Pretty Rosebud is a film catching a lot of buzz on the indiewire right now. Screenings have been selling out and audiences seem to be very pleased overall. I had the chance to speak with Director Oscar Torre and the film’s star and writer Chuti Tiu about everything from … [Read More]
Jordana Brewster is collaborating with Purina to promote May’s National Pet Month for the campaign Pure Love For Pets (http://www.pureloveforpets.com/). While promoting this campaign, she agreed to entertain a few questions about her career and upcoming films including Fast & Furious 7 which will be releasing this summer. From … [Read More]
Misan Sagay, the brilliant and passionate screenwriter of “Belle,” was in Manhattan recently to promote the film. Director Amma Asante and actors Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), Miranda Richardson and Sam Reid also fielded questions from the press in separate rooms. Sagay discovered the subject of her Jane Austen-like drama a … [Read More]
Amma Asante, the 44-year-old English director of “Belle” has created a luscious period drama that combines Jane Austen sensibilities with issues of social injustice and slavery in 18th-Century England. The movie stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw in a breakout performance as Belle. Sam Reid, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Matthew Good, … [Read More]
Bad Words is the new comedy from well-established actor / funny man Jason Bateman (TV’s Arrested Development, Horrible Bosses). He commands a filthy, absurdist tone for his directorial debut. First–time screenwriter Andrew Dodge provides brutal insults with sincere likability, the perfect blend for Bateman’s persona and an ideal screenplay … [Read More]
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” is Wes Anderson’s least precious and best film. It’s probably going to be his most successful as well. It opened Friday, March 7, in four theaters only and has already earned over $24 million at the box office as of March 18th, 2014. Fox Searchlight … [Read More]
Did you guys know that Ryan and I attended the New York City Comic Con way back in 2013? Yep, we went there and inhaled all the aroma of god knows how many people cramped into way too little space. The books, the costumes, the artists, the experience. Somehow … [Read More]
Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” is the last major film with Oscar prospects to be rolled out this year and it’s a doozy. As you’ve probably heard, it’s nothing like the child-friendly “Hugo,” Scorsese’s last film, which the director said he made for “personal reasons.” Scorsese and … [Read More]
Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi journalists at the New York junket for his new film, “The Past,” that he was sleeping when his publicist called him to tell him that his new film just received a Golden Globe nomination for best foreign film. The director had just flown in from … [Read More]
“Philomena” is based on a true story about an Irish woman – played by Dame Judi Dench in an Oscar-worthy performance – who is on a quest to find the son who nuns stole from her some 50 years before when as an unwed pregnant teenager her family … [Read More]
Richard Curtis, the phenomenally successful screenwriter of “Notting Hill,” “Love Actually,” “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” and “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” makes movies that are the cinema equivalent of Paul McCartney’s pop hit “Silly Love Songs.” Curtis would be fine with that description; at an HBO Director’s Dialogue recently at … [Read More]
Nicolas Winding Refn; one of the most unique and interesting directors in the game. He is known for his obscure and quirky vision, his vibrant use of colour, and fearless approach to his directing that keeps audiences intrigued, and sometimes confused. His style creates impact. It makes people … [Read More]