Friday, November 13, 2009 1:36PM - By Kara
We have quite the coverage this week. We literally have interviews and reviews for every movie coming out from Roland Emmerich’s 2012 to Women in Trouble. Then there is the more family friendly, but still fun for the adults, Fantastic Mr. Fox by Wes Anderson. Pirate Radio is the a comedy with an all-star cast about the radio stations in the 60’s that set up shop off the British coast. There are quite a couple of indie movies coming out this week, but they’re definitely worth checking to see if they are playing near you.
Check out all the movies hitting theaters this week with reviews and interviews…
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Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:00PM - By Andrew Payne
Rock ‘N’ Roll hits the high seas this week as Pirate Radio debuts in theaters from Love Actually and Four Weddings & A Funeral creator Richard Curtis. His latest film will storm the airwaves and movie screens with its unique blend of comedy, history, and some of the best music ever made. This could have been one the most entertaining musical/radio infused films produced, if it wasn’t for its muddled delivery. Find out what went right and what went wrong when we boarded Pirate Radio.
Check out our review…
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009 1:08PM - By Mali Elfman
A short while ago in London, I had the privilege of sitting down, one on one with possibly one of the nicest and more accessible actors you’ll ever meet, Nick Frost for his latest film Pirate Radio. Aside from Frost’s great comedic ability, what many people love about him is how both he and SimonPegg communicate with their fans. They aren’t stars, they are movie makers who enjoy making audiences laugh and don’t remove themselves from the the people who love their films. As he says in the interview “if someone twitters me, yeah I’ll twitter them back!”
In a rather relaxed interview style, Frost decided to go ahead a lay down in our interview while we talked about Tintin, reaching out to fans, and competeing with the other great actors in the film for the best line. It was only later that I realized that lying down might not have been the best pose for the camera, but if you’re up for hanging out with Frost for 7 minutes and talking about film, watch the video below…
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Monday, October 19, 2009 7:10AM - By Mali Elfman
As you should know, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, is breaking new ground in as many ways possible. Two of the biggest directors around, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have teamed up to co-direct the live animation adaptation of the comic. According to Nick Frost, both directors took part in the film equally although Spielberg was on set and Jackson mainly directed via iChat and a loud PA system that rang out over the set.
Simon Pegg and Frost were cast as the two Thompson twins in the film, (Pegg gets to be Thompson, since he is ‘P’egg) which was filmed in Santa Monica, California back in February. The film is currently in post-production and won’t be released until December of 2011 mainly due to all the special effects that will have to be rendered.
Nick Frost, in his rather easy-going way, filled us in earlier today at the Pirate Radio (formerly known as The Boat that Rocked) junket in London on some of the details of shooting such a technically advanced film, some of the equipment involved, and of course, how it was working with two of the biggest directors of all time at once.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 4:27PM - By Krystal Clark
The upcoming Greg Motolla comedy Paul will be a must see for next year. The film is led by frequent collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who are supported by the likes of Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, and Jane Lynch. If that’s not a winning combination, I don’t know what is. Over at Collider they’ve posted the first real image of Pegg and Frost in character from the film, and for the actors it looks like the production was a hair-raising experience.
Check out the first photo from Paul…
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Friday, July 10, 2009 12:32PM - By Mali Elfman
We posted the introduction and the first video diary by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost on the set of their film Paul a few weeks ago and now finally get an update! In this blog, Pegg and Frost basically introduce the actors, director, and give us a little bit of insight on the story. The guys do seem a bit less perky than in the first two videos. Hopefully the New Mexico heat is getting to them, but if it does, that might make for some interesting video blogs, don’t you think?
The film is being directed by the comedy master Greg Mottola (Superbad, Adventureland) and stars Bill Hader, Sigourney Weaver, Jason Bateman, Blythe Danner, Jane Lynch (who recently talked with us about shooting the film ir our interview with her for Post-Grad) and Seth Rogen — all of which can be seen in their latest video.
Check out it out below…
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Saturday, June 27, 2009 5:14PM - By Kara
The latest film by Richard Curtis (Love, Actually), The Boat That Rocked, has been picked up by Focus Features for distribution in the United States. The movie is about the colorful DJs of a pirate radio station, that plays nothing but rock music, operating on a tanker off the coast of the U.K. The movie has a really solid cast, staring Nick Frost, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, and Rhys Ifans.
The movie seems like it would be a slam dunk, but the reviews over in the U.K. have been less than stellar. Apparently, the biggest problem is the length of the film. In effort to salvage the movie before the U.S release date, Focus has decided to edit the 129 minute movie to make it shorter. The Boat That Rocked was originally supposed to hit U.S. theaters on August 28, but it has been pushed back to November. Focus president James Schamus stated, “It will be a shorter, leaner version…We think it is a real crowd-pleaser. We love a challenge, and we love working with Working Title.” Continue Reading
Friday, June 26, 2009 9:59AM - By Mali Elfman
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s upcoming comedy Paul, which is being directed by the comedy master Greg Mottola (Superbad, Adventureland) has finally started shooting in New Mexico with Bill Hader, Sigourney Weaver, Jason Bateman, Blythe Danner, Jane Lynch and Seth Rogen (who plays the alien voice of Paul and probably won’t be on set much).
Pegg and Frost have decided to take their mini-cameras with them and film some behind the scenes blogs for fans to enjoy. The first of which is an intro and then Joe Lo Truglio talks about the set “going green”
Enough with what it’s about, I’ll let Pegg and Frost introduce the series below…
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:33PM - By Adrian G
Attention sci-fi and comedy geeks: be on the lookout Sigourney Weaver in Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s upcoming comedy Paul and just to make it that much better, it sounds like she’ll be joining the cast Alien-style.
It was rumored a whole ago that Weaver was considering the role in the film but, has just been reported that Weaver has signed on to play Tara, a role which will hopefully tap into and reference her character Ripley from the Alien films. Blythe Danner (both Fockers films) and Joe Lo Truglio (“Reno 911″) have also signed on to join the already amazing cast which includes Jane Lynch, Jason Bateman (as a governmental official, presumably out to stop whatever hijinks Frost and Pegg are up to), Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, and Seth Rogen (as the voice of the alien Paul).
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