All posts tagged: Bryce Dallas Howard

Doctor Who, Dot and Bubble review: the show takes a bleak Black Mirror turn

Doctor Who, Dot and Bubble review: the show takes a bleak Black Mirror turn

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But at least there’s a happily ever after, right? Well, wrong. The last Black Mirror influence is the bleak ending. I’m all for bleakness in Who, and Dot and Bubble gives it to us in spades, from the callous way Lindy betrays her love interest, Ricky September (Tom Rhys Harries), to the ending scene, where she and her fellow survivors essentially doom themselves despite the Doctor’s pleas that he can save them. Source link

Ron Howard on Why He Wouldn’t Let Bryce Dallas Howard Be a Child Actor

Ron Howard on Why He Wouldn’t Let Bryce Dallas Howard Be a Child Actor

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Ron Howard is revealing why he didn’t want his eldest daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard, to be a child actor. The director-writer-actor recently told People magazine that he forbade Bryce from acting at a young age after having to navigate Hollywood as a child himself. “It’s possible for child performers to really find a lot that is positive within it, but it’s fraught with landmines,” he explained. Ron played Opie Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show at just six years old in the 1960s, and recalled his parents having to supervise him and his brother. The Arrested Development actor-producer added that he also protected his children from the spotlight because he didn’t want them to be compared to his career if they followed a similar path. “On top of everything else, because the characters that I played as a child were so well-known as to almost be iconic… I also thought, ‘Hey, if one of our kids tries to act as a child, boy or girl, they’re going to be unfairly compared,’” Ron said, especially since The Andy …

Argylle is a disaster for all involved – but especially Henry Cavill

Argylle is a disaster for all involved – but especially Henry Cavill

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Hair apparent: Henry Cavill in ‘Argylle’ (Universal/Apple) Rarely do duds come as glaring and obvious as Argylle. The blockbuster movie, about a spy novelist (Bryce Dallas Howard) who’s sucked into a real-life web of murder and espionage, had flatlined before even reaching cinemas. Was it the gaudy, laugh-repellent trailer that proved its undoing? The nebulous premise, which seemed to think there was something interesting about the question of “Who is the real Agent Argylle?” The recent insipid output of director Matthew Vaughn (The King’s Man; Kingsman: The Golden Circle)? Maybe all of the above. Just how damagingly the film has flopped remains to be seen, of course: it opened to a paltry $16m (£12.7m) in the US, and barely over double that worldwide. Factor in the nine-figure production budget and a marketing campaign that seemed to do everything but follow you home and throw rocks at your window, and it’s no wonder that some outlets are already branding Argylle an unmitigated disaster. The Independent’s three-star review was far warmer than most; I, like many people, …

Matthew Vaughn’s ‘Argylle’ Only Nabs .7M in Box Office Previews

Matthew Vaughn’s ‘Argylle’ Only Nabs $1.7M in Box Office Previews

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Matthew Vaughn‘s action spy-comedy Argylle hopes to be an agent of change at the box office this weekend, but it could be a tough mission to complete. The pic, whose star-packed ensemble cast is led by Henry Cavill and Bryce Dallas Howard, started off its box office tour with a subdued $1.7 million in Thursday previews. That’s not a surprise, considering the $200 million movie has been largely skewered by critics and is only expected to earn $15 million to $20 million in its domestic opening. There is certainly a potential for upside if word of mouth is strong. Universal is distributing the pic on behalf of Apple Original Films, which is presenting Argylle in association with MARV, a Cloudy Production. Whatever the outcome, Argylle is still welcome news for theater owners, considering the overall slowdown in product because of the lingering impact of last year’s strikes. There hasn’t been one new wide studio release in two weeks. Argylle has the benefit of playing in Imax and other premium large format screens, and it is …

Argylle’s Twists and Post-Credits Scene, Explained

Argylle’s Twists and Post-Credits Scene, Explained

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This post contains spoilers for Argylle. Update, February 2, 12:30 p.m. ET: The actual writers of Argylle, the book, have been revealed: Terry Hayes, an Australian author and screenwriter best known for 2013’s I Am Pilgrim, and Tammy Cohen, a British writer of psychological thrillers. The pair went public in an interview with The Telegraph. Both Hayes and Cohen were previously floated by Vanity Fair as prime suspects for authorship of Argylle. “God, I hope all the people that pre-ordered on the basis that Taylor wrote it aren’t disappointed,” Cohen told the publication in reference to the popular theory that Taylor Swift was behind the book. “I hope they are!” Hayes quipped. “If that’s why they buy a book, they deserve every punishment they get.” The hardest part of keeping their involvement with the project a secret for the last three years was “not being able to tell my support group of writer friends who I ring up every time I get into a mess,” Cohen said. “And also trying to account for a large …

A powerhouse of a comedic actress

A powerhouse of a comedic actress

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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer or editor reveals what’s keeping them entertained. Today’s special guest is Elaine Godfrey, a staff writer at The Atlantic who has covered the Iowa caucuses, the national fight over abortion rights, and America’s most misunderstood marsupial. Elaine loves TV shows starring the Irish comedic actress Sharon Horgan and all  “varmint-forward” content on Instagram. She is also a Las Culturistas superfan and the proud owner of a gently used Old English Sheepdog lamp. First, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic: The Culture Survey: Elaine Godfrey My favorite way of wasting time on my phone: I’m a big fan of Instagram Reels, which is basically TikTok, except a different company gets your secrets. There’s a woman on Reels who cleans people’s houses for free when they’re …

Matthew Vaughn Reveals The Truth About Taylor Swift Argylle Rumours

Matthew Vaughn Reveals The Truth About Taylor Swift Argylle Rumours

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Filmmaker Matthew Vaughn has spoken out about rumours Taylor Swift is behind his new film Argylle. Speculation has been rife about Argylle for months now, after Swifties began piecing together clues that suggested Taylor could secretly have penned the still-unreleased novel on which the spy movie is based, written by the enigmatic debut author Elly Conway. Now, we appreciate that sometimes Taylor-related conspiracy theories need to be taken with a pinch of salt, but this one genuinely sounded like it had some credibility to it, with key names and dates pointing to the I Knew You Were Trouble singer. However, Matthew has now insisted that there is no truth to the rumour at all. “I’m not a big internet guy, and it was actually my daughter who came up to me — this is the power of celebrity and the internet — and said, ‘You never told me Taylor wrote the book!’” the filmmaker told Rolling Stone. “And I’m looking at her going, ‘What are you talking about Taylor Swift wrote the book? She didn’t …