Judd Apatow has become the face of modern comedy films.  Whether it’s as director, writer, producer or all three, he’s the brains behind the operation. His latest is the upcoming romantic comedy The Five-Year Engagement, directed by Nicholas Stoller, the man behind Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him to the Greek (also movies of the Apatow universe). We recently had the chance to talk to Apatow and Stoller about the hallmarks of a successful comedy, as well as casting what feels like most of NBC’s Thursday night lineup in the film. Check out our interview below.

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With a cast that includes Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games), Dane Cook (My Best Friends Girl) and Spencer Locke (Resident Evil), Detention guides moviegoers through an complex maze of plot twists, onscreen graphics and a soundtrack of pop hits from the last two decades. In a recent interview director Joseph Kahn and Cook talked about making a movie for today’s media savvy kids. Check out our interview below (and be sure to read our review of Detention, and listen to us hash it out during our podcast).

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Who are Chris Diamantopoulos and Will Sasso, you ask? The two funnymen (Diamantopolous has appeared in 24 and Up All Night; Sasso used to be on MadTV and does voice acting for Family Guy) play Moe and Curly, respectively, in the Farrelly brothers’ big-screen adaptation The Three Stooges, opposite Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) as Larry.  ScreenCrave recently spoke with Diamantopoulos and Sasso about bringing the beloved slapstick characters to life in the new film, as well as their love for the Stooges trio. Check out our interview below!

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Filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau once again take on a terrifying topic in Silent House, a psychological horror film based on writer/director Gustavo Hernandez’ 2010 La Casa Muda, which premiered at Sundance in 2011. Kentis and Lau are best known for their thrilling stranded-at-sea film Open Water, which also premiered at Sundance in 2004. While the challenges between Open Water and Silent House may be different, one thing is for sure – this duo loves a challenge. Their latest is shot in one continuous take, following up-and-coming actress Elizabeth Olsen during 88 minutes of thrilling real time. I got the chance to sit and talk to the couple about the challenges of shooting in real time, casting Lizzie Olsen, and how easy it is to make a movie these days.

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Danny DeVito is one of those actors who’ll entertain you, your grandpa, and the 5-year-old in your family. Whether he’s playing the delusional Frank Reynolds on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia“, or voicing some cute animated character, he’ll be sure to entertain just about anyone. That’s what happens when you’ve been making movies for over four decades. In his latest, Mr. DeVito takes on Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. We recently got the chance to speak with him about voicing the incredibly cute, wise and fluffy Lorax, the environmental message behind the movie, and the future of Frank Reynolds. Find out what he had to say below…

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Ed Helms never imagined that one day he would be inside a booth, voicing a character from one of his favorite childhood books, “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss. In a recent interview with the actor, he told us that he would have been satisfied just playing one of those cute, bear-like barbaloots, and that he was completely ‘blown away’ when he was offered the part of the Once-ler in Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. He also talked about some of his voicing techniques, and gave us his opinion on the movie’s environmental message. Check out what he had to say below…

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Kristen Bell can relate to her character in the new Ken Kwapis film Big Miracle. In this true tale about ‘Operation Breakthrough,’ in which three gray whales were trapped and then freed from the ice in Alaska, Bell  plays a young journalist in search of the story that will make her career. Bell, who rose to fame when she starred on the hit TV show “Veronica Mars,” knows competition. Sure, she’s starred in a bunch of movies, and was even able to get on another show with Don Cheadle (“House of Lies”), but she’s aware that there’s always someone out waiting to take her job. We recently spoke to the actress, and she shared all sort of things. Did you know her dad was a newscaster? She told us that’s the reason she speaks in soundbites. See what else Kristen Bell had to say about working on Big Miracle below.

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John Krasinski and Drew Barrymore are two of the most charming people in Hollywood, and to top it off, they star in a new film about whales. Who doesn’t love whales? In Ken Kwapis‘ Big Miracle, Krasinski plays Adam Carlson, a small town news reporter, and Barrymore plays Rachel Kramer, an outspoken Animal lover based on real life Greenpeace advocate Cindy Lowry.  In the film, Adam and Rachel work together to help a family of gray whales trapped underneath the Alaskan ice.

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The man behind the CGI curtain, reveals a new side to his filmmaking — director Roland Emmerich, known for his amazing special effects, is soon to be thought of for his heart and knowledge of Shakespeare. Anonymous, his up and coming film is a sexy way of giving people a possible history lesson, that somehow manages to also hold a great deal of meaning.

He took his time making this film, earning his stripes as a director over the past decades with numerous big budget hits. This is a risky film in a number of ways, one that I’m sure needed convincing, but something that Emmerich has quite obviously wanted to make for some time and believed in. He was right to take his time, because in doing so he was able to make this film in the right way, get the right script, with the right cast, be in a position to make bold calls and have people listen, and in the end, he was able to deliver the right message.

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