“A boy at the end of the Seville screening came up and said ‘I want to be a dad now. A real dad’.” Rita Osei is the director-producer of Bliss!, set in North East England and Norway. Bliss! follows Tasha, a 16 year old girl with a seemingly indifferent mother and a violent stepdad, who… Director-producer Rita Osei on her journey to bring Bliss! to the big screen Read More
“Sometimes, Always, Never” director Carl Hunter on mods, muzjiks and his Merseyside movie
“Scrabble as a motif, order can be created, things can be put right. But you’ve just got to know the rules and be willing to play.” Carl Hunter, director of Sometimes, Always, Never. Film director Carl Hunter used to play in Liverpool band The Farm, part of the soundtrack to my 90s youth – and he was in a… “Sometimes, Always, Never” director Carl Hunter on mods, muzjiks and his Merseyside movie Read More
INTERVIEW: Stephen Koepfer, Sambo expert on John Wick: Parabellum
“The notion that Wick is a Sambo guy is super cool. Sambo players around the globe should be jazzed about that!” Stephen Koepfer The John Wick franchise is known for its creation of an underground world of assassins and fighters, an off-kilter parallel universe that carries on around us, occasionally bumping our lives. John Wick 3, as well… INTERVIEW: Stephen Koepfer, Sambo expert on John Wick: Parabellum Read More
Director Matt Wells on Kubrick, comedy in catastrophe and bringing Dr Strangelove’s chilling absurdities to a new audience
“Kubrick says it in the film, it’s an abstraction and people don’t process it. How do you deal with the idea that the world could end?” Matt Wells has just made his second short film about Stanley Kubrick: Stanley Kubrick Considers The Bomb. You can see it in cinemas with the new 4k restoration of Dr Strangelove or:… Director Matt Wells on Kubrick, comedy in catastrophe and bringing Dr Strangelove’s chilling absurdities to a new audience Read More
Keanu rides a camel! All the important behind the scenes info from the John Wick 3 cast and crew
*** My 4.5/5 star review of John Wick 3: Parabellum *** Only three weeks until John Wick: Parabellum opens, unless you’re visiting this page four weeks in the future in which case please no spoilers. (Just tell me John doesn’t die. Or the dog. Or the motherfucking camel.) Check out these interviews with some of… Keanu rides a camel! All the important behind the scenes info from the John Wick 3 cast and crew Read More
Director David O’Leske on Fred Beckey, the original “dirtbag climber”, still sleeping by the roadside at 93
“I wanted audiences to walk out of the theatre and really think about their lives and what is important to them.” David O’Leske Legendary American climber Fred Beckey spent most of his life on the road, moving from adventure to adventure, bagging first ascents and tricky routes. Along the way he acquired and lost girlfriends… Director David O’Leske on Fred Beckey, the original “dirtbag climber”, still sleeping by the roadside at 93 Read More
Star Wars Celebration 2019: “Rise Of Skywalker” soundbites
The teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode IX was released at the Star Wars Celebration in Chicago this weekend, as was the name, Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker. (You can watch footage from the panel, and the trailer, here – it’s trailer length, at over two minutes, but teaser substance.) Check out these soundbites… Star Wars Celebration 2019: “Rise Of Skywalker” soundbites Read More
Missing Link – interviews, film clips, featurette, set images
Missing Link is a delightful, funny and beautiful family film, starring an adorable sasquatch called Mr Link. Tired of his lonely life in the American forests, he wants to travel to the Himalayas and track down the equally legendary yeti, who he sees as long-lost cousins. Enlisting the help of posh British explorer Sir Lionel Frost,… Missing Link – interviews, film clips, featurette, set images Read More
“We’re the Avengers. We gotta finish this” NEW film clip, press conference & more
*** Review now live – read it here*** It’s only two weeks until the release of Avengers: Endgame. We’ve seen the Marvel posters showing which of the Avengers did and didn’t survive Thanos’s Snap. And there were plenty of empty seats on stage at the global press conference last weekend. At the press conference were… “We’re the Avengers. We gotta finish this” NEW film clip, press conference & more Read More
Eaten By Lions INTERVIEWS: Antonio Aakeel, Johnny Vegas, Jack Carroll, Hayley Tamaddon, and more!
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll resolve to take better care of your nan’s ashes in future. I’m talking about the hilarious British comedy Eaten By Lions, which hit UK cinemas on the 29 March. A story about brothers Omar (Antonio Aakeel) and Pete (Jack Carroll) on a journey to Blackpool to find Omar’s long-lost dad, it’s a… Eaten By Lions INTERVIEWS: Antonio Aakeel, Johnny Vegas, Jack Carroll, Hayley Tamaddon, and more! Read More
INTERVIEW: Eaten By Lions director Jason Wingard: “comedy thrives when the performers are taking chances”
Jason Wingard’s British comedy Eaten By Lions follows teenage brothers Omar and Pete as they head to Blackpool in search of Omar’s absent father. Starring Antonio Aakeel as Omar and comedian Jack Carroll as Pete, the supporting cast includes comic greats Johnny Vegas, Asim Chaudhry and Tom Binns. A hilarious and sharp take on family in modern Britain,… INTERVIEW: Eaten By Lions director Jason Wingard: “comedy thrives when the performers are taking chances” Read More
Pet Sematary interviews: “I didn’t think you could train a cat!” co-director Dennis Widmyer
***Read my 3/5 review of Pet Sematary *** I’m taking my mind off the apparently terrifying horror remake by congratulating myself that at least I can now I can spell “Sematary” the way Stephen King wanted, without having to check every time. Pet Sematary, directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, is released in the… Pet Sematary interviews: “I didn’t think you could train a cat!” co-director Dennis Widmyer Read More
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