Ron Howard

The director of Far & Away also tells us who had a better Irish accent: Tom Cruise or Nicole Kidman? Ron Howard is a multi-Oscar winner and his movies have made billions at the box office. He is the guy behind awards magnets like A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13 and Frost/Nixon, but he also knows […]

The director of Far & Away also tells us who had a better Irish accent: Tom Cruise or Nicole Kidman? Ron Howard is a multi-Oscar winner and his movies have made billions at the box office. He is the guy behind awards magnets like A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13 and Frost/Nixon, but he also knows […]

8 years ago

Solo is the perfect Star Wars movie for people who don’t really like Star Wars movies

Considering the drama of getting the movie to the screen, it turned out A LOT better than it could have been. Let us get through the back-story of Solo: A Star Wars Story at light-speed. Not the movie’s story, but the story of the movie itself. As part of the prequels that would be told […]

Considering the drama of getting the movie to the screen, it turned out A LOT better than it could have been. Let us get through the back-story of Solo: A Star Wars Story at light-speed. Not the movie’s story, but the story of the movie itself. As part of the prequels that would be told […]

8 years ago

George Lucas helped direct a key scene in the new Han Solo movie

The horror. Very few directors have had as many conversations about their work, when you take into consideration just how many movies George Lucas has actually directed. Stanley Kubrick directed 13 movies. Terrence Malick has directed 10 movies. George Lucas? Just six. And four of those were Star Wars movies. And three of those were […]

The horror. Very few directors have had as many conversations about their work, when you take into consideration just how many movies George Lucas has actually directed. Stanley Kubrick directed 13 movies. Terrence Malick has directed 10 movies. George Lucas? Just six. And four of those were Star Wars movies. And three of those were […]

8 years ago

One of the Avengers cast has joined the Han Solo movie, and the rumour mill has gone into overdrive

Could they be playing who we think they’re playing??

9 years ago

Ron Howard confirmed as the new director for the Han Solo stand-alone movie

Things sure do move fast in the movie world, as it was less than twelve parsecs since the last directors were fired… In case you missed it, the directors of The LEGO Movie and 21/22 Jump Street were fired from the directing the as-yet-untitled Han Solo spin-off movie, and for reasons we spelled out here, […]

Things sure do move fast in the movie world, as it was less than twelve parsecs since the last directors were fired… In case you missed it, the directors of The LEGO Movie and 21/22 Jump Street were fired from the directing the as-yet-untitled Han Solo spin-off movie, and for reasons we spelled out here, […]

9 years ago

VIDEO: JOE talks to Oscar-winning director Ron Howard about naked directing and making Apollo 13’s cousin

He’s made some incredible movies. From Apollo 13 to Backdraft, from Rush to the Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind, Ron Howard is a movie director that understands the human desire for adventure. His new movie, In The Heart Of Sea, tells the true story of the New England whaling ship Essex, which was attacked by a monstrously large and […]

He’s made some incredible movies. From Apollo 13 to Backdraft, from Rush to the Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind, Ron Howard is a movie director that understands the human desire for adventure. His new movie, In The Heart Of Sea, tells the true story of the New England whaling ship Essex, which was attacked by a monstrously large and […]

11 years ago