An immortal warrior comes face to face with a terrible evil.

We're between massive releases this week - Bond is back very soon - so there's some action, drama and Diesel at the box office.

The Fast and Furious franchise goes ever on and the search for a director for the next entry could finally be over with the arrival of F Gary Gray

More than most in Hollywood, Vin Diesel is an actor who seems to have persisted mainly through force of will.

SWEETLAND opens with ghostly voices heard against the wail of the foghorn by Moses Sweetland, a fisherman stranded at sea overnight in the fog. The voices belong to a boatload of dying Sri Lankan migrants, set adrift without food or water in the North Atlantic by unscrupulous people-traffickers.

Vin Diesel is a man we can't help liking - mainly because he seems to have been one of the major reaons behind the reinvention and success of the Fast and Furious franchise, which has become one of the best action-packed series out there.

‘Fast and Furious’ is the cheap and cheerful gift that keeps on giving for the makers of the mega-hit franchise. But how, asks Ed Power

Billionaire playboy lives a life of lust and luxury goods

It's mildly amusing.

Guardians of the Galaxy has had the biggest August opening weekend of all time in North America.

The cast and crew of 'Fast & Furious 7' have paid tribute to the late Paul Walker.

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Vin Diesel has confirmed plans for a 'Riddick' sequel.

PJ Gibbons profiles the young Irish people set to make waves this year.

The late actor Paul Walker, who died in a fiery car crash in November 30, won't be edited out of the film, Universal Pictures has confirmed.

Fast & Furious 7' will be completed following Paul Walker's death.

Vin Diesel raced to the home of Paul Walker's mother after learning about his death.

The third film in the 'Riddick' series, which began in 2000 with the muscular sci-fi thriller ‘Pitch Black’, is the most dramatically unsatisfying chapter of the ongoing saga.

Blockbuster sequels are not judged on directorial verve, ingenious plots or award-winning performances, although they certainly help.

Ali Hewson believes EDUN's collaboration with Diesel is "thoughtful and sexy".

AUTUMN may be the season of mist and mellow fruitfulness and you might not be able to think much beyond Halloween, but do so at your peril.

There’s a curious honesty about the F&F franchise: you always get exactly what you expect … plenty of furious action, car chases and crashes, punch-ups and sexy women.

Tottenham 'keeper Carlo Cudicini is making a good recovery following surgery on injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash but still faces 12 weeks on crutches.

Vin Diesel's return as thrill seeker Xander Cage has been left hanging in the balance after director Rob Cohen pulled out of the third 'XXX' movie.

This is the fourth in an action-packed series that has its dedicated fans, but never seems to add anything new to the genre.

There are moments, albeit too few, where this futuristic adventure yarn threatens to lift off: the storyline has much going for it, there is an excellent cast, some of the action is good … but somehow the film fails to click.

Damien Enright meets with Foxes of a very different kind

Charlton have revealed that defender Djimi Traore fractured his left leg during the defeat at Chelsea.

Hollywood action star Vin Diesel isstill adamant about keeping his personal life private.

Stateside audiences still their mindless pap; so step forward Mr. Diesel, running on fumes!

Action man Vin Diesel is begging Mel Gibson to help him get his pet movie project Hannibal into production.

Action man Vin Diesel has been forced to scale down his epic labour of love, Hannibal The Conquerer, after learning his ideas would cost a studio more than $210m (€306m).

XXX star Vin Diesel has ignited a romance with the woman once linked to Ethan Hawke and Matt Dillon.

In a land far, far away; in a time that time forgot … Vin Diesel seeks the answer to who has it in for him.

An 18-year-old student died from swelling to the brain due to severe facial injuries he received after he was kicked in the head outside a well-known Dublin hotel, a court has heard.

The rapper Ice Cube is to replace action hero Vin Diesel in the sequel to xXx.

The producers of a re-make of the musical film Guys and Dolls insist they have not cast actor Vin Diesel in the project.

In what is really a mindless revenge caper - Diesel's cop sees his wife killed by drug bosses and sets out for retribution - everybody starts to think that they are really making a ground-breaking morality story.

Oscar-winner Judi Dench is teaming up with American action star Vin Diesel for a new movie.

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Are the days of the suave James Bond numbered? Is he about to be usurped by a louder, brasher new spy hero, more in tune with the rave generation?

Thousands of screaming fans greeted the arrival of Hollywood actor Vin Diesel as his action blockbuster xXx premiered in Britain.