Jerry O'Connell Answers Our 'Sliders' Questions (and Talks 'Piranha 3D')
Over the span of two decades and change, Jerry O'Connell has gone from kid thesp (Stand By Me) to successful TV and film veteran ("Sliders," "Crossing Jordan," Jerry Maguire, and, uh, Kangaroo Jack)...
View ArticleInterview: 'Piranha 3D' Director Alexandre Aja
It isn't everyday that "disgusting," "gratuitous," and "over the top" are used as cinematic superlatives, but they qualify as the top three reasons to see Piranha 3D. Alexandre Aja, the fellow largely...
View ArticleEli Roth and Daniel Stamm Explain Why 'The Last Exorcism' Is Not the Horror...
Expectations are a fickle thing. If a film exceeds someone's low expectations, it can be a halo effect. If it fails to meet one's expectations, they can muddy the entire film. I bring this up not to...
View ArticleInterview: 'Mesrine' Star Vincent Cassel
I remember the hype surrounding La Haine at the time of its release in the mid-1990s, and I also remember thinking that much of the adulation offered for Mathieu Kassovitz' feature directorial debut...
View ArticleInterview: Michelle Rodriguez on 'Machete'
Michelle Rodriguez has literally fought her way to stardom, starting with Karyn Kusama's boxing drama Girlfight. Rodriguez came away with an Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance and the...
View Article'Going The Distance' Co-Star Charlie Day On Being Relatable and Not Sleeping...
Anyone who has seen It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia even once knows Charlie Day. His character on the show, also named Charlie, is an unforgettable combination of vulnerability, rage and abject...
View ArticleToronto Fest Programmer Colin Geddes on Midnight Movies ... and Madness
There's an old saying that all film journalists are just frustrated filmmakers who couldn't break into the business. And while I certainly think directing a film would be an awesome experience, to be...
View ArticleTim League Talks Drafthouse Films, Building Theaters in NY and LA
Early this morning the best movie theater in the world, the Alamo Drafthouse, announced that it would be creating its own film distribution company, aptly titled Drafthouse Films, and that Chris...
View Article'Heartbreaker' Star Romain Duris on Crying and Dirty Dancing with Vanessa...
With Heartbreaker, French star Romain Duris continues to capitalize on his image as a young and very talented pop star. He first came to US audiences' attention in melodramas like Cedric Klapisch's...
View ArticleIconic Poster Artist Drew Struzan Talks About His Career Past, Present and...
Drew Struzan laughs a lot. That shouldn't be surprising considering his very unique style of movie poster art has always exhibited a profound and heartwarming sense of humor, but I'm not sure I was...
View ArticleDavid Fincher on 'The Social Network': "I Wanted to Make a 21st Century John...
With The Social Network, director David Fincher has produced what is arguably the most commercially accessible film of his career, and that's definitely not a bad thing. It's a movie about the...
View ArticleDavis Guggenheim on 'Waiting for "Superman"' and Getting People to Care About...
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim may be best known for the 2006 documentary that won him an Academy Award, 'An Inconvenient Truth', although a lot of people seem to associate that film solely with Al Gore....
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