 | | Genre Spotlight: Fly Me To The Moon |  | Moon movies that leave humanity in their wake. The BBC gave a good indication of just how much the Japanese revere the moon when it reported in 2008 that the country had “marveled at stunning HD movies of the moon's surface sent from a Japanese space probe”. Hysteria... more |
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|  | | Moonstruck | | | DUNCAN JONES talks about his feature film debut, the acclaimed indie science fiction thriller MOON. Tell us about the making of the film... DUNCAN JONES: I think those films that can properly be classified as indie sci-fi... more |
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 | | The Final Destination | | | The latest in the successful teen horror franchise not only considerably ups the bodycount but adds a new dimension in terror – 3-D. The creative and elaborate death scene in a horror film is usually the standout set piece – protracted in its execution and with a... more |
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|  | | Word on the Wire | | | .: The Wire Special Feature :. The Peabody Award-winning drama series THE WIRE launches its ten-episode fifth and final season on DVD on Februar y 3. Executive producers DAVID SIMON and NINA KOSTROFF NOBLE share their thoughts on the season. Now that THE... more |
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 | | The Perfect Getaway | | | Co-writer and star VINCE VAUGHN reunites with his Swingers buddy Jon Favreau for the new relationship comedy COUPLES RETREAT. How did Couples Retreat come together?
VINCE VAUGHN: I make movies for people to enjoy, and I thought it would be fun to... more |
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|  | | Summer Lovers | | | Director Marc Webb brings a point of difference to the boy meets girl romantic comedy in (500) DAYS OF SUMMER. You got your start in music videos but were you always interested in feature films? MARC WEBB: : I was always really interested in movies.... more |
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 | | SAW VI | | | Putting the pieces together with star Costas Mandylor. In 2003, actor Costas Mandylor had an unconventional introduction to the Saw franchise, bumping into creators and fellow Aussies James Wan and Leigh Whannell while walking through the front door of a production... more |
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|  | | Finding the real Paradise Falls - with Adrian Warren | | | Documentary-maker Adrian Warren led a team of Pixar animators on a research trip to South America, to scout locations for UP. How did you get involved with Pixar and the movie, UP? ADRIAN WARREN: Back in 2005, I received an email from the director of UP, Pete... more |
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 | | Funny People | | | Director Judd Apatow and superstar Adam Sandler are a match made in comedy heaven. The pair talk to STACK about their longtime friendship, the good old days of stand-up, and their collaboration on the hit movie whose title best describes them both.
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|  | | Ponyo! Go Ponyo! | | | Prepare to be spirited away by the latest gem in a treasure trove of rich offerings from the celebrated Studio Ghibli. It's hard to believe it's been 14 years since Hayao Miyazaki founded Studio Ghibli, just after releasing their landmark epic, Nausicaä of... more |
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 | | District 9 | | | .: Neill Blomkamp, director of the sci-fi smash District 9, on working with Peter Jackson and how a little can be made to go a long way. :. How did Peter Jackson get involved in the project? NEILL BLOMKAMP: In 2006, my agent sent all of my stuff to... more |
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|  | | Genre Spotlight: Going on a Summer Holiday... | | | When getting away gets all messed up. Six weeks is a long time when you’re a teenager. Figures released mid-December by Visit England from the UK Tourism Survey suggest that due to the ‘staycation’ (holidaying at home) phenomenon brought on by the economic crisis,... more |
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 | | 2009 Round-Up | | | STACK presents the essential shorthand guide to the year’s best film and TV. There’s something here for everyone: the best of 2009's action movies, thrillers, dramas, comedies, chick flicks and horror films; what kept us glued to the telly; plus a whole bunch more... more |
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|  | | Genre Spotlight: Christmas... | | | ... Wasn't it meant to be easy? More than ever the Christmas spirit is an elusive, even ethereal concept that can’t be found at the bottom of a stocking. Crotchety Christmas crooner Bing Crosby once quipped that “Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings,... more |
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 | | Reich Man for the Job | | | Quentin Tarantino knew straight away that actor Christoph Waltz was the man he wanted for his latest project, Inglourious Basterds. For years, Christoph Waltz had wondered what, exactly, it would be like to work with Quentin Tarantino. He had admired the director... more |
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|  | | Salvation Army: Christian Bale and McG reboot Terminator | | Terminator Salvation Feature
If you had read the news on February 2 this year you’d know that Terminator Salvation star Christian Bale has a thermonuclear temper to rival even his considerable acting chops. Bale gave a merciless tongue lashing to Shane... more |
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 | | Moon Bloodgood | | Terminator Salvation Interview
Q: Prior to being cast as 'Blair Williams' were you a Terminator
fan? MOON BLOODGOOD: I was a huge, huge fan. In fact, when I got the call, I went into fan mode. I thought, “Oh, no - what are you gonna do with... more |
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|  | | Great Performance: Georges Babluani | | | The Movie: 13 Tzameti By lack of definition does the key character played by Georges Babluani materialise in the awesome 13 Tzameti. Cast as Sebastian, Babluani, the younger brother of the film’s writer-director Géla... more |
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 | | Banking on Hell | | | Filmmaker Sam Raimi talks about his newest movie Drag Me to Hell. Sam Raimi has devoted much of this decade to realising on the big screen the behemoth that is Spider-man. The director of the classic Evil Dead trilogy, one of the greatest modern movie cults,... more |
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|  | | Westside Story | | | .: Interview with Transformers and Cedar Boys actress, Rachael Taylor :. Cedar Boys is the brooding tale of Lebanese-Australian life and misadventure in urban Sydney, that didn’t open to violence in cinemas early this year, as its well publicised spiritual running... more |
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