‘Thirteen Lives’ review: Ron Howard presents an engrossing look at the dangerous real-life Thai cave rescue mission [B+]
Condensing a rescue mission that took two and half weeks into a film that runs just under two and a half hours long is no... Read More
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2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (June)
Academy Award winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) might be finding himself back in the Oscar race with Thirteen Lives (trailer), one of a few... Read More
Trailer: Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton and Viggo Mortensen race against time to save ‘Thirteen Lives’
Trailer: Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton and Viggo Mortensen race against time to save ‘Thirteen Lives’
From Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard, Thirteen Lives recounts the incredible true story of the tremendous global effort to rescue a Thai soccer team who become... Read More
Film Review: ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
Ron Howard is one of those directors who is really hard to categorize. He has won an Oscar for directing (A Beautiful Mind in 2002), and... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (October)
Two big changes in October’s top 10 for Best Director with Denis Villeneuve’s Dune falling off for a lat 2021 bow and the decision by... Read More
Trailer: Glenn Close and Amy Adams go head to head in Appalachian drama ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
7-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close and 6-time Academy Award nominee Amy Adams star in Hillbilly Elegy, based on the #1 New York Times bestseller... Read More
Lulu Wang: “Media is perpetuating dangerous narratives that further the divide” (Exclusive)
“How do we have a real conversation in 2020?” I spoke to the award-winning director exclusively about the framing of her response to her frustration... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (August)
A tale of two Kings…and two Lees. Regina King’s One Night in Miami will land in Venice and Toronto, and presumably other fall festivals like... Read More
Trailer: ‘Rebuilding Paradise’ from Ron Howard and NatGeo
National Geographic Films will release REBUILDING PARADISE from Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard on July 31, 2020 National Geographic Documentary Films announced today the release... Read More
2018 Cannes: ‘Solo – A Star Wars Story’ to debut at Cannes Film Festival
In 2002, it was Star Wars – Episode II – Attack of the Clones and in 2005, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. In 2018, what is one... Read More
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