 | Jon Favreau Talks 'Iron Man'
Iron Man may have made box office history with its $98.6 million opening last weekend. But the film's success has also solidified the directing career of Jon Favreau, the actor who first endeared himself to hipster filmgoers as the lonelyhearted buddy of the so-money Vince Vaughn in 1996's Swingers, which Favreau also wrote. Favreau's directing career took off in 2003 with the Christmas comedy Elf (which also launched Will Ferrell onto the A list). Although a box office stum...
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 | Exclusive Drake Bell Interview
How many superheroes does it take to save the world? The creators of The Naked Gun and Scary Movie answer this question in hysterical "David Zucker" fashion with the uproarious comedy Superhero Movie. Meet Rick Riker. He's young, he's cool and he's got superpowers. Now, if he only knew how to use them... but the world is in danger and no one is safe when Zucker and the gang -- headed by the hilarious cast of Drake Bell, Leslie Nielsen, Tracy Morgan, Pamela Anderson, Regina ...
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 | Jason Statham Interview, The Bank Job
Born in Sydenham, England, Jason Statham was one of the best divers on the British team. He placed third in the Olympic trials on three different occasions, eventually placing 12th in the world. While training at the famed Crystal Palace National Sport Center in London, film crews and photographers pursued him as new talent for commercials and print campaigns. One of those jobs was a French Connection print ad where he met the owner of the company, who was also executive producer of a film in pr...
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 | Reese Witherspoon Interview, Penelope
Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon is one of Hollywood’s most sought after and respected actresses. For her recent performance as “June Carter Cash” in “Walk the Line,” Witherspoon swept the major critics’ awards and took home the 2005 BAFTA, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award for Best Actress. Her production company, Type A Films, is housed at Universal where they have a broad slate in development. “Pen...
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 | Will Ferrell & Cast Interview, Semi-Pro
Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, a one-hit wonder who used the profits from the success of his chart-topping song “Love Me Sexy” to achieve his dream of owning a basketball team. But Moon’s franchise, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is the worst team in the league and in danger of folding when the ABA announces its plans to merge with the NBA. If they want to survive, Jackie and the Tropics must now do the seemingly impossible – win. Here’s what these funny guys had to tell u...
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 | Matthew Fox Interview, Vantage Point
Eight strangers with eight different points of view try to unlock the one truth behind an assassination attempt on the president of the United States. Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Mathew Fox) are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton (William Hurt) at a landmark summit on the global war on terror. When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide in the hunt for the assassin....
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 | Freddie Highmore Interview, The Spiderwick Chronicles
The story revolves around the three Grace children – Jared and his twin brother, Simon (both played by Freddie Highmore), their older sister, Mallory (Sarah Bolger) and their recently separated mother, Helen (Mary-Louise Parker). Peculiar things start to happen the moment the Grace family leaves New York and moves into the isolated, dilapidated Spiderwick Estate, the former home of their great-great-uncle, Arthur Spiderwick (David Strathairn) and great-aunt Lucinda (Joan Plowright). Unable...
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 | Jack Black Interview, Be Kind Rewind
From the fiercely imaginative mind of Academy Award-winning writer/director Michel Gondry (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”), “Be Kind Rewind ” is the tale of two childhood friends who inadvertently get caught up in a scheme to rewrite film history and, in turn, save their beloved video store from extinction. Black plays Jerry, the neighborhood mechanic, who lives in a trailer near the power plant which he swears is slowly killing him with its ‘microwaves.&rs...
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 | Mark Waters Interview, The Spiderwick Chronicles
“The Spiderwick Chronicles,” an extraordinary fantasy adventure, filled with magical and sometimes scary creatures from an unseen world. Waters directed the film from a screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick, David Berenbaum, and John Sayles based on the beloved best-selling books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. The story revolves around the three Grace children – Jared and his twin brother, Simon (both played by Freddie Highmore), their older sister, Mallory (Sarah Bolge...
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 | Interview: Brett Morgan on Chicago 10
With his mixed-media documentary hitting theaters this week, Brett Morgen sat down to chat about the filmmaking process and the idea behind the Chicago protest. Morgen is very clear on the fact that his film shouldn’t be considered a historical document so much as a call-to-arms in regards to modern politics. To that end, the film mixes archival footage with motion-capture animation, reenacting the trial from the actual court transcripts....
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 | Colin Farrell, Martin McDonagh Interview, In Bruges
Bruges, the most well-preserved medieval city in the whole of Belgium, is a welcoming destination for travelers from all over the world. But for hit men Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson), it could be their final destination; a difficult job has resulted in the pair being ordered right before Christmas by their London boss Harry (two-time Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes) to go and cool their heels in the storybook Flemish city for a couple of weeks. Very much out of place a...
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 | Jessica Alba on Fantastic Four 3
We caught up with Jessica Alba a week or two back and she talked about the upcoming Fantastic Four 3 which it seems inevitable will be coming. As much as I despised the first movie I have to admit Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer was a pretty good movie. We askedher how long till we get Fantastic Four 3 and she told us:...
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 | Interview: Hudson and McConaughey Find Fool's Gold!
Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey reteam in Fool's Gold out from Warner Bros. and directed by Andy Tennant. Q: Can I ask about you working together again, were a little conscious about doing again or… Kate Hudson: We have been, we had gotten a few opportunities to work together again and…...
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 | Interview: Martin Lawrence on 'Welcomes Home Roscoe Jenkins'!
Leading an all-star comedy cast, Martin Lawrence is talk-show sensation RJ Stevens, who left behind his modest Southern upbringing and family name to transform into a self-help guru dispensing his "Team of Me" philosophy to millions of adoring fans. With a reality-TV-star fiancée and money to burn, there's no piece of the Hollywood dream RJ hasn't achieved. After his parents request that he come home for their 50th wedding anniversary, the TV host packs up his 1...
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 | Interview with Joy Bryant - 'Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins'
Jan 29, 2008 - Joy Bryant tackles her first starring role in a comedy movie with Universal Pictures’ Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins , written and directed by Malcolm D Lee. Martin Lawrence stars as RJ Stevens, a TV talk show host whose ‘Team of Me’ philosophy inspires millions. Bryant plays his gorgeous - and narcissistic – girlfriend, Bianca, whose every move is calculated to keep the couple in the spotlight. Bianca’s claim to fame before hooking up with RJ w...
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