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...
Aziz Ansari and Jesse Eisenberg Talk “30 Minutes or Less”, Slider Presses and the Winklevoss Twins
In July, Aziz Ansari and Jesse Eisenberg served up slices of pizza at Goathill Pizza in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood in an effort to connect with their fans and, more importantly, to promote their comedy heist movie, 30 Minutes or Less. In it, Jesse plays Nick, pizza delivery guy (hence the promo manual labor)...
Chatting with Brit Marling from ‘Another Earth’
When I watched Another Earth and saw Brit Marling as the cosmically infatuated, yet damaged heroine, Rhoda I knew I recognized her from somewhere. I looked her up on my trusty iPhone IMDb app and there it was: she was on an episode of Community. The “lesbian makeout” episode. It was quite funny. I had...
Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills Talk About the Happy Sadness of ‘Beginners’
Being in a roundtable interview is like a journalistic “Royal Rumble” — especially when you combine a high wattage star like Ewan McGregor with etiquette-less “journalists”. That aside, I was in the metaphorical wrestling ring with young Obi-Wan and Mike Mills, the director and writer of Beginners, a movie about Oliver (McGregor) whose father Hal...
Chatting with Jamie Chung and Mason Lee from ‘The Hangover Part II’
I admit — this is just another shameless post for self promotion. It’s also shameless blog traffic bait. I interviewed Hangover Part II stars Jamie Chung (yes, it’s the Asian girl from Real World: San Diego) and Mason Lee (yes, he’s Ang Lee’s son) for 8Asians.com. Here are snippets from the interviews: Jamie Chung on...
Cam Gigandet Talks About ‘Priest’
With a dark, fantastical tinge of western movie storytelling, Priest (in theaters May 13) is adapted from a graphic novel about a post-apocalyptic world where man and vampires are at war. Yes, it’s another vampire movie. No, I don’t mind. Yes, I do mind it’s in 3D — because it was actually shot in 2D....
Chatting with Jodie Foster About ‘The Beaver’, Young Hollywood and Mel Gibson’s Furry Co-star
The Beaver: no, it’s not Jerry Mathers. And no, it’s not THAT. It’s a film directed by Academy Award winner Jodie Foster that stars Mel Gibson, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, and — well — Jodie Foster. The premise of the movie is simple: a man named Walter (Gibson) is dealing with some major issues. He’s...
A Conversation with ‘Prom’ Stars Aimee Teegarden and Thomas McDonell
Thomas McDonell and Aimee Teegarden in “Prom ” directed by Joe Nussbaum. Photo credit: Richard Foreman Jr./ Walt Disney Pictures You won’t find any stories of virginity loss, drunken stupors and other teenage debauchery in Disney’s Prom (remember, it is Disney) — but you will find two actors named Aimee Teegarden and Thomas McDonnell ....
Joe Wright and Saoirse Ronan Talk ‘Hanna,’ Fairytale Violence, and Girl Power
Her name is pronounced “seer-sha.” That was an initial concern in going into this interview with the young star of Hanna, Saoirse Ronan and the director of the movie, Joe Wright. As the director of films such as Atonement and Pride and Prejudice, Wright’s venture into the action genre (set to a pulsating Chemical Brothers...
