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Exclusive Interview – Director Brian A. Metcalf on Adverse starring Mickey Rourke

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Adverse is the latest film from Asian-American film maker Brian A Metcalf. This gritty LA crime thriller combines a slow burn narrative, with stripped back locations and an understated performance from Mickey Rourke. Simmering with powder keg intensity and primed to ignite, Adverse is propulsive indie fare well worth the investment. Writer, director, producer and […]

Exclusive Interview – LEGO Masters Season 2 Judge Amy Corbett

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Tai Freligh interviews LEGO Masters judge Amy Corbett… Amy Corbett is a Senior Design Manager at The LEGO Company, where she drives the development of brand-new product lines, bringing new groups of people of all skill levels into the world of LEGO.  She is also one of the judges on the U.S. version of the […]

Exclusive Interview – LEGO Masters Season 2 Judge Jamie Berard

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Tai Freligh chats with LEGO Masters judge Jamie Berard… Jamie Berard is a Senior Design Manager and Creative Lead at The LEGO Company where he is responsible for working on the LEGO Architecture and LEGO Ideas lines as well as a variety of products for adults, teens and super fans. He is a life-long LEGO […]

Exclusive Interview – Oscar-nominated editor Frederic Thoraval discusses Promising Young Woman

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Martin Carr chats with Promising Young Woman editor Frederic Thoraval… Frederic Thoraval is the Oscar nominated editor of Promising Young Woman. A film which is provocative, contentious and offers no apologises. Sharply written, precisely constructed and wearing its agenda with pride, this film should be mandatory viewing. It is starkly prescient, savagely insightful and never […]

Exclusive Interview – Writer-director Drew V. Marke on her feature debut Get Luke Lowe

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Drew V. Marke’s latest feature, Get Luke Lowe, is a dark comedy/crime drama about two young women who abduct a far-right online troll in an act of vengeance, but things don’t exactly go as planned. The film stars Emma McDonald (The Picture of Dorian Gray), May Kelly (Graphic Designs) and Barney Jones (Times & Measures). […]

Exclusive Interview – Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) on Zack Snyder’s Justice League and early inspirations

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EJ Moreno chats with composer Tom Holkenborg about his work on Zack Snyder’s Justice League… Tom Holkenborg, or known to many as Junkie XL, sat down with me for an exclusive interview. During the conversation, Holkenborg discusses film scores that inspired him, what it’s like working with Zack Snyder, and which of the Justice League […]

Watch an exclusive clip from Anders Refn’s World War II drama Into the Darkness

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Thanks to Samuel Goldwyn Films, we’ve got an exclusive clip from Into the Darkness, the new World War II drama from veteran Danish filmmaker Anders Refn, which explores the disintegration of a family unit amid Denmark’s slow side into fascism under the shadow of the Third Reich. Check it out below… Through a family and […]

Exclusive Interview – The Djinn composer Matthew James discusses his 80s inspired score

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When it comes to the horror genre, IFC Midnight very rarely disappoints. The distributor, owned by AMC Networks, is behind such notable titles as The Wretched, The Human Centipede and The Babadook to name a few. In their latest film, The Djinn, the trope, “Be careful what you wish for” has never been more pertinent. […]

Exclusive Interview – The Djinn directors Justin Powell & David Charbonier on early horror inspirations

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The Djinn directors Justin Powell & David Charbonier join EJ Moreno for a chat about their new horror film… Crafting horror with a young actor at the center of it is genuinely challenging. There’s plenty of examples, but not many of them being successful. The Djinn falls into the success camp as the latest film […]