THE 33: Reviews from the UK

Patricia Riggen’s drama about the 2010 Chilean mining disaster, The 33, starring Antonio Banderas, Juliette Binoche, Gabriel Byrne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Cote de Pablo, Rodrigo Santoro, and many more, opened in theaters in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2016. Fans, as usual, loved it. Critical response has been, shall […]

THE 33: News, Reviews, Interviews

Gabriel Byrne’s foray into engineering, The 33, opened in US theaters on November 13. Mr. Byrne has done very little promotion for the film because he has been–yes, you guessed it–filming something else! This might be a good thing, considering the mixed reviews for The 33, not to mention some […]

New Film: THE 33 — Cast and Crew

In this previous posting about the new film The 33, Gabriel Byrne’s role as André Sougarret, who engineered the rescue of the trapped miners, was outlined in detail, along with background information about the mining disaster and the making of the film. The 33 was in post-production as of April […]

New Film Based on Real-Life Drama in Chile: THE 33

“Estamos bien en el refugio, los 33” (Translation: “We are well in the shelter, the 33 of us”). If you were anywhere near a television screen or the Internet in 2010, the Chilean Mining Disaster, as most of us called it, will still be burned in your memory. A potential […]