Tag: Curtis Hanson
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Roger Corman Gets a Hero’s Welcome at Beyond Fest With Protégés Ron Howard, Joe Dante and More Reliving Big Breaks and Disastrous Test Screenings
“This is the only person to run a studio who knows how to make a movie,” director Allan Arkush exclaimed, hailing his former boss Roger Corman in front of a sold-out crowd at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica Saturday evening.Now 97 years old, the unbelievably prolific Pope of Pop Cinema was the guest of…
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Meryl’s Streep’s Most Underrated Performance Is Also Her Only Action Movie
When director, Curtis Hanson, decided to strap Meryl Streep into an inflatable boat and send her on a whitewater rafting trip down the Salmon River in Idaho, we officially became indebted to that man.1994’s The River Wild represents just about everything we never knew we wanted out of a film, including marking Streep’s first and…
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Adam Brody’s River Wild Is Bringing White Water Horror Back To Life On Netflix
One of the latest thrillers to hit the ever-changing digital carousel over on Netflix is a new take on an old classic called “River Wild.” Currently one of the most viewed releases on the streamer, the adventure film sends viewers hurtling down treacherous whitewater rapids in a fairly straightforward story of survivalist horror. Inspired by…