Watch Daniel Radcliffe Repeatedly Punch Josh Horowitz in the Ear
I enjoy watching Josh Horowitz interviews. He’s kind of like me during on-camera interviews except he is less awkward to watch and he gets to ask fun questions to the various “talent” while I just spew dorkiness all over the place. Nonetheless, watch Josh squeeze out all the Americana out of Daniel Radcliffe and then...
Chatting with Director Phyllida Lloyd About ‘The Iron Lady’
Everyone is all a twitter about The Iron Lady and Meryl Streep‘s phenomenal transformation into the super-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — but it was director Phyllida Lloyd who brought the vision of the historic figure to the silver screen. Known for her theater work and the movie adaptation of the musical Mamma Mia!, I had...
Best of 2011: Awkward On-camera Interviews
This year, I decided to add another dimension to my interviews. I found my inner-Matt Lauer and decided to make a fool of myself with on-camera interview. It is quite riveting to actually see the people I interview AND it actually PROVES that I was in the same room with them. Plus, you can see...
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Patton Oswalt talks Young Adult, telling fart jokes, and high school reunions [VIDEO]
In Young Adult, Patton Oswalt plays the endearing, yet snarky, action-figure/bourbon-making Matt Freehauf. He becomes unlikely friends with Charlize Theron‘s bitingly self-centered Mavis Gary, the popular girl from high school who comes back to her hometown to poach her ex from his family life. Directed by Jason Reitman and penned by Diablo Cody (the dynamic,...
Jackson Rathbone and Ashley Greene talk Breaking Dawn, T.S. Eliot poetry, and falling asleep on set
In addition to last week’s grainy, shaky-cam coverage of the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 event in San Francisco, I had the opportunity to chat with the stars of the movie in a glorious and more intimate roundtable interview setting. The first pair of stars to face the gauntlet of questions was Ashley Greene...
![Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 imprints on the Fillmore in San Francisco [VIDEO]](http://blog.dinoray.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/breakingdawnfillmore-290x289.jpg "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 imprints on the Fillmore in San Francisco [VIDEO]")
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 imprints on the Fillmore in San Francisco [VIDEO]
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 comes out on Friday, November 18 but I, like many closeted Twi-hards have been amping myself up for the first part of the teen vampire finale that will Last week, I slapped on my red carpet gear and attended an event for the soundtrack of the movie at...
Gerard Butler is a Machine Gun Preacher and Michelle Monaghan is his wife
Contrary to what the title suggests, Machine Gun Preacher is not — I repeat — is NOT a grindhouse movie. Darn. The film’s stars, Gerard Butler and Michelle Monaghan, were also intrigued by the film’s title — but not in the same Death Proof way that I did. When Butler’s agent pitched it to him,...
From the Interview Archives: Asif Kapadia, Director of Senna
I was rummaging through some interview recordings that I have cued up in a folder on my desktop creatively labeled as “Interviews” one interview that I wanted to share is this interesting conversation with Asif Kapadia, the director of Senna a documentary about the generally unknown (well, at least in the U.S.) Ayrton Senna, a...
Nick Swardson and Allen Covert Talk Bucky Larson, Merkins and Not Being Gay
As a member of Adam Sandler Happy Madison, Nick Swardson steps in the sweater vest of the title character in Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star. He created Bucky with co-writers Allen Covert and Adam Sandler and the character dons buck teeth, a pageboy haircut and some sort of Minnesotan accent. Although he looks...
Old News Worth Posting : Madonna’s “W.E.” Gets Slammed, Releases New Album in the Spring
Madonna is the center square between actresses Andrea Riseborough (left) and Abbie Cornish at the premiere of the film, W.E. at the 68th Annual Venice Film Festival Last week, Madonna debuted W.E. at the Venice Film Festival. This is Madge’s second crack at directing and she tackles some heavy content: Wallis Simpson, the U.K. and...
Director John Madden Talks About “The Debt”
Madden talks to Helen Mirren on the set of The Debt “I’m kind of re-discovering the film,” says John Madden about The Debt (opening in theaters August 31). Madden, the director of the espionage thriller, first saw the film last year at the Toronto International Film Festival. After the fest, with the recent studio shakeups,...
Are You Looking Forward to “Bucky Larson: Born To Be a Star”?
Yesterday, I interviewed Nick Swardson and Allen Covert, the actor/co-writer and co-writer/producer of the Sandler-esque Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star which also flows in the same comedic vein of Grandma’s Boy. The film looks quite funny (and the interview was just as, if not funnier) but the title character looks creepy. Although he...
