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J.D. Vance has signaled the Trump administration may try to ignore judicial orders, which could trigger a constitutional crisis.

The vice president wrote today on X, “If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that’s also illegal. Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.”

Vance also shared a post by Adrian Vermeule, professor of constitutional law at Harvard,...

As the end of 2024 approaches, Netflix are making it a sad goodbye to the year for fans of two Jason Statham action movies, as The Mechanic and Redemptionwill be dropped from the streamer on December 31 as their syndicated content shifts around for the new year. In short, get your fix now before it is too late.

The Mechanic, a remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson movie under the direction of Simon West, is a classic example of the brand of action Statham kills every time. In his first outing as near-perfect assassin Arthur Bishop, the Brit has to avenge the death of his mentor, keep himself alive, and teach his mentor’s son a few life-lessons along the way. You know, they usual. Meanwhile, Steven Knight’s directorial debut, Redemption (also known as Hummingbird), puts the actor in the role of ex-special forces soldier Joey Smith, who assumes the identity of...

The end of the year is not something to celebrate for Jason Statham fans, as Dec. 31 may be a rather unfortunate day for fans of the action movie actor who are subscribed to Netflix.

As per Netflix, Dec. 31 will mark the last day Statham's The Mechanic and Redemption are available to stream on the platform. Both movies are considered favorites for many fans of the actor. The Mechanic, released in 2011, served as a remake of the 1972 movie starring action genre legend Charles Bronson. Statham's version earned over $76 million at the box office upon release, and despite its initial mixed reviews, the movie has come to a place where it's fondly celebrated by fans as one of the action star's underrated films. It spawned a sequel in 2016's Mechanic: Resurrection, which was a box office hit with over $125 million earned, though

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Brad Pitt reportedly had a torrid time working on the 1994 Gothic vampire flick Interview with the Vampire. The film celebrated its 30th birthday recently, with director Neil Jordan taking some time to tell Variety all about the making of the movie and the actors that embodied the vampiric roles. The Warner Bros. film, based on the 1976 debut horror novel by Anne Rice, is packed with talent and led by Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, and Kirsten Dunst.

The film centers on Pitt's character Louis' begrudged relationship with the vampire that cursed him, Cruise's character, Lestat. Having turned young girl Claudia (Dunst) into a vampire, Lestat then forces Louis to help raise her. While it sounds the stars would have had a good time dressing up as majestic nineteenth century blood-suckers, Jordan explained to Variety that, like his character Louis, Pitt was miserable during production.

Although the film received two...

Denzel Washington has had a career spanning over four decades that many actors could only dream of having. Known as one of the most versatile and energetic actors of his era, he can command the screen in a way very few can. Washington has many oscar worthy performances in his catalog. Though he is best known for his starring roles in bigger-budget films, Washington has had many films that defined his career and acting ability that have flown under the radar of some of his fans.

As one of the best actors of all time, Washington plays a key part in every film he appears in, from specialist dramas to high-octane thrillers. Roles like embodying an exasperated father in John Q or portraying a hostage negotiator in Inside Man may not get the critical acclaim of some of his other roles but are just as entertaining and essential as a step in his storied career.

Quick Links 2 Guns Features a Fantastic Dynamic Duo Wahlberg and Washington Are a Perfectly Dynamic Pair

Over 10 years ago, veteran actors Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg joined forces for a buddy-cop comedy of explosive proportions. Part action, part comedy, Washington and Wahlberg paired together in a money-heist action film that, despite its flaws, is wholly entertaining. With two dynamic lead stars, an unlikely partnership, and a premise that takes the best of Lethal Weapon and pairs it with the intimate espionage of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 2 Guns is an entertaining romp.

2 Guns stars Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg as a pair of criminals working together to rob a bank. Unknown to each other, both of the would-be criminals are undercover law enforcement working on separate operations to take down the leader of a drug cartel. Bobby (Washington) is a smooth-talking DEA agent who wants to convict the cartel leader for tax evasion.

A 2011 action flick from British actor Jason Statham is seeing a surge in interest following its arrival on Netflix.

Netflix released its weekly Top 10 By Country chart, with director Simon West's The Mechanic landing at #5. Other entries on the chart include The Garfield Movie, Jailbreak: Love on the Run, Sing, Escape Plan, The Platform 2, It Chapter Two, 2 Guns, Robin Hood, and Halloween (2018).

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What Is The Mechanic About?

Distributed by CBS Films, The Mechanic is a remake of the 1972 film of the same name that features Statham as an assassin named Arthur Bishop, who notably stages his hits to look like accidents. Statham was joined by Ben Foster, Tony Goldwyn, and Donald Sutherland, among others.

Despite a 53% Rotten Tomatoes score,...

Despite initial backlash, Tom Cruise proved his critics wrong with a stellar performance in Interview With the Vampire. Director Neil Jordan believed Cruise was perfect for the role of Lestat, seeing a connection between the actor and the character. Anne Rice initially disapproved of Cruise's casting but later admitted she was wrong and even wrote him a personal apology letter.

In the last three decades, Tom Cruise's performance as Lestat in Interview With the Vampire is often considered one of his best, but his casting wasn't met with widespread appreciation when the film was first announced. Despite Cruise being a bonafide box office draw and movie star in 1994, the role of Lestat de Lioncourt felt, to some, a bit out of his reach. This was especially true for author Anne Rice and fans of Rice's work. Now, in a new memoir, director Neil Jordan looks back on his decision...

Interview With the Vampire was a financial success, grossing $223.7 million worldwide on a $60 million budget. Christian Slater and Tom Cruise were surprised a sequel to the film was not quickly greenlit after its initial success. Attempts to create a proper sequel to the film fell through, leading to the release of Queen of the Damned in 2002.

Interview With the Vampire will be celebrating its 30th anniversary later this year and the brand has seen a bit of a resurgence thanks to the AMC TV series of the same name that is also based on Anne Rice's novel. The film was a financial success upon release and, given how quickly sequels are greenlit nowadays, it's a bit shocking that a follow-up didn't materialize soon after. Also shocked by this notion is one of the film's stars, Christian Slater, who also says his co-star Tom Cruise expected a sequel to be made.

Another week, another installment of VOD Vault – taking a look at some on-demand releases that have hit various VOD platforms recently. It’s been more than a few months since our last installment, so what say we kick off this debut edition for 2018 with two films that share something in common… Comedy!

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Stars: Paul Brittain, Adam Herschman, Christine Bently, Neil Flynn, Tim Meadows, Dean J. West, Sherri Eakin, John McConnell, Chip Carriere | Written by James Weldon | Directed by Drew Hall

The legend of Bigfoot has been mined in genre movies for decades – from the cheesy exploitation films of the 70s to more recent fare such as Sightings or Bigfoot Country. However aside from That popular 80s family film, Bigfoot hasn’t really been the focus of cinematic comedy… Until now. Originally titled Nigel and Oscar vs. Bigfoot, Sasq-Watch gathers together a bunch of familiar faces from TV (including shows...

You have to admire Darren Lynn Bousman‘s ambition because he could have just kept going with the Saw franchise after taking over the reins from James Wan. Instead he jumped ship to work on a passion project developed with Terrance Zdunich and Darren Smith entitled Repo! The Genetic Opera. Here was a science fiction horror musical based upon a short produced two years previously with enough character and originality to become a cult favorite. Since then he wrote a couple films that didn’t go over well and reunited with Zdunich on another musical before delving into a comic book universe entitled Abattoir with writers Rob Levin and Troy Peteri about a mysterious man who collects rooms where tragedies occurred and fashions them together into a nightmarish ghost-filled mansion.

Begun as a six-issue series, the property gained steam with its multimedia publisher Radical Studios to go one step further into creating a feature film.

"The guy is a ghost collecting ghosts." Momentum Pictures has debuted a new trailer for the haunted house horror thriller Abattoir, from director Darren Bousman (of Saw II-IV and Repo! The Genetic Opera). The film stars Jessica Lowndes as a real estate reporter who teams up with a cop to investigate the death of her family. This leads her to discover a house in the town of New English called the Abattoir, featuring "stitched together" unending rooms of death. There's obviously something much more sinister going on with this place, but the question that keeps coming up is: "How do you build a haunted house?" The cast includes Joe Anderson, Dayton Callie, John McConnell and Lin Shaye. If you're a horror fan, give this a look. Here's the newest official trailer (+ poster) for Darren Bousman's Abattoir, direct from YouTube: A real estate reporter investigates Jebediah Crone (Dayton Callie...

Chicago – It wouldn’t be a Jason Statham film if in it he was just fixing cars. In “The Mechanic,” his profession is fixing people. And by fixing, like “The Transporter” he’s again cracking skulls.

Rating: 2.5/5.0

But if you’re going to ask audiences to buy into a remake of the 1972 film by the same name with Charles Bronson originating Jason Statham’s role as Arthur Bishop, a film needs to make it less obvious that it’s just modernizing a 1970s flick for the purposes of making new money on a preexisting script.

While “The Mechanic” takes a page from all other hitman movies and employs every trick in the contract killer book we’ve already seen, the one redeeming difference is Statham’s inner dialogue and his cool, calculated demeanor. Sure, this Jason Statham is again a killer with no back story, but this time he’s also a master of restraint,...