Author: Jack Giroux
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Interview: Jody Hill Discusses the Pain, Sadness, and Laughs of ‘Eastbound and Down’
When you really think about it, Eastbound and Down is one of the HBO’s most depressing shows ‐ no small feat. The hero’s journey Kenny…
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2012 Oscar Prediction: Best Supporting Actor
2012 Oscar Prediction: Best Supporting Actor A frustrated actor/director, a former alcoholic and bad father, an old man coming out as he approaches death, a…
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Interview: Max Zähle Discusses His Oscar Nominated Short Film ‘Raju’
Max Zähle’s academy award nominated short film, Raju, wasn’t exactly easy to make. The director’s thesis film involved over a year of research and filming…
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Interview: McG Talks Populist Filmmaking, Absorbing Movies, and ‘This Means War’
This Means War is, as McG puts it, exactly what you think a McG movie is. It’s as commercial and open as a movie can…
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Interview: Linda Cardellini Talks Character Flaws, the Power of Silence, and ‘Return’
The premise of Return lends itself quite easily over to the plot synopsis of a Lifetime movie. Conveying the unsteady returning home of a soldier…
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Interview: Ben Foster Discusses Finding a Character, Producing, and ‘Rampart’
Over two years ago we got to see a whole new side of Ben Foster. With director Oren Moverman’s The Messenger, Foster gave a quiet…
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‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ Trailer Shows Us the Non-Boring Side of Abe’s History
Unlike our own Kate Erbland, I don’t loathe Seth Grahame-Smith’s writing with every fiber of my body. In fact, I quite like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire…
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Sony Drops ‘The Boys,’ But Adam McKay’s PG-13 Adaptation is Still Alive
Sony Drops ‘The Boys,’ But Adam McKay’s PG-13 Adaptation is Still Alive Like Garth Ennis’s Preacher, it’s hard to imagine a series like The Boys having…
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Jane Goldman Talks ‘X-Men: First Class’ Sequel and the World of ‘Nonplayer’
X-Men: First Class ended up being the miracle of last summer. With the quick production schedule and the less-said-about-it-the-better X3 and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, who…