Robert De Niro won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of boxing champion Jake LaMotta in “Raging Bull.” He is back in movie theaters with “Hands of Stone,” in which he plays legendary trainer Ray ...

Robert De Niro won a best actor Oscar for his portrayal of former boxing champion Jake LaMotta in The Raging Bull more than 36 years ago. Whether De Niro wins one for best supporting actor as famed ...

See an exclusive first clip of Robert De Niro as boxing legend Ray Arcel in Hands of Stone Robert De Niro is back in the ring as legendary boxing coach Ray Arcel, who famously helped train Roberto ...

Robert De Niro — the Raging Bull himself, now aged from boxer to trainer — is introduced in Hands of Stone bathed in Madison Square Garden’s overhead spotlights, more the image of a reigning champ ...

August 26, 2016 by PIERS MARCHANT Special to the Democrat-Gazette But other than not hitting below the belt, the single most important one is very simple: Never show fear or cowardice in the ring. You ...

With “Hands of Stone,” Robert De Niro officially enters his Burgess Meredith-in-“Rocky” phase, bringing the ringside grizzle and rumpled gravitas by the pound. In writer-director Jonathan Jakubowicz’s ...

The boxing biopic Hands of Stone is punch-drunk when it comes to figuring out who’s the real star contender. Writer-director Jonathan Jakubowicz’s rote ring drama (** out of four; rated R; in theaters ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

With enough color, heart, triumph, and controversy to match any champion boxer’s life story, Panama’s legendary Roberto Duran certainly deserves a movie that does justice to all his career ups and ...

Detail. My kingdom for some detail. "Hands of Stone" purports to be a biography of charismatic boxer Roberto Duran, but is more of a timeline chronicle than a character piece. It covers roughly a ...