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The Terminal List Season 2 Confirmed and Untitled Prequel Series Announced

Prime Video has confirmed a second season of the hit conspiracy thriller The Terminal List from MRC Television, with season two based on Jack Carr’s New York Times best-selling novel True Believer. Additionally, Prime Video have announced that it has ordered a new untitled prequel series, to be co-created by Carr and season one creator/showrunner…

Antoine Fuqua Forms First Look Partnership With Netflix

Director and Producer Antoine Fuqua has entered into a first-look partnership with Netflix, continuing his relationship with the studio after the highly-successful drama The Guilty starring Jake Gyllenhaal. In addition to directing, the deal will focus primarily on films, documentary features. Fuqua has also announced the renaming of his production company to “Hill District Media,”…

Infinite

Director Antoine Fuqua Starring Mark Wahlberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor & Sophie Cookson Rated M Score 4.5/6 A man discovers that his hallucinations are actually visions from past lives. First things first for those of you who might be interested Infinite was adapted D. Eric Maikranz’s 2009 novel The Reincarnationist Papers. Okay, based purely on the action…

The Equalizer 2

Director Antoine Fuqua Starring Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders Rated MA Score 4/6 The Equalizer Review Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves? This is the first-time director Antoine Fuqua has directed a sequel to one of his…

King Arthur (2004)

Director Antoine Fuqua Starring Clive Owen, Stephen Dillane, Keira Knightley Rated MA Score 4/6 A demystified take on the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Considering that I have recently reviewed King Arthur: Legend of the Sword I thought that it was only proper that I review the last major…

The Magnificent Seven

Director Antoine Fuqua Staring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke Rated M Score 3/6 Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. Denzel Washington and Director Antoine Fuqua are indeed a proven actor/director combination. However, unfortunately this really wasn’t the best example of Fuqua’s work…

Southpaw

Director Antoine Fuqua Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Oona Laurence Rated MA Score 5/6 Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Willis to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to child protection services. Okay, it’s been awhile since I went to the…

The Equalizer

Director Antoine Fuqua Starring Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz Rated MA Score 5/6 A man believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and has dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by…

Olympus has Fallen

Director Antoine Fuqua Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman Rated MA Score 3.5/6 Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers. Given the current tension with…