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Monday, August 3, 2026

Director Report Card: Destin Daniel Cretton (2026)

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7. Spider-Man: Brand New Day Getting to direct a "Spider-Man" movie must be a real double-edged sword by this point. He's on...

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Director Report Card: Destin Daniel Cretton (2021)

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6. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings In 1973, due to the popularity of Bruce Lee and other martial arts stars, Marvel Comics debuted...

Saturday, July 17, 2021

Director Report Card: Destin Daniel Cretton (2019)

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5. Just Mercy “The Glass Castle” might not have garnered the kind of award season attention it so desperately wanted but Destin Daniel Crett...

Friday, July 16, 2021

Director Report Card: Destin Daniel Cretton (2017)

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4. The Glass Castle In 2004, “The Glass Castle” by Jeanette Walls was published. A memoir, the book would tell the story of Walls' chil...

Thursday, July 15, 2021

Director Report Card: Destin Daniel Cretton (2013)

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3. Short Term 12 While attending a university in San Diego, Destin Daniel Cretton worked for two years at a group home for at-risk teenagers...

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Director Report Card: Destin Daniel Cretton (2012)

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2. I Am Not a Hipster By the year 2012, there was no insult more cutting than "hipster." It was a term as divisive as "Nazi...

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