Tag: Jeff Bridges

Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘True Grit’: A Girl’s Story in the Wild West

PG-13 | 1h 50min | Western, Drama | 2010 The first thing you see when you’re watching “True Grit” (2010) is not a picture on the screen, but a proverb that’s more a lamentation than a lesson: “The wicked flee when none pursueth” (Proverbs 28:1). Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld), a 14-year-old girl from Arkansas, watches…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Seabiscuit’: Filmmaker Gary Ross’s Love Letter to an American Underdog

PG-13 | 2h 20min | Drama, Sports, History | 25 July 2003 (USA) Although there are dozens of past champion thoroughbred horses with greater legacies and more wins, few have ever captured the hearts of more people (race fans and otherwise) than Seabiscuit (1933–1947). Writer and director Gary Ross’s 2003 “Seabiscuit” is just one of 10 past Seabiscuit-centric productions, but it…


Jeff Bridges Says Tumor Shrank, COVID ‘In Rear View Mirror’

Jeff Bridges says his cancer is in remission and his COVID-19 case is “in the rearview mirror.” The actor shared the good news on his website on Monday, saying his tumor shrank from 12 inches to the size of a marble. But in an update he said he wrote back in March and is sharing…


Jeff Bridges Says Tumor Shrank, COVID-19 ‘In Rear View Mirror’

Jeff Bridges says his cancer is in remission and his COVID-19 case is “in the rearview mirror.” The actor shared the good news on his website on Monday, saying his tumor shrank from 12 inches to the size of a marble. But in an update he said he wrote back in March and is sharing…