Drew speaks to the scriptwriter behind The Last Starfighter If you’re a hipster music fan you never prefer the huge, popular song by a great band. You like the small,

Continue readingJonathan Betuel, writer/director of My Science Project

I just want to see what the world thinks of it, I’m kind of holding my breath right now waiting for that reaction and then I’ll probably go sit on a beach for a while and decompress. … Continue readingLeigh Whannell talks The Invisible Man

While Hollywood executives were wringing their hands about making their movies appeal to all four quadrants, apparently staunch in their belief that female comedies would never sell, Feig realised something it seemed to take them forever to catch up on. Women can be very, very funny. … Continue readingDirector Paul Feig talks Last Christmas

While T shirts with logos, designs and characters from Star Wars, Hello Kitty, The Avengers and all the other giant comic/toy/movie/blockbuster brands are a dime a dozen, who the heck are Lao Che Air Freight, Frog Comics Santa Carla, Camp Crystal Lake, Tyrell Corp, Plainview and Son Oil Corp, Abe Froman and The Paper Street Soap Company? … Continue readingHeading for Nowhere

On the 15th anniversary of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Drew speaks to writer/director Kerry Conran. Think of the technological advancements we’ve seen in moviemaking in the 125

Continue readingHow Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Changed the World

Where do Gen X nostalgia and a new paradigm in documentary funding meet? With the new film In Search of Darkness, a look about 80s horror that asks the people

Continue readingDirector David Weiner talks In Search of Darkness

Writing a book is like getting to direct a movie on paper. You get to do all the special effects, cast all the roles, dress all the sets and do it all yourself with no limitations. It’s really freeing for a writer. Screenwriting is much more restrictive if you actually plan to produce the screenplay. I love getting to make movies, but books will always be my first love. … Continue readingErnest Cline talks Ready Player One

When I first saw the movie I caught a glimpse in the race scene of a marquee that says, ‘Jack Slater in …’, a Last Action Hero reference [Schwarzenegger’s character in the film] that I had no idea about. I don’t think Steven did either. I saw the finished movie and I couldn’t believe they got it past because I’d seen every shot, so I just never caught it. … Continue readingScreenwriter Zak Penn talks Ready Player One