Film Archives

Matthew McConaughey on ‘Killer Joe’: “I remember throwing the script in the trash and saying I don’t want to be any part of that world”

Those that know me well know that my all-time most hated movie is The Wedding Planner. I was stuck seeing that movie on two separate dates before I learned it’s perfectly acceptable to tell a girl “no, I’d prefer not to see a Jennifer Lopez movie.” As much as I dislike the movie, I hold no ire toward Lopez’s co-star Matthew McConaughey, although I never thought much of him as an actor because of his tendency to star in romantic comedies and awful action movies (though he is awesome in Dazed & Confused, one of my favorite films).

Why Has Susan Sarandon Had Such a Long Career? “There’s really no explanation as to why I’m still around,” she says

Susan Sarandon has had a prolific career that has included an Oscar win but, the actress she still insists she has no idea what she’s doing.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Giving Back to Artists and What Draws Him to Projects: “Variety is what keeps things interesting”

You just can’t predict show business. I would have never thought that the goofy long-haired kid from 3rd Rock from the Sun would grow into one of the more impressive actors of the last several years, but Joseph Gordon-Levitt constantly brings it to every film role he has.

The Dark Knight’s Christian Bale: “It was very bittersweet when I took off the cowl for last time, because it’s meant so much to me personally to play this character”

It’s hard to accept that The Dark Knight Rises will likely be the last time we’ll see Christian Bale as Batman (though as Sean Connery would say, “Never say never”). On that note, Bale took the time to express his thoughts on the last chapter of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy and the series as a whole, as well as speaking about his feelings about leaving the character behind after three films.

Tom Hardy: “There is nothing ambiguous about Bane. He is clearly a villain…just a horrible piece of work”

Bane might not rank among the “classic” Batman villains (the hulking back-breaker was introduced in the comics in 1993), but the character is a perfect fit for the Batman world created by Christopher Nolan in his Dark Knight trilogy. To play the villain in The Dark Knight Rises, Nolan turned to Tom Hardy, who appeared in Nolan’s previous film, Inception.

Anne Hathaway on Auditioning for Catwoman, Her Costume and the “Adrenaline” of a Fight Scene

Anne Hathaway certainly has faced some challenges playing the iconic Catwoman in Christopher Nolan’s latest The Dark Knight Rises.

Christopher Nolan talks ‘The Dark Knight’ and Working with Bale, Hardy and Hathaway

At last, it’s here: the long-awaited follow-up to 2008’s The Dark Knight, generally considered the best comic book superhero movie ever made (and until this year’s The Avengers, the highest-grossing). The Dark Knight Rises is also director Christopher Nolan’s farewell to the Batman franchise, and the nearly three-hour film was perhaps the most challenging of his career.

Christian Bale on Playing ‘The Dark Knight’: “It’s been a very important character… and the movies themselves have changed my life and changed my career”

Christian Bale, reprising his role as “Bruce Wayne/Batman” in the third and final installment, The Dark Knight Rises, recently chatted about how even the action scenes and batsuit were the antithesis of what could be considered “average” for an action film

Aziz Ansari on His Work on ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’: “Acting is a plum gig, and then animation is an even more plum gig”

Aziz Ansari, star of NBC’s Parks and Recreation, knows that he has it good.
The comedian voices the character Squint in Ice Age: Continental Drift, a gig which he is quick to admit is a pretty easy one

Anne Hathaway on Playing Catwoman: “I saw it less as a challenge and more as an opportunity to go to a place I had never been required to go before”

Despite Christopher Nolan’s insistence to take a more realistic approach to his Batman films (well, as realistic as a man dressing as a bat to fight crime can be), it was inevitable that Batman’s main love interest, Selina Kyle/Catwoman, would show up at some point. She finally appears in The Dark Knight Rises, portrayed by Anne Hathaway.

Comic-Con 2012: ‘Total Recall’ Panel Featuring Colin Farrell, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Biel and Kate Beckinsale

The panel for the remake of Total Recall was a lively one but that has Colin Farrell and Bryan Cranston appearing in front of an audience of 6,500 is bound to be just that

Comic-Con 2012: ‘Looper’ Panel featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt

Here is the full panel for Rian Johnson’s upcoming film, Looper. I’ve been looking forward to this for a while and all the footage they showed in Hall H looked pretty damn great

Comic-Con 2012: ‘Elysium’ Panel Featuring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster

Starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster and Sharlto Copley, the film is set in the year 2159, where rich people live on a man-made space station and the rest of population reside on a ruined Earth. A man (Damon) who is on the verge of death tries to bring the worlds together

Peter Dinklage On His First Animated Movie, ‘Ice Age 4’: “I felt like I was doing everything wrong”

Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage recently spoke about his role as the evil pirate ape Captain Gutt in Ice Age 4, that’s currently out in theaters, and his work on the HBO drama as Tyrion Lannister

Christopher Nolan: Anne Hathaway ‘Deserves’ a Catwoman Spinoff Movie

At first I wasn’t completely sold on Anne Hathaway being cast as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises, but she certainly looks great in the catsuit and I’m looking forward to seeing what she brings to Christopher Nolan’s vision of Gotham City. In fact, Nolan admits that he was so impressed by Hathaway’s performance that he feels she ought to have her own Catwoman spinoff.

‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2’ at Comic-Con

Here’s the full panel (minus the first 7 minutes of the film they showed us) of the Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 panel at this years Comic-Con.

Ellen Page on Working with Woody Allen in ‘To Rome with Love’: “His quietness made me wonder if what I was doing, and what he was seeing, was working”

Ellen Page is no longer being typecast as the quirky, awkward girl she played in Juno.

The Oscar-nominated actress is playing a seductress in the new Woody Allen movie, To Rome With Love. Although the role was a departure for the actress, Page was intrigued by the script.

Chris Pine: “I’m at a level I never thought I’d get to”

Chris Pine has taken on roles in blockbusters – 2009’s Star Trek – and romantic comedies – This Means War – but, he was quick to admit that he was more than ready to step away from those types of movies.

Joe Manganiello on Acting Shirtless and the Only Thing He Has Conrol Over: His Work Ethic

Joe Manganiello is becoming really well-known for taking his shirt off. The 35-year-old, who recent characters feature the actor sans shirt, is now starring as a male stripper in Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike and werewolf Alcide in HBO’s True Blood.

Willem Dafoe on Acting: “I don’t interpret, I do”

Willem Dafoe remains one of those actors who is as versatile as he is prolific — he regularly appears in about 3 movies per year, ranging from expensive studio projects like Spider-Man and John Carter to independent films like this year’s 4:44 Last Day on Earth and The Hunter.