March madness articles
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George Miller on Why His Mad Max Action Is So Incredible
George Miller has been directing pulse-pounding action sequences for almost 50 years. It started in the late 1970s with his first film, Mad Max, and continued through the decades, reaching a whole new level of awesome in 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road. Next week, he takes things to yet another new level with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and io9 had the pleasure of chatting with the legendary filmmaker about his philosophy when making and editing action set pieces. “Well, I think the best analogy is...
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George Miller is still mulling over more Mad Max
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is miles away from speeding into theaters worldwide, which means fans are already asking for just one thing—more. Unfortunately, there’s no big sequel announcement here; technically, as Furiosa goes back in the story’s timeline to track the origins of Charlize Theron’s original character (played by Anya Taylor-Joy in the new film), 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road is its sequel. Still, it sounds like director George Miller isn’t ready to let the franchise die historic just yet. ...
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'Mad Max' tears through Cannes with frenetic 'Furiosa'
"Furiosa", the latest frenetically paced "Mad Max" action movie, zoomed into pole position among this year's blockbusters with a raucous world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday. The fifth instalment of the wildly popular post-apocalyptic saga received a special screening outside of the main Palme d'Or competition at