Viewers of Antoine Fuqua's The Magnificent Seven remake (or reimagining) will no doubt find action, suspense and a whole lot of bullets flying across dirt-covered paths, but what they may also be surprised to find is just how much humor is packed into the film, too. Many of the laughs come from the ensemble's most charismatic addition, Chris Pratt, playing a wisecracking gambler named Josh Faraday who joins Denzel Washington's Chisolm early in the film -- the duo on a quest to...Read MoreRead Comments

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Based on the original film from 1960 directed by John Sturges and starring the likes of Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, and Yul Brynner, the 2016 remake of The Magnificent Seven is directed by Antoine Fuqua (Southpaw) with starring turns from Denzel Washington (The Equalizer), Chris Pratt (Jurassic World), and Ethan Hawke (Boyhood).

Filmmakers will look almost anywhere for inspiration, but for Magnificent Seven director Antoine Fuqua, inspiration came from a place very close to home--grandma's home.  For Fuqua, his love of Westerns and his desire to make one is very much tied to the relationship he had with his grandmother, who used classics like Shane and Duel in the Sun to keep her grandson from becoming the kind of villain she despised.  "She was just one of those little ladies from the South,...Read MoreRead Comments

No one who saw Denzel Washington walk through the ‘hood in Antoine Fuqua‘s “Training Day” will ever forget his menacing, charismatic gait. Likewise, you’re unlikely to forget Washington’s conflicted turn as a bounty hunter who grows a conscience in “The Magnificent Seven,” a remake by Fuqua that feels — for once — like Hollywood has gone color blind. You meet Washington in the saloon of a small town in the West that is being threatened with extinction by a rapacious, violent businessman (played effectively by Peter Sarsgaard).