the larger science-fiction story being told.

Variety:

To infinity and beyond goes “Interstellar,” an exhilarating slalom through the wormholes of Christopher Nolan’s vast imagination that is at once a science-geek fever dream and a formidable consideration of what makes us human. As visually and conceptually audacious as anything Nolan has yet done, the director’s ninth feature also proves more emotionally accessible than his coolly cerebral thrillers and Batman movies, touching on such eternal themes as the sacrifices parents make for their children (and vice versa) and the world we will leave for the next generation to inherit. An enormous undertaking that, like all the director’s best work, manages to feel handcrafted and intensely personal, “Interstellar” reaffirms Nolan as the premier big-canvas storyteller of his generation, more than earning its place alongside “The Wizard of Oz,” “2001,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “Gravity” in the canon of Hollywood’s visionary sci-fi head trips.

The Playlist (D):

Nolan is a master technician, and the space flight scenes in this are stunning, whether in the still beauty of a slow pass by Saturn’s rings or the swift, silent terror of disaster destroying a spaceship in the void between the stars. While the great complaint about Nolan is that he’s too cold, too clinical, too unemotional, he’s over-corrected here to such a degree than instead of drifting a little from one side to the next, he plows, swiftly, and disastrously, into a ditch of his own making—or, rather, of his and co-writer Jonathan Nolan’s making.

TheWrap:

To paraphrase Christopher Nolan‘s “The Dark Knight,” we don’t get the prestige filmmakers we need, we get the ones we deserve. And one of the ones we seemingly deserve is Nolan himself, a filmmaker with a keen visual sense but also one who undercuts the big, challenging ideas of his movies with unnecessarily tidy resolutions. In that respect, “Interstellar” may represent an apotheosis of sorts, as it illustrates the very best and the very worst of Nolan as a writer-director.

Badass Digest:

There are so many frustrating flaws in this enormously cerebral, wonderfully hopeful and massively ambitious movie. If good intentions were enough to make a movie a masterpiece, Interstellar would be the greatest work of Nolan’s career. That said, even with its many flaws, Interstellar is an often gorgeous, expertly put-together movie that demands to be seen on the biggest possible screen. And while many parts of Interstellar don’t work, the whole hangs together enough to be a movie that impresses with hard sci-fi nerdiness. If only that were enough to make it the great film we hoped for.

CinemaBlend (2.5 stars out of 5):

Nolan is a filmmaker we turn to when we want something outside of the norms and deliver something that is both “unordinary” and exists on a massive scale. “Predictable” isn’t a word we’d expect to be uttered within 10 miles of a Christopher Nolan movie – and yet it’s painfully necessarily in discussion of Interstellar, Nolan’s aesthetically beautiful, large-scale sci-fi drama that is admirable in its ideas and style, but lacking in its storytelling and execution.

Coming Soon:

“Interstellar” is another one of Christopher Nolan’s more personal mind-f*ck movies which he’s done so well when not directing adventures of a certain cowled vigilante. While it may not be as immediate as “Inception” and it wears most of its most obvious influences on its sleeve, it’s still very much the type of intelligent spin on a specific genre we’ve come to expect from the filmmaker.

First Showing:

Aside from being an ambitious, heartfelt story about exploring our place beyond this Earth, Interstellar also seems like an amalgamation of many of iconic sci-fi films of past: 2001: A Space Odyssey, A.I., The Abyss,Sunshine, Mission to Mars, Solaris (it even has some Rendezvous with Rama in it). But unlike other films such as Oblivion (which was too obviously inspired), Nolan borrows and then re-imagines in a way that is fresh and exciting, and feels more like a nod than a direct copy.

Screen Daily:

An emotional powerhouse when it isn’t hokey – and a stunning spectacle when it doesn’t get bogged down in plot logistics – Interstellar is the clearest example yet of filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s desire to wow us with ambitious big-budget projects that balance cutting-edge effects and bold dramatic crescendos. Biting off far more than it can chew, this space-travelling sci-fi extravaganza works best in its sweeping brio, in its willingness (and ability) to pay homage to the jaw-dropping awe of the genre’s grandest entry, 2001: A Space Odyssey. But the film’s majesty is mitigated somewhat by a story that doesn’t seem nearly as visionary.

Little White Lies:

If Interstellar is Nolan’s most ambitious film, it’s not because of its cost or its intergalactic sweep, but rather because “love” is the most speculative and unscientific force that he’s ever tried to prove. When Nolan was recently quoted as saying that his new opus is about “What happens when scientists bump up against these things that defy easy characterisation and analysis — things like love”, his comment engendered skepticism from people who haven’t become fetishistically submissive to their enthusiasm for upcoming event films. And while Interstellar throws itself on the sword of sentimentality almost every time it’s on the precipice of arriving at a moment of cinematic wonder, Nolan’s approach to love is ultimately as blunt and practical as we should expect from the man who reduced the human subconscious into a rigid ladder of colour-coded game worlds. Interstellar doesn’t just contend that love is real, the film argues that it’s downright Darwinian.

Time Out London (5 stars out of 5):

Christopher Nolan’s overwhelming, immersive and time-bending space epic ‘Interstellar’ makes Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’ feel like a palate cleanser for the big meal to come. Where ‘Gravity’ was brief, contained and left the further bounds of the universe to our imagination, ‘Interstellar’ is long, grand, strange and demanding – not least because it allows time to slip away from under our feet while running brain-aching ideas before our eyes. It’s a bold, beautiful cosmic adventure story with a touch of the surreal and the dreamlike, and yet it always feels grounded in its own deadly serious reality.

Interstellar opens November 7.

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It was Christopher Nolan‘s Batman Begins that set a new course for the DC film franchise following Joel Schumacher’s disastrous Batman and Robin. He stuck with the franchise through two more movies and helped kick off the new, cohesive DC Universe with Man of Steel, and is now helping to usher in a new Bat-era as an executive producer on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

But beyond that, the DC movies will have to move forward without his assistance. Nolan’s brother, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises screenwriter Jonathan Nolan, says they’re done with DC movies — at least for now. Hit the jump to read about Christopher Nolan DC universe.

Earlier this month, Warner Bros. unveiled a massive slate of DC movies through 2020. But according to Jonathan Nolan, neither he nor his brother will be part of any of them. He told Coming Soon:

I love those guys and my brother was involved in ‘Man of Steel’ with Zack [Snyder] and David [Goyer]. I kind of feel like that chapter for us is closed. To be continued somewhere farther down the line? Maybe.

Although the Nolans’ Dark Knight movies aren’t technically part of the same universe as Man of Steel and the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, their influence on the newer DC films is unmistakable. The dark, gritty tone established by Christopher Nolan in Batman Begins has carried through into Man of Steel and now (presumably) Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

However, the brothers have been much less of a presence in the DC universe since the Dark Knight trilogy wrapped up. Jonathan Nolan did not work on either Man of Steel or Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Christopher Nolan produced and got story credit for Man of Steel, but didn’t direct. And despite his executive producer credit on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, it’s clear he’s much less inovlved this time around.

Meanwhile, Zack Snyder seems to have fully taken over the reins of the series. He helmed Man of Steel and is working on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and is signed up for two Justice League movies beyond that. Whether you consider it to be good news or bad news, what’s clear is that the Nolan era is coming to a finish.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice opens March 25, 2016.

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This Nightcrawler red-band trailer is unusual. Most red-band trailers are restricted because of the language or images contained in the film footage. In this one, most of the foul language comes from critic quotes praising the film. (Though the characters spew a few choice lines, too.)

And, yeah, Nightcrawler is great; as bitingly funny as it is brutally disturbing. Jake Gyllenhaal shines as a very determined man who finds a career path freelancing in scummy late-night cable news.  And while some people might find their road to success blocked by little things such as morals or a conscience, this character isn’t much troubled by such things. This trailer doesn’t give much away, but you’ll get to see Gyllenhaal getting into action.

Nightcrawler opens on Friday, October 31. Trailer via Open Road.

Nightcrawler is a pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling — where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are converted into dollars and cents. Aided by Rene Russo as Nina, a veteran of the blood-sport that is local TV news, Lou blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.

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Mark Rylance is known more for his work on stage than on screen — he’s won three Tonys, in addition to other major accolades — and has been called one of the finest Shakespearian actors of our time. (He has also participated in the call to reevaluate the true authorship of Shakespeare’s work, which explains how he ended up in Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous, pictured above.)

Now Rylance is forging a solid relationship with Steven Spielberg. He is already playing a role in Spielberg’s Cold War thriller starring Tom Hanks, which has been shooting over the past month. Now Spielberg has cast Rylance as the title character in his Roald Dahl adaptation The BFG. That means that Rylance, a giant on stage, will soon portray a giant on screen. 

The BFG is based on Dahl’s 1982 novel, in which a young girl named Sophie befriends a big friendly giant (hence the title) and with the Queen of England and the BFG tries to deal with the much more evil giants that have been biting humans. Melissa Matheson (E.T.) scripted, and despite the fact that we know there will be some differences from the book, we hope the film will capture some of Dahl’s particular spirit.

Deadline has the details, which at this point are pretty thin. But there is this appropriately enthusiastic quote from Spielberg:

Mark Rylance BFG

As I witnessed on stage, Mark Rylance is a transformational actor. I am excited and thrilled that Mark will be making this journey with us to Giant Country. Everything about his career so far is about making the courageous choice and I’m honored he has chosen ‘The BFG’ as his next big screen performance.

Also excited is Roald Dahl’s grandson Luke Kelly, aka the managing director of the Roald Dahl Literary Estate.

We are ecstatic at this choice. Mark is incredibly talented, one of the great British actors working today. I’ve had the privilege of seeing Mark perform, and the thought of watching him transform into ‘the only nice and jumbly giant in Giant Country’ is, as The BFG himself might say, absolutely phizz-whizzing.

Spielberg will begin shooting The BFG early in 2015. It opens in the US, via Disney, on July 1, 2016.

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The DC universe has been all over the small screen as of late. At present there’s The Flash and Arrow at The CW, Gotham at Fox, and Constantine at NBC, with Supergirl, Lucifer, iZombie and Static Shock all in development for the near future.

And it seems there are still more DC characters coming to TV. If a new rumor is to be believed, a Krypton TV series is now in the works from Man of Steel writer/producer David Goyer. Hit the jump for more on the Krypton TV series.

The Krypton TV series report comes from Bleeding Cool, which previously broke the news about the Supergirl and X-Men series in development. While nothing official has been confirmed, it’d frankly make more sense for this rumor to be true than not. With every other big DC hero getting his or her own show, why should the biggest DC hero of all get left out?

Very few details are known about the Krypton TV series at the moment, aside from the title of the show and Goyer’s involvement. But if we may speculate for a moment, the title suggests something like Gotham, a Batman-based prequel series in which Batman himself plays only a supporting role.

If that’s the case, there’s plenty of material to mine. Even though Krypton is destroyed early in Superman’s life, it still looms large in DC lore. The planet has been explored, analyzed, and reinvented various times over the years including, very recently, in Goyer’s Man of Steel screenplay.

Goyer is best known for his work on the DC film franchise. He helped write Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy and Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, and is credited as a writer and an executive producer on the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. So he certainly knows his way around DC mythology.

He also knows what he’s doing with TV. He created Da Vinci’s Demons and co-created (with Daniel Cerone) Constantine. Prior to that, he worked on FlashForward and Blade: The Series.

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There are plenty of Batman fans who’d like to forget the Joel Schumacher films ever existed. Even the director himself sounds apologetic when he talks about his second one, admitting he “didn’t do a good job.” But now he’s actually going back to revisit that world, in comic book form.

A new report indicates Schumacher is writing a Batman and Robin sequel, which will be drawn by Dustin Nguyen. The twelve-issue series is based on Batman Triumphant, the never-made third film in the Schumacher Batman trilogy. Hit the jump for more on the Batman and Robin sequel.

UPDATE: Schumacher has denied the Batman and Robin sequel comic reports, as reported by Bleeding Cool.

Bleeding Cool got the scoop and notes that an announcement will likely come once more of Schumacher’s scripts for the comics are in. Batman Triumphant was originally conceived of as a cinematic sequel to Batman and Robin, but movie plans were scrapped following the awful reactions to Batman and Robin.

Mark Protosevich wrote the original Batman Triumphant screenplay. According to the Batman Wiki, it had the Scarecrow as the main villain. His fear toxin brings back the Joker as well, as a hallucination in Batman’s mind. Meanwhile, Harley Quinn would have appeared in a supporting role as the Joker’s daughter, bent on revenge for her father’s death.

A Batman and Robin sequel probably isn’t something a lot of people were clamoring for, but to his credit Schumacher is perfectly willing to admit fault for how that film turned out. He told Variety in a recent interview that the trouble started with the last-minute casting change.

No, Val left at eleventh hour to do “The Island of Dr. Moreau.” It changed everything. George made a noble effort. I was the problem with “Batman & Robin.” I never did a sequel to any of my movies, and sequels are only made for one reason: to make more money and sell more toys. I did my job. But I never got my ass in the seat right. […] They immediately wanted a sequel, but I said yes. There’s nobody else to blame but me. I could have said, “No, I’m not going to do it.” I just hope whenever I see a list of the worst movies ever made, we’re not on it. I didn’t do a good job. George did. Chris [O’Donnell] did. Uma [Thurman] is brilliant in it. Arnold is Arnold.

Casting obviously won’t be a problem for Batman Triumphant, so hopefully the new comic book series will be a good chance for Schumacher to do his original vision justice. It’s a win-win for Bat-fans: if it goes well, it could help redeem Schumacher in our eyes; if it doesn’t, we can all breathe a sigh of relief for having dodged a bullet.

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We’ve seen plenty of movies about Abraham Lincoln — including, most recently, Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln — but none quite like this. The Better Angels takes place long before all of the stuff Lincoln got famous for, focusing instead on his childhood in the Indiana wilderness.

Jason Clarke and Brit Marling play the parents of the future U.S. president (played as a kid by Braydon Denney), and Diane Kruger another maternal figure. It looks a bit like Tree of Life if it were shot in black and white, and Hunter McCracken grew up to be Abraham Lincoln instead of Sean Penn. No surprise, then, that director A.J. Edwards is a Terrence Malick protégé and Malick himself produced the film.

Hit the jump to watch the first full The Better Angels trailer.

The full-length The Better Angels trailer premiered on Vimeo.

The Better Angels can’t help but draw comparisons to Malick’s work, and the marketing happily embraces that. The official synopsis boasts of their relationship, and Malick’s name appears first in the trailer before Edwards’ or any of the stars’. But the overt similarities seem to be both a blessing and a curse, as reflected by the very mixed reviews from Sundance.

On the one hand, Malick is a great filmmaker and an up-and-comer could do far worse in terms of inspiration. On the other, it keeps Edwards in Malick’s shadow. Based on the trailer, The Better Angels looks like nothing so much as a Malick copy. A beautifully shot, well-executed one, but a copy nonetheless.

The Better Angels gets a limited release starting November 7.

At an isolated log cabin in the harsh wilderness of Indiana circa 1817, the rhythms of love, tragedy, and the daily hardships of life on the developing frontier shaped one of our nation’s greatest heroes: Abraham Lincoln. Using glorious black and white cinematography to conjure an America where the land was raw, The Better Angels sheds new light on the formative years of the future president and the two women who molded him into one of the most revered men in American history. Based on 19th-century interviews with Lincoln’s family members, The Better Angels is a beautiful, insightful, and brilliantly composed feature debut from producer Terrence Malick’s longtime protégé, A.J. Edwards.

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The Lego Movie 2 has just attached two writers who should be intimately familiar with the Lego Movie universe. Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who helmed the original The Lego Movie, will be back to pen the sequel. Whether they’ll direct as well remains an open question. Get all the latest updates on The Lego Movie 2 writers and more after the jump.

Lord and Miller wrote and directed the first film to massive success. They took a concept that sounded terrible on paper and turned it into one of the year’s most inventive, entertaining films. The Lego Movie connected with general audiences and critics alike in a big way, grossing $468 million worldwide.

Naturally, Warner Bros. quickly started getting the pieces together for a sequel, setting The Lego Movie animation supervisor Chris McKay at the reins However, Warner Bros. announced earlier this month that it was fast-tracking a Lego Batman spinoff that would essentially take its place, stealing The Lego Movie 2‘s director and 2017 release date.

But that doesn’t mean Warner Bros. is ditching The Lego Movie 2. The current plan is to open the film sometime in 2018 with Lord and Miller writing and producing. Dan Lin and Roy Lee, who produced the first The Lego Movie, are also back to produce the follow-up. No director has been announced, so the door is presumably still open if they choose to return.

Warner Bros. has big plans for the Lego property. Aside from The Lego Movie 2 and the Lego Batman standalone, there’s also the Lego Movie spinoff Ninjago, still set for September 23, 2016. Lord and Miller are producing that one as well.

Lord and Miller have had a phenomenally successful year. In addition to The Lego Movie, which is the third highest-grossing movie of the year so far, they directed 22 Jump Street, which is the tenth highest-grossing movie of the year so far. On top of that, they are executive producing the Fox series Last Man on Earth, which premieres in early 2015.

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I’m a sucker for a werewolf film, and Late Phases may have just enough of a unique spin to set it apart from the plentiful collection of not-so-good werewolf movies we’ve seen over the years. In the film directed by Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Here Comes the Devil, Penumbra) from a script by Eric Stolze (no, not Eric Stoltz) a blind veteran (played by Nick Damici of Stake Land) movies to a retirement community. There, he runs across a werewolf — as you might expect, right? From there, the movie turns into a battle of blind soldier versus werewolf, and that’s pretty much all I need to know. Watch the Late Phases trailer below.

Late Phases also stars Ethan Embry (Cheap Thrills), Erin Cummings (Spartacus), Lance Guest (Halloween II), Tom Noonan (Manhunter), Tina Louise (Stepford Wives), Karen Lynn Gorney (Saturday Night Fever), Al Sapienza (House of Cards), Caitlin O’Hearney (Wolfen) and Rutanya Alda (The Deer Hunter).

Late Phases hits theaters on November 21. Trailer via Dark Sky Films.

Blind war veteran Ambrose McKinley (Nick Damici, Stake Land) has recently moved to Crescent Bay, a seemingly peaceful community on the outskirts of a dense forest. On his first night in his new home, McKinley hears his elderly neighbor attacked by something he’s convinced isn’t human. When the creature then kills his seeing eye dog, McKinley’s thirst for justice turns into a one-man vendetta against the monster that’s terrorizing his neighborhood. And when he’s stonewalled by both the police and his fellow residents, he decides to gear up and prepare to fight the beast one-on-one. Now it’s man vs myth as McKinley readies himself for what could be his final battle. With a stunning lead performance from Damici as the take-no-prisoners McKinley and jaw-dropping practical special effects, director Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s LATE PHASES is a suspense thrill ride unlike any other.

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The marketing campaign for the next Fast & Furious movie has officially kicked into high gear. Today Universal finally confirmed the Furious 7 title by revealing the first Furious 7 poster. Additionally, they’ve confirmed details on next weekend’s Furious 7 trailer release, which will be an interactive fan event. Get all the details after the jump.

Universal unveiled confirmed the Furious 7 title, poster, and trailer release details on Facebook with the following note.

The road to FURIOUS 7 starts here.

Because of our fans, our saga has grown bigger and better with every chapter. In just 7 days, we will reveal the first trailer for our next installment – FURIOUS 7 – at The Road to Furious 7: Trailer Launch Event at Universal Studios in Los Angeles!

We want to share this moment with all of our fans around the world. For those of you not able to attend in person, you’ll be able to follow a live broadcast starting at noon Pacific on the Fast & Furious Facebook page and on E!. For those in the Los Angeles area, tickets will be available starting tomorrow, October 27th, on the official Fast & Furious social pages.

Starting today, you can submit questions for Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, and Jason Statham to be answered at the live event. Go to Instagram and submit a video, asking your favorite Fast & Furious star your question while using the hashtag #AskFurious7. Or, simply write your question in the Comments section below. Your question could be answered live on-air!

For our extended FAST & FURIOUS family, we have set out to make the very best movie yet. We are excited to continue our journey together.

The part of me that loves order and consistency hates this franchise’s titles. There was The Fast and the Furious, then 2 Fast 2 Furious, then The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6 (which if I recall correctly was called “Furious 6” at one point), and now Furious 7. There are no definitive rules, other than the inclusion of the words “fast” and/or “furious.”

Luckily, the rest of me likes this franchise enough to get past its maddeningly erratic naming patterns. James Wan takes over at the helm this time around. Jason Statham and Kurt Russell join returning stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris Bridges (a.k.a. Ludacris) and Jordana Brewster. Furious 7 opens April 3, 2015.

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