Doug Jones Leaps into the Fray in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army by Brad Balfour For someone who has done his share of big budget, tentpole films, his latest being Hellboy II: The Golden Army, actor Doug Jones can step out on the street and usually go unrecognized. But, it’s no wonder since almost all of … Continue reading
Brendan Fraser Takes A Fascinating Journey to the Center of the Earth by Brad Balfour Even an old action flick veteran like Brendan Fraser (well, he’s not really old, but he will be 40 this year) is thoroughly fascinated by the digital technology that has birthed a 21st century version of 3D filmmaking. Of course, … Continue reading
Josh Lucas and David Strathairn Lend Their Voices To Trumbo by Brad Balfour Originally posted on July 1, 2008. Though not quite the stars of Trumbo, actors Josh Lucas (Sweet Home Alabama) and David Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck), join with Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas, Paul Giamatti, Danny Glover, Nathan Lane and … Continue reading
Aidan Quinn Explores Academia, Science and Tragedy in Dark Matter by Brad Balfour The feature film debut of renowned Chinese opera and theater director Chen Shi-Zheng, and winner of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival’s Alfred P. Sloan Prize, Dark Matter garnered critical praise, had a mini-theatrical release, and has a DVD out shortly. Inspired by a real tragedy, Dark … Continue reading
Another Happening from Director M. Night Shyamalan by Brad Balfour Like his work or not, director M. Night Shyamalan employs big ideas and challenges himself and his viewers with unusual and dark storylines with the framework to express them. After his incredible success with The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs, he was hailed as a youthful wunderkind with a … Continue reading
Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman Are No Longer Strangers by Brad Balfour Sometimes there are interview opportunities and then there are interview opportunities. Consider the circumstances that came up with covering this sort-of horror/suspense film, The Strangers. A great trailer suggests a film that ratchets up the personal anxiety through the assault of three strangers … Continue reading
Ben Barnes Is Transformed in Narnia’s Prince Caspian by Brad Balfour After meeting 26-year-old actor English actor Ben Barnes, with his easy manner and disaffected attitude towards his good looks, it comes as no surprise that he was tapped to star as the lead of a film like The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Maybe he … Continue reading
Director Stephen Walker Celebrates Being Young@Heart by Brad Balfour Of the many surprises at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, one of the most charming was a little doc called Young@Heart. Filmed over a several months’ rehearsal period leading up to a concert tour, veteran British director Stephen Walker and his wife, producer Sally George, tell the … Continue reading
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Team Up to Make a Baby Mama by Brad Balfour Tina Fey and Amy Poehler — Saturday Night Live veterans and sketch comedy masters — are poised to challenge producer/writer/director Judd Apatow’s hegemony on R-rated comedy. They are the stars of Baby Mama, the opening night film for the 2008 Annual Tribeca Film Festival … Continue reading
Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet Aren’t Joking Around in Funny Games by Brad Balfour Ten years ago, German director Michael Haneke created a harrowing, near-psychotic film, Funny Games, about two young men – Paul and Peter – who force a couple and their son in their vacation cabin to play sadistic “games” with fatal results. A critique … Continue reading
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