“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]
Ethan Flower, a humble, friendly guy and brilliant actor chatted to me about his great upcoming film Dragon Day; how fragile our communication in this world is, how easily we take simple things for granted, and how scarily realistic attacks out of our control can be. Most … [Read More]
Ethan and Joel Coen’s new film, “Inside Llewyn Davis,” follows a week in the life of a folk singer, Llewyn Davis, a dour young man with a guitar (and sometimes an orange cat), who struggles to make it in the 1961 West Village club scene and who’s destined to … [Read More]
Ashton Kutcher was still channeling Steve Jobs at the Teen Choice awards last Sunday. The “Jobs” star, the recipient of the Ultimate Choice award, extolled values he credited to the Apple co-founder. (Josh Gads, who plays a sympathetic and sensitive Steve Wozniak in the biopic, presented Kutcher with the award.) … [Read More]
I had a great chat with Douglas Spain – a charming, humble, multi-talented guy who acts, directs, and produces. Fans of HBO’s Band of Brothers will know him from the show as Antonio ‘Tony’ Garcia, but he has also been in a number of movies. He captured critical praise … [Read More]
Our very own Kenny Miles was able to get in a few questions with the director of cult classic “The Room” director Tommy Wiseau. Given the opportuniy our very own Kenny Miles reached out and asked the esteemed director a few questions about his groundbreaking film. [springboard type=”video” id=”771079″ … [Read More]