The Visit Press Conference: M. Night Shyamalan and Jason Blum

September 11, 2015

We’ve got a one on one interview with M. Night Shyamalan over at Nerd Report talking about The Visit, but we also attended the press conference where Shyamalan and producer Jason Blum spoke to reporters. It’s S...

Ken Jeong On Community: “Fingers Crossed For A Movie”

Fred Topel

August 4, 2015

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Today, Vulture reported a segment of Joel McHale’s July 30 interview with Metro Weekly that points out a quote where McHale said the cast is now too expensive to renew their contracts. It’s not any sort of div...

THE TRIBE Interview: Miroslav Slaboshpitsky Forbids Any Subtitles Ever

Fred Topel

June 26, 2015

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The Tribe was a bold new cinematic experience for me. Starring entirely deaf actors speaking sign language with no subtitles for hearing audiences, The Tribe turned the tables on me and let me feel li...

The Tribe Exclusive: Yana Novikova On New Words And That Scene

Fred Topel

June 18, 2015

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The Tribe is a unique movie filmed entirely in Ukrainian sign language with no subtitles. For hearing audiences, watching The Tribe is like entering a new world. For me, interviewing the star of The T...

Dope Exclusive: Rick Famuwiya on Bitcoin and Fake Starbucks

Fred Topel

June 18, 2015

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I spoke to Dope director Rick Famuyiwa before Open Road announced they would accept Bitcoin for tickets to Dope. That would have added a level to my Bitcoin question. Bitcoin is an integral part of Malcolm (Sha...

Dope Exclusive: Shameik Moore On The Speech, The Look and The Get Down

Fred Topel

June 17, 2015

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“Yo, that’s me and this is a place I randomly walk to or drove by and my face is up there.” - Shameik Moore Dope was one of my favorite discoveries at Sundance, and at the center of that discovery is Shameik...

Sense8 Roundtable: Jamie Clayton and Brian J. Smith

Fred Topel

June 5, 2015

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Sense8 is now available on Netflix Instant. We did not get to interview the entire cast of the sprawling ensemble show, but because they’re all connected, the ones we did speak to represented the show well. Jam...

Sense8 Roundtable: Daryl Hannah and Naveen Andrews

Fred Topel

June 5, 2015

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The Wachowskis’ new TV series Sense8 is now available on Netflix Instant. It will take you a good 12 hours to watch the entire first season, but don’t worry, the stars of the show aren’t giving any spoilers her...

Insidious Chapter 3 Interview: Dermot Mulroney on Scoring Jurassic World

Fred Topel

June 3, 2015

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Sometimes you learn really surprising things in an actor’s biography. In the Demot Mulroney biography included for Insidious: Chapter 3, it reveals he is a cellist who performs on movie scores. He’s not credite...

INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 3 Interview: Leigh Whannell Meets Franchise Fred

Fred Topel

June 1, 2015

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I can’t believe I never told Leigh Whannell about Franchise Fred, considering I met him on the Saw films, and we got to know each other annually every time he wrote or produced another chapter in the Jigsaw sag...

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