The Quarantine Stream: Ron Howard's 'Rush' Is An Underrated Racing Rivalry For The Ages
Find out why Ron Howard's Rush is an overlooked racing drama starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl that deserves your attention.
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How 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Was Inspired By 'Rush' And 'Bullitt'
Director Ron Howard revealed the Solo inspirations come from cinematic classics like Bullitt, as well Howard's own racing film Rush.
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Watch Trailers For All The New TV Shows Coming Fall 2014 And 2015 [Updated]
FOX, ABC, NBC, TNT and TBS have released Fall 2014 tv trailers, as well as sneak previews of their 2015 television shows. Watch them now and read more.
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2014 Product Placement Awards Go To 'Anchorman 2', 'Philomena'
Brandcameo's 2014 Product Placement Awards fete Anchorman 2, Philomena, Pain & Gain, and The Smurfs 2, and diss The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
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Video: Edgar Wright's Top 10 Favorite Films Of 2013 [Updated]
World's End/Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright has in past years posted his favorite movies of the year online. Wright, being a real film geek, always has some great cinematic recommendations. This year Digital Spy cornered Wright at a late November junket to get his top 10 list on video. Of course, recording the…
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Best Movies Of 2013, According To IMDb Users
Over the past few weeks, and for the next few months, discussions will center on the best films of 2013. I did a list, the /Filmcast did a list and innumerable others will do the same leading up to the moment the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences crowns their best film of the…
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Read Many Of 2013's Best Screenplays, From '12 Years A Slave' To 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'
If you're both 1) desperate for some distraction from the holiday hubbub and 2) eager to get a leg up on the rest of your office for the annual Oscar pool, here's a way to kill two birds with one stone. Over thirty screenplays for some of 2013's top films have just been made available,…
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2014 Golden Globe Nominees Include '12 Years A Slave', 'American Hustle'
While most of the West Coast was still curled up in bed, Aziz Ansari, Zoe Saldana, and Olivia Wilde got up bright and early this morning to announce the nominees for the 71st annual Golden Globes. 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle led the film nominations, with an impressive seven each. The latter didn't…
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/Filmcast Ep. 245 - Rush
Dave, Devindra, and Germain discuss Marvel's attempt at bringing the Avengers universe to television, chat about the merits of Keanu Reeves' directorial debut, and praise Ron Howard's latest indie film. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! Download or Play Now in your Browser: Subscribe to the /Filmcast: …
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Early Buzz: Ron Howard's 'Rush' Thrills Critics In Toronto
Ron Howard is by no means critically reviled, but as a director he hasn't had the sort of career that gets hardcore cinephiles all hot and bothered, either. So while we've been curious about Rush, his Formula 1 racing drama, it'd be a stretch to say it was one of our most anticipated releases of…
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'Gravity,' '12 Years A Slave,' 'Rush, 'Fifth Estate' And 'Labor Day' Among Toronto Film Festival 2013's First Wave
One of the most prestigious film festivals in North America, the Toronto Film Festival, has begun to announce its line up for 2013. The event takes place September 5-15 and as usual, the line-up includes pretty much every highly-anticipated awards contender scheduled for release through the end of the year. Just a few examples are…
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'Rush' Trailer: Chris Hemsworth And Daniel Brühl Battle For Position
Here's the latest trailer for Ron Howard's new film Rush. Before Howard goes back to work with Tom Hanks and Dan Brown, he'll oversee the release of this racing drama based on the real lives and careers of James Hunt and Niki Lauda (played by Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl, respectively) as they compete in…
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'Rush' Featurette: Go Behind The Scenes Of Ron Howard's Racing Drama
Once the summer movie season is over, one of the first entries of the fall awards season will be Ron Howard's true-life sports drama Rush. Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Daniel Brühl (Inglourious Basterds) star as legendary Formula One drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda, two men who had a bitter rivalry in the 1970s until Lauda…
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'Rush' Trailer: Chris Hemsworth And Daniel Brühl Are Fast, Furious
It goes almost without saying that the vehicular stunts in this weekend's Fast & Furious 6, as fun as they are to watch, bear no resemblance to reality whatsoever. For audiences that like their car action a little more plausible, however, can look forward to Ron Howard's Rush. Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl lead the fact-based…
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'Rush' Domestic Trailer: The Will To Win Overcomes Fear Of Death
The true racing story Rush, based on the lives and rivalry between James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl), looks like the liveliest movie director Ron Howard has made in quite a long time. We saw an international trailer for the film earlier this week, and now we've got the domestic version. The…
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'Rush' Trailer: Chris Hemsworth And Daniel Brühl Court Death For Ron Howard
The Ron Howard project we've covered most extensively in this space is probably the fourth season of Arrested Development, but we're also pretty pumped for his other big release of 2013, the Formula One racing drama Rush. Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl play James Hunt and Niki Lauda, two real-life racing rivals that spent the…
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John Cusack Developing Rush Limbaugh Biopic
I don't know what's going on with John Cusack this season, but fans of the actor are likely pretty happy. Last week he was announced as the lead for three new features: an adaptation of Stephen King's novel Cell, the "Duel in the sky" thriller Airspace, and the financial world drama Due Process. Now he's…
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'47 Ronin' Pushed Back Yet Again, To Christmas 2013; New Dates For 'Jurassic Park 3D', 'R.I.P.D.', 'Rush', And More
2013 won't even start for another four months, and Universal's already shaking it up. The studio just announced a slew of scheduling changes for next year, some minor and some not so minor. The most significant shift is the one for Carl Erik Rinsch's 47 Ronin, which you may recall was originally scheduled to open…
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First Official Images Of Chris Hemsworth And Daniel Brühl In Ron Howard's 'Rush'
Rush reunites director Ron Howard with his Frost/Nixon screenwriter Peter Morgan (The Queen), to tell the story of real-life racing rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda, whose competition came to a head during Formula 1 series in the mid-'70s. Chris Hemsworth (Thor, The Cabin in the Woods) plays Hunt and Daniel Brühl (Inglourious Basterds) is…
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Universal Shuffles Tom Cruise's 'Oblivion,' Jessica Chastain's 'Mama' And Ron Howard's 'Rush'
It's a slow news day in Hollywood; a perfect time to mess with the release schedule, and that's just what Universal has decided to do. The biggest news is that Joseph Kosinski's sci-fi epic Oblivion, starring Tom Cruise, has been moved from April 26, 2013 to April 19, 2013 in traditional theaters and April 12,…
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Ron Howard's 'Rush' Featurette Show Precision Formula One Filming
Before we once again see Chris Hemsworth as Thor, legendary director Ron Howard snatched him up to co-star in the true racing story Rush. Hemsworth plays James Hunt, a world champion Formula One racer whose lifestyle choices made him a direct rival of another world champion racer, Niki Lauda, played by Inglorious Basterds star Daniel Bruhl. Howard has…
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/Film Interview: Chris Hemsworth, Thor In 'The Avengers'
Chris Hemsworth is having a staggering 2012. A film he shot before he was cast as Thor, The Cabin in the Woods, was just released. He's back as the God of Thunder with a pivotal role in Joss Whedon's The Avengers and he'll then be seen as the Huntsman in Snow White and the Huntsman. He just…
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Peplum Is Getting A Modern Makeover For 2023/2024 — Our Styling Tips
Don't freak out, but it's true. The peplum is back.
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Casting Bits: Olivia Wilde In 'Rush', Billy Crudup In 'Neighborhood Watch', Helen Hunt, Aaron Paul, And Maggie Grace In 'Decoding Annie Parker'
Olivia Wilde has landed the coveted role of '70s supermodel Suzy Miller in Rush, Ron Howard's Peter Morgan-scripted drama about the real-life rivalry between British Formula One driver James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Austrian racer Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl). Miller married the womanizing Hunt, but then fell in love with Hunt's friend Richard Burton. Burton…
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Ron Howard Will Start Shooting 'Rush' This Weekend
Gentleman, start your engines. Director Ron Howard can't officially start filming his historical Formula One film Rush until star Chris Hemsworth finishes The Avengers, but the director will be at the Nurburgring Race Track in Germany this weekend getting some early footage to use in the film. Both Hemsworth and co-star Daniel Brühl will be…
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Casting Bits: Alexandra Maria Lara In 'Rush;' Cody Horn In 'Magic Mike;' Caleb Landry Jones In 'Byzantium'
I'd like to make this the 'leading lady' edition of Casting Bits, but I don't think Caleb Landry Jones would like that very much. (Jason Segel would probably be OK with it.) Still, after the break you'll find that two films have chosen their lead actresses, while Jones joins Jordan. Ahem. To wit: Alexandra Maria…
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'Inglourious Basterds' Sniper Daniel Brühl In Taks For Ron Howard's 'Rush'
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds featured three breakout performances by actors who were previously little-known to US audiences. Christoph Waltz and Michael Fassbender have gone on to very high-profile studio work, but Daniel Brühl, who played the Nazi sniper hero Frederick Zoller, has taken his time choosing Hollywood roles. (He has continued to work, doing so…
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