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Thandie Newton on Ron Howard’s changes to Solo: A Star Wars Story

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We have had plenty of time to recover from the shock over Phil Lord and Chris Miller being ousted from their director’s chair for Solo: A Star Wars Story, and promptly replaced with Ron Howard. Old news at this point. However, even with the film having wrapped… even with all of the tweets Howard shares […]

The Week in Star Wars – Everything you need to know about Lord and Miller, Ron Howard and Han Solo

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It’s a special edition of The Week in Star Wars following the shock news from the Han Solo spin-off movie, along with some bits from The Last Jedi, Episode IX and more… Before we kick things off, The Week in Star Wars celebrated it’s second birthday this week. Thanks to everyone who has read any […]

Movie Review – Thirteen Lives (2022)

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Thirteen Lives, 2022.  Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Sukollawat Kanarot, Theerapat Sajakul, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Vithaya Pansringarm, Teeradon Supapunpinyo, Nophand Boonyai, Tom Bateman, Paul Gleeson, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Josh Helman, Zahra Newman, Kevin Spink, and Pasakorn Hoyhon. SYNOPSIS: In the true story of Thirteen Lives, twelve boys and the coach of […]

Movie Review – Thirteen Lives (2022)

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Thirteen Lives, 2022. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Sukollawat Kanarot, Theerapat Sajakul, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Vithaya Pansringarm, Teeradon Supapunpinyo, Nophand Boonyai, Tom Bateman, Paul Gleeson, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Josh Helman, Zahra Newman, Kevin Spink, and Pasakorn Hoyhon. SYNOPSIS: A rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys […]

First trailer for Ron Howard’s Thai cave rescue drama Thirteen Lives

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Prime Video has released a poster and trailer for Ron Howard’s upcoming drama Thirteen Lives which tells the incredible true story of the rescue mission of a soccer team from the Tham Luang cave in Thailand which seen more than 10,000 volunteers from across the globe come together in an effort to save the twelve […]

Hillbilly Elegy – The 2020 Version of Green Book | Video Review

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Hillbilly Elegy, 2020. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, and Freida Pinto. Hillbilly Elegy should be one of the best movies of the year given its cast, but join our host EJ Moreno as he explains why this Amy Adams and Glenn Close-led film is one of the […]

Movie Review – Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

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Hillbilly Elegy, 2020. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Bo Hopkins, Owen Asztalos, Ethan Levy, Jesse C. Boyd, Stephen Kunken, Dylan Gage, David Atkinson, Keong Sim, Chase Anderson, David Jensen, Jason Davis, and Sarah Hudson. SYNOPSIS: A Yale law student drawn back to his hometown grapples […]

Ron Howard confirms there is no progress on a Solo: A Star Wars Story sequel, but fan support is “boding well”

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Although there were numerous rumours earlier this year regarding a possible continuation of Solo: A Star Wars Story on the Disney+ streaming service, director Ron Howard has once again reiterated that there are no plans for a sequel movie. During an appearance on the Lights, Camera, Barstool podcast, Howard reiterated that Disney and Lucasfilm are not moving […]

Willow sequel series heading to Disney+ with Warwick Davis returning

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After several years of rumours and small updates, Disney has officially given the greenlight to a television series of Willow in what will be a sequel to the original 1988 film. Warwick Davis will return as Willow with Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) directing the series. Original director Ron Howard will executive produce the series […]