Early in "Furious 7", Paul Walker's character Brian O'Connor's son Jack throws a toy car. Brian picks up the car. He gives it back to his son. "Cars don't fly, Jack," he says. This is foreshadowing: in Brian's experience, cars don't fly. Cars will fly in "Furious 7". Cars will fly four times in three key scenes. Well, five times, if you count one of the times the cars fly as two times, because the car lands for a moment…

I am writing this review in response to multiple stories I've seen in my Facebook news feed today. The headlines of these stories all used the word "snub", either as a noun or as a passive-voice verb. These stories are about the Oscar nominations. They are saying Oscar voters "snubbed" Angelina Jolie by not nominating her film for Best Picture or Best Director. Many of these stories point to a "lack of diversity" in Hollywood. Many of these stories make…