Tag: Catherine Hardwicke
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The ‘Twilight’ Movies Completely Waste the Most Interesting Cullen
Twilight is essentially a cult classic, and it continues to trend on social media every now and then — gaining new fans and delighting old ones. The 2008 movie, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, was adapted from the novel written by Stephenie Meyer. At that time, vampires and teen paranormal romances were massively popular, so it…
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Malia Obama, Pedro Pascal Attend Star-Packed ‘Zone of Interest’ Screening as A24 Revs Up Oscar Campaign
Malia Obama, Oscar-winning directors The Daniels and “The Mandalorian” star Pedro Pascal were just a few of the notables who turned up in force for the first Los Angeles screening of A24’s holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” on Tuesday night.The intimate gathering at West Hollywood’s London Hotel was something akin to a bucket of…
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Catherine Hardwicke Was Paid Just $3 For Directing Thirteen, But It Was Worth It
The life of a movie director isn’t all glamour and red carpets. Getting movies made, particularly personal stories or passion projects, can be exceedingly difficult. Then if the movie fails to turn a profit, the director will be left more precarious and with fewer doors open than before. Oftentimes, directors will make compromises to get…
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Prisoner’s Daughter review – Brian Cox and Kate Beckinsale can’t save hammy ex-con drama
Catherine Hardwicke directs the Succession star and Beckinsale in a family drama that’s falls flat on its faceHere’s a terrible TV-movie-style piece of work with some awful acting and a deeply questionable, crass finale; it’s all the more wince-inducing given the lineup of alpha talent behind it. Catherine Hardwicke is the director of the powerful…
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Catherine Hardwicke Says ‘Twilight’ TV Show Should Keep Vampire Romance ‘More Grounded’
“Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke hopes the upcoming TV series adaptation sinks its teeth deeper into the forbidden romance at the center of the teen vampire saga.Hardwicke helmed the first film that was released in 2008 and starred Kristen Stewart as high schooler Bella and Robert Pattinson as undead bloodsucker Edward. The director stepped away from…
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‘Prisoner’s Daughter’: Catherine Hardwicke’s Latest Gets Out of Jail and Into Melodrama
Her career hobbled by uninspired material since the commercial bonanza of “Twilight’s” first screen installment 15 years ago, Catherine Hardwicke at first appears to be back on firmer terra with “Prisoner’s Daughter.” Its mix of adult dysfunction and coming-of-age pains against a downscale milieu (here working-class Las Vegas) recalls the director’s strong initial features, “Thirteen”…