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Believe it or not, Hail, Caesar! has been on the minds of the Coen brothers for years. That’s hardly surprising given the prolific filmmaker’s adoration for all things Hollywood. “After O Brother, Where Are Thou? [the Coen brothers] pitched me this movie called Hail, Caesar! in which one of the […]

Hail, Caesar! Cast Chats Coen Brothers’ Hollywood Love Letter

February 4, 2016 in Interviews tagged Caesar! / Channing Tatum / George Clooney / Hail / interviews / Josh Brolin by joeldamos

British actresses Bella Heathcote and Lily James fulfilled a lifetime dream of playing a couple of the most famous Jane Austen heroines on the big screen — Elizabeth and Jane Bennet — but with a distinct twist. The two star in the adaption of Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride & Prejudice & Zombies and […]

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies Exclusive: Lily James & Bella ...

February 2, 2016 in Interviews tagged Bella Heathcote / Exclusives / interviews / Lily James / Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by joeldamos

David S. Goyer has been branching out from sitting at his computer penning scripts for years. The man who penned The Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel and the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has also been an in-demand producer on both TV and film and even video […]

Exclusive: David S. Goyer On Finding The Forest & The ...

January 7, 2016 in Interviews tagged Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice / David S. Goyer / interviews / The Forest by joeldamos

With The Hateful Eight, writer-director Quentin Tarantino has crafted his second western in a row, after the Oscar winning Django Unchained. Technically, it’s his third period piece after Inglorious Bastards. When we caught up with the filmmaker at a recent press day for his latest, he had much to say […]

Quentin Tarantino Talks The Hateful Eight and Going Forward by ...

January 6, 2016 in Interviews tagged interviews / Quentin Tarantino / The Hateful Eight by joeldamos

As we learned from our Adam McKay interview for The Big Short, the film about the financial crisis that culminated in the 2008 near destruction of the U.S. economy was a perfect fit for the director known previously for helming comedies such as Anchorman and Step Brothers. When we caught […]

The Big Short Casts Chats Bringing Accessibility to “Tragedy”

December 17, 2015 in Interviews tagged Christian Bale / interviews / Ryan Gosling / Steve Carell / The Big Short by joeldamos

When they release Baby Mama in 2008, it was the culmination of a lot of sisterly comedy work from Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The two met cutting their comedic chops in Chicago with various improv groups and then gained wilder fame as a part of the Saturday Night Live […]

Sisters: Amy Poehler and Tina Fey Talk Past, Present & ...

December 16, 2015 in Interviews tagged Amy Poehler / interviews / Sisters / Tina Fey by joeldamos

Adam McKay may have seemed at the outset, a strange choice to bring author Michael Lewis’ big The Big Short to life on the silver screen. But, after witnessing the work (check out our A+ The Big Short review), he is in hindsight the most impeccable of choices. We caught […]

The Big Short: Adam McKay Talks Switching Gears

December 14, 2015 in Interviews tagged Adam McKay / interviews / The Big Short by joeldamos

Writer-director Paolo Sorrentino has a bevy of legends in his latest film, Youth, but each had a different path to joining the Italian helmer in Switzerland for the shoot. The role of the retired orchestra conductor/composter Fred Ballinger was written specifically for Michael Caine. In fact, if Caine had declined […]

Youth Stars Michael Caine & Harvey Keitel: Icons Interviewed

December 2, 2015 in Interviews tagged Harvey Keitel / interviews / Michael Caine / Youth by joeldamos

The Good Dinosaur had an interesting journey to the big screen. It’s been a six year trek from initial idea at Pixar to the box office hit that debuted in theaters over Thanksgiving weekend. We caught up with The Good Dinosaur director Peter Sohn and producer Denise Ream and right […]

The Good Dinosaur Filmmakers Talk Making The “Most Amazing Things ...

November 30, 2015 in Interviews tagged interviews / The Good Dinosaur by joeldamos