Tag: HollywoodNews
‘We got that bad guy and took him down!’ Jaclyn Smith on the fun, friendship and frustration of Charlie’s Angels | Television
For a TV show that only ran for five years, Charlie’s Angels packs a punch like a bikini-wearing big-hair-flicking private investigator. “We never th [...]
‘I’m bringing together women who nourish me’: French film-maker Alice Diop on her debut installation | Installation
Alice Diop has just returned to France from California when we speak. It’s a Zoom meeting with a bad connection, and Diop leans close to the camera, [...]
‘It’s OK to love somebody when they’re not perfect’: how John Cena conquered Hollywood – and why he refuses to abandon Vince McMahon | Film
I must admit, I was apprehensive about meeting John Cena. The WWE wrestler turned actor has built an enviable Hollywood career playing idiots – capab [...]
‘I look at the footage to convince myself that you were alive’: how Ross McElwee made a film about unimaginable loss, grief and guilt | Film
Ross McElwee is the film-maker who spun home movies into art, framing himself and his friends and his son Adrian. The director used to film Adrian fo [...]
‘It’s radical to release a film called Girls Like Girls in this climate’: hitmaker turned director Hayley Kiyoko on sexuality, safety and becoming ‘Lesbian Jesus’ | Film
A lot of Hayley Kiyoko’s teenage summers were spent waiting, bored and pining, as she sat at the computer willing her crush to message her back on AO [...]
How Bassam Tariq pivoted from stalled Blade reboot to up-to-date Mahershala Ali thriller: ‘I’m happier I made this movie’ | Thrillers
Mahershala Ali is swinging around a blade in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. That’s not a nod to Ali’s previous attachment to Marvel’s Blade. It [...]
‘It’s frustrating to see immoral videos do so well’: how YouTube sensation Half-Asleep Chris sent a rollercoaster to space and made Bella the cat a star | Culture
Chris Burton is getting ready to redecorate his house. The first reason for this is quite depressed. His beloved cat Bella died recently, aged 17, an [...]
My dad was a monster! Sara Karloff on reviving Frankenstein, 95 years on | Film
Once seen, never forgotten – the 1931 Frankenstein is 95 years elderly, but still one of the most instantly recognisable of classic horrors. Whether [...]
‘I get lost going to the bathroom’: John Hannah on world travel, stealing props and being ‘the Scottish Eminem’ | Film
How often do you get asked to recite that WH Auden poem from Four Weddings and a Funeral, and can you do it from memory right now? mattyjj and simoit [...]
‘Resident Evil movies? I’ve never seen one’: Weapons director Zach Cregger on resurrecting the beloved zombie franchise | Horror films
When Barbarian, Zach Cregger’s debut film as a solo writer-director, came out in 2022, it was a huge success, creating a buzz among horror connoisseu [...]