Vin Diesel

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It's hip to be icosahedral

In a new book, Ethan Gilsdorf tracks his global quest to visit the holiest nerd-world sites
Be they beer geeks, comic-book geeks, or music geeks, nowadays people flout their geekdom proudly, even wearing it like a badge.
By MIKE MILIARD | October 05, 2009

Deep space

Riddick's sci-fi journey continues
In The Chronicles of Riddick , Swedish designer Starbreeze has it both ways: hardcore gameplay and brisk storytelling not only co-exist but achieve symbiosis.
By MITCH KRPATA | April 28, 2009

Review: Fast and Furious

More fast stuff go boom
More fast stuff go boom
By TOM MEEK | April 07, 2009

William Friedkin at the Harvard Film Archive

William Friedkin, the New Hollywood’s most daring pulp-realist provocateur.
However we may still praise, and therefore bury, the American New Wave, we do still run the genuine risk of slipping down the wormhole slicked by present-moment techno obsessions and amnesiac entertainment-media narcissism.
By MICHAEL ATKINSON | February 11, 2009

Babylon A.D.

Incoherent and somewhat amusing
Vin Diesel’s bad-ass boomfest will do if you’re in the mood for post-environmental-apocalypse action that doesn’t make you think too hard.
By BETSY SHERMAN | September 03, 2008

Whack-a-mole

A movie guide to undercover cops
Kindergarten Cop to Reservoir Dogs.
By PAUL BABIN | October 05, 2006

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Cool car races, weak plot
The car races/chases invigorate, but the plot, a hash of an American on foreign soil, the Yakuza underworld, and reconnecting with your father, just spins its wheels. Watch the trailer for The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (QuickTime)
By TOM MEEK | June 14, 2006

Find Me Guilty

Diesel proves his versatility, but does it mean anything?
Incorporating way too much real testimony, this tedious drama presents the ho-hum courtroom antics of Jackie DiNorscio (Vin Diesel), a wise guy intent on proving his loyalty to the Lucchese crime family.
By CHRIS WANGLER | March 14, 2006