Interviews from Afghan Luke

Afghan Luke tells the story of a journalist (Nick Stahl) who journeys to Afghanistan unravel a conspiracy involving Canadian snipers. The satirical drama hails from director Mike Clattenburg (Canadian television hit Trailer Park Boys) who co-produces with Barrie Dunn and Michael Volpe. Critizice This! interviewed Clattenburg and Dunn about the film, but if prefer your interviews with actors and on video, here are a couple from Press+1:

Vik Sahay (Chuck) and Stephen Lobo

Nicolas Wright and Steve Cochrane

Afghan Luke arrives May 15th.

Spooky Buddies Interviews: Director and Stars

Trailer Addict has posted a few video interviews from the latest entry in the Buddies saga, Spooky Buddies.  Following Air Buddies, Snow Buddies, Space Buddies, Santa Buddies, and The Search for Santa Paws—themselves offshoots of the four Air Bud sequels—Spooky Buddies serves as the Halloween-themed entry in the series.  Interviews with director Robert Vince, veteran character actor Rance Howard, and comedian Harland Williams illuminate the characters and some of what it’s like to work with puppies:

Harland Williams Interview

Robert Vince Interview

Rance Howard Interview

Sexting Interviews: Jason Lewis, Carly Pope

Moviefone has an interview with the leads of Sexting (nee Textuality), Jason Lewis (Sex and the City) and Carly Pope (S.W.A.T.: Firefight).  In the film, they play a burgeoning couple navigating the waters of modern, technology-laden relationships.  In the interview, Pope talks about how art helped inform her character, Lewis talks about the role of technology in the film, and they both discuss the part mobile devices play in their own lives.

Sexting, which also stars Eric McCormick, is available now.

Bloodrayne: The Third Reich Interviews: Uwe Boll and Natassia Malthe

With the recent release of Bloodrayne: The Third Reich, it’s time to hear once again from the filmmaker critics love to hate, Uwe Boll.  FEARnet has an exclusive interview with the director, in which he talks about the evolution of the Bloodrayne franchise, his response to criticism, and working with Rayne herself, Natassia Malthe.

FEARnet also has an interview with Malthe, in which she discusses how her dance background prepared her for stuntwork and the difficulties of filming a lesbian love scene (Uwe gives his version in his interview).

Fangoria also interviews Malthe, with the added benefit of the interviewer being one of the critics Boll famously boxed in 2006.

Bloodrayne: The Third Reich also stars Michael Pare and Clint Howard.  It’s available now on Blu-ray and DVD.

Forget Me Not Interviews: Writers, Director, Stars

FEARnet did a couple of exclusive interviews with the writers, director, and stars of Forget Me Not back in ’09 when it premiered at Screamfest.  The film, just now coming out straight-to-DVD, centers on a vengeful spirit that attacks a small town during graduation weekend.  FEARnet interviewed co-writer/director Tyler Oliver and co-writer Jamieson Stern, who discussed the origins of the story and their working relationship.  They also interview the leads, Carly Schroeder (Firewall, Mean Creek) and Micah Alberti (American Pie Presents Band Camp), who discuss getting their roles and cast bonding.

Stern has since gone on to co-write High School, a direct-to-video title with Snoop Dogg due next year.  Schroeder will appear in the thriller Creeper alongside Wes Bentley, Christian Slater, and Stephen Dorff later this year.

Getting High Interviews: People Who Showed Up at the Premiere

Russ Russo with IFQTV has a bunch of video interviews with folks peripherally related to Getting High which, at the time of the interviews—the premiere in fact—was called 5up 2down.  He interviews an unidentified actor who appears in the film and knows the people on whom the druggy drama’s characters are based (beware, here be spoilers).  He also interviews Dean Winters (Liz’s ex on 30 Rock) who is not in the film but showed up at the premiere to “represent.”  Actress Heather Leonard, also not in the film, is interviewed.  Also, he interviews someone identified only as “my man Sean.” You can see all the interviews here.

Getting High, which stars Kirk Acevedo, Isaach De Bankolé, and Andre Royo, is available now.

Here’s the Dean Winters interview, which is the most fun of the bunch.

Here’s the NSFW trailer.

Steve Austin Said Knock You Out

In Knockout, Steve Austin plays Mr. Miagi to a kid who’s being bullied and learns to box to defend himself.  MovieWeb has an excellent interview with the writer, Evan Jacobs, who is candid about his goals for the script, the challenges of changing it from the original concept (the boy in question used to be autistic), and the possibly misleading marketing tack the distributor is taking.  Read the interview.

Knockout arrives on DVD and Blu-ray April 26th.

Blood Out Interviews: Writer/Director Jason Hewitt

Blood Out stars Luke Goss as a sheriff out for revenge against the gangsters that killed his brother.  The film was written, produced, and directed by web pioneer Jason Hewitt, who put together the first live simulcast on the web from multiple locations.  It’s Just Movies’ Amanda Koehler has an interview with Hewitt, who talks about how the project came together.  The Royce D’Orazio Show also has an interview, which you can hear as a podcast.  D’Orazio talks to Hewitt a little about the movie and more about his past on the internet with some net neutrality and future of content talk as well.

Blood Out also stars Vinnie Jones, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Val Kilmer, AnnaLynne McCord, and Tamer Hassan.  It’s available on pay-per-view now and on DVD and Blu-ray April 26th.

Two Big I Am Interviews with Producer/Actor Robert Fucilla

The Big I Am tells the story of a crime world underling who suddenly gets put in charge of the family.  It’s the producing debut of Robert Fucilla (Bonded by Blood, Shank) who also acts in the film.  In this interview with Screen Jabber, Fucilla discusses the notoriously disaster-laden shoot, the pressures of being a producer, and his entree into the world of acting.  If you’d like to hear his voice, he discusses a lot of the same stuff (in more detail) in this interview from the Chris and Phil Present podcast.  Interview starts at about the halfway mark.

The Big I Am also stars Leo Gregory, Vincent Regan, Michael Madsen, Steven Berkoff, and Paul Kaye.  It’s available now.

Trailer is NSFW.

All Star Superman Interview: Director Sam Liu

Crave has an interview with Sam Liu, director of All Star Superman, which is available now.  Liu also directed Superman/Batman: Public Enemies and the upcoming Batman: Year One, which he discusses in the interview.  He also talks about what was left out of the movie from the original comic and discusses a  bit about the ending (in a way that doesn’t sound too spoilery, but reader beware).  The animated film features the voice talents of Christina Hendricks, Linda Cardellini, Anthony LaPaglia, Alexis Denisof, Arnold Vosloo, Edward Asner, Frances Conroy, Michael Gough, Matthew Gray Gubler, and James Denton as the Man of Steel.

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