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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The best boxing film since “Raging Bull,” Jonathan Jakubowicz’s “Hands of Stone” fittingly features Robert De Niro as iconic trainer Ray Arcel, passing the “RB” baton to Venezuela-born Edgar Ramirez ( ...

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 ...

There's no poetry in the boxing in "Hands of Stone." As filmed in over-bright arenas by Venezuelan writer-director Jonathan Jakubowicz, the fighting is chaotic, confusing and often brutal. The movie ...

Robert De Niro stars as Ray Arcel, the trainer who coached middleweight boxer Roberto Duran (Edgar Ramirez) to greatness in the 1970s. By Leslie Felperin Contributing Film Critic ...

There’s a scene in the film “Hands of Stone” — the story of Roberto Duran — where Ray Arcel, Duran’s trainer played by Robert De Niro, is talking to mob boxing fixer Frankie Carbo, played by John ...

Robert De Niro (as Ray Arcel) and Edgar Ramírez (as Roberto Durán) co-star in Hands of Stone Credit: RICO TORRES, The Weinstein Company Robert De Niro (as Ray Arcel) and Edgar Ramírez (as Roberto ...

On April 12, 2015, this column placed readers on notice that “Hands of Stone,” a $20 million movie exploring the relationship between world welterweight boxing champion Roberto Duran and his trainer ...