It’s my personal belief that Aquaman gets a bad rap. While he’s not one of my favorite superheroes by any means, I don’t think he deserves all of the jokes made about him and the sad cameos in shows like “Family Guy.” That popular McSweeney’s article (“Aquaman, King Of The Seven Seas, Has Fucking Had [...]

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Last month, I had the chance to chat with Marcus Hearn, the archive consultant for Hammer Films. As any true cinephile can tell you, Hammer is one of the most famous British film studios, and was the company that kick-started the careers of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing with its line of wild horror movies. [...]

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When I interviewed David Gordon Green about “The Sitter” last week, I also got some updates on a few other projects he’s been working — including a remake of Dario Argento’s super-weird 1977 horror film “Suspiria.” Here’s an excerpt from the post that went up on IFC.com yesterday: Asked why he’s had to adjust his [...]

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“The Sitter” hits theaters today, and I spoke to the film’s director, David Gordon Green, for IFC. Green was also the director of “Pineapple Express” and “Your Highness,” so I was fairly sure going into the interview that we were speaking the same language, more or less. My suspicions were confirmed when Green got on [...]

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Earlier this week, I interviewed Jason Segel about “The Muppets,” which he co-wrote with Nicholas Stoller. As I’ve mentioned many times already, I really enjoyed the film, and it definitely pressed all the right nostalgic buttons for me. When I was talking to Segel about the film and his early memories of the Muppets, I [...]

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So I kicked off the Halloween weekend by calling John Carpenter… Honestly, I think that one of the main reasons I interviewed Carpenter last night was so that I could talk about “that time I interviewed John Carpenter on Halloween weekend.” Still, the interview was also a way to promote his appearance at this weekend’s [...]

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“Captain America: The First Avenger” hits DVD and Blu-Ray next week, so I got on the phone with the film’s screenwriters yesterday to talk about the movie, as well as the new “Avengers” trailer and their upcoming “Captain America” sequel. This is the second or third time I’ve interviewed Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and [...]

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