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Willow sets 4K Ultra HD Steelbook release for December

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Lucasfilm’s 80s fantasy classic Willow is set for a 4K Ultra HD SteelBook release in the UK this December, and you can check out the cover artwork and details here… From Legendary filmakers George Lucas and Ron Howard comes Willow, a timeless fantasy tale where heroes come in all sizez. When Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis) […]

Seth Rogen is an under-fire exec in star-studded trailer for The Studio

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Apple TV+ has dropped the trailer for their highly anticipated, star-studded comedy The Studio, which stars Seth Rogen as an embattled movie exec for a major studio at a time when the industry is in crisis. Rogen serves as writer, director and executive producer alongside long-time collaborator Evan Goldberg (This is the End) on the […]

Blu-ray Review – 1982: The Greatest Geek Year Ever! (2023)

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1982: The Greatest Geek Year Ever!, 2023. Directed by Roger Lay Jr. Featuring Ron Howard, Paul Schrader, John Sayles, Amy Heckerling, Henry Winkler, William Shatner, Sean Young, Joanna Cassidy, Keith David, Cameron Crowe, Michael Deeley, Lisa Henson, Dean Devlin, Bruce Campbell, Dee Wallace, Felicia Day, Susan Seidelman, Roger Corman, Barry Bostwick, Marc Singer, Bryan Fuller, […]

How Roger Corman Changed Cinema

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After the sad news that Roger Corman has passed away, we look at his legacy and how he changed cinema… Roger Corman leaves behind an imperious résumé, with over 500 credits. Most prolific as a producer, Corman was also a director who made some incredible films (most notably his Edgar Allan Poe adaptations) and even […]

4K Ultra HD Review – American Graffiti (1973)

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American Graffiti, 1973. Directed by George Lucas. Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Cindy Williams, Wolfman Jack, and Harrison Ford. SYNOPSIS: American Graffiti, the movie that blew the doors off movie theaters and paved the way for director George Lucas to make a follow-up called Star […]

Sydney Sweeney and Vanessa Kirby join Ron Howard thriller Eden

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Ron Howard is nearing production on his latest project and has gained some noteworthy stars for Eden as Deadline reports that Vanessa Kirby and Sydney Sweeney have joined the film, which has already cast Jude Law, Ana De Armas, and Daniel Brühl. The project was previously named Origin Of Species, but now the survival thriller […]

Ron Howard rounds up Ana de Armas, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander and Daniel Brühl for Origin of Species

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Following his critically-acclaimed Thai-cave drama Thirteen Lives, Ron Howard is sticking with the survival sub-genre for Origin of Species, and has enlisted Ana De Armas, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander and Daniel Brühl to star.  Based on two differing accounts of the same true story, Origin of Species is described as “a darkly comic tale of […]

Ron Howard: “Never say never” but there are no plans for a Solo sequel

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Solo: A Star Wars Story really is something of an outlier in the galaxy. Caught in the aftermath of Rian Johnson’s divisive The Last Jedi, all following a tumultuous production, the Alden Ehrenreich starring origin story stalled at the box-office, which caused the cancellation of future A Star Wars Story spin-offs (Obi-Wan, Boba Fett) by […]

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 […]