Interviews

INTERVIEW: New Leading Man Ramon Rodriguez

Details: Category: Interviews; Published: Wednesday, 16 March 2011 08:07; Written by Lupe Haas

Ramon Rodriguez interview

Ramon Rodriguez takes on leading man status in BATTLE: LOS ANGELES alongside Aaron Eckhart and the Puerto Rican-born is set to star as Bosley in the revamp of the tv classic "Charlie's Angel's." The up and coming actor Ramon Rodriguez talks to CineMovie about making it in Hollywood, whether aliens exist and what he learned from Michael Bay about acting in special effect scenes.

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Interview: TAMBIEN LA LLUVIA Director

Details: Category: Interviews; Published: Thursday, 10 February 2011 05:51; Written by Lupe Haas

Director Iciar Bollain's political drama También La Lluvia is up for fourteen Goya Awards, Spain's equivalent of the Academy Awards, and now American audiences will be able to see the must-see Spanish import.

Spanish director Bollain tells CineMovie, Alejandro Gonzales Iñarritu was attached to the project before he left to direct and write the Oscar nominated Biutiful and how she came to the project as well as casting Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal in her first big budget film.

Watch our video interview with the Spanish director.

Movie Clip: Gael Garcia Bernal in También La Lluvia

También La Lluvia's Goya nominations include Best Picture and Best Director for Bollain, and Best Actor for the film's Luis Tosar who will compete with Javier Bardem's performance in Biutiful. Bolivian and first-time actor Karra Elejalde also received a nomination for Best New Actor for his performance as the Indian actor who heads the indigenous uprising in Cochabamba. The Spanish Film Academy will award the Goya winners at Los Premios Goya February 23.

Tambien La Lluvia starring Gael Garcia Bernal

About TAMBIEN LA LLUVIA:
Gael Garcia Bernal is Sebastian, a filmmaker shooting a film in Bolivia about Christopher Columbus landing in South America. Costa (Luis Tobar) is his producer who only cares about coming in on budget and on time. Shooting in Bolivia in the town of Cochabamba with a small budget, they hire local natives as extras and a very vocal Indian named Daniel who is cast in the pivotal role of Hatuey, the historical figure and first Indian leader to be burned on the cross for opposing Christianity.

Trouble brews when the locals rise up against plans to privatize the city's water supply to sell to an American multinational consortium. Daniel leads the fight against the government, organizing rallies and protests which gets him thrown in jail bloodied and bruised. The shoot is compromised if their lead actor is either dead or in jail.

While they can sympathize with the locals, Costa and Sebastian are determined to finish the film despite the growing tension in the city. The conflict becomes more violent and the infamous Bolivian Water War breaks out, which actually occurred in April 2000.

The producer and director are forced to chose between finishing the film or helping out the locals with their fight. Add a comment

Cars 2 Stars Recall Their First Lemon Cars

Details: Category: Interviews; Published: Wednesday, 22 June 2011 10:29; Written by Lupe Haas

Owen Wilson, John Lasseter, Emily Mortimer, Larry the Cable Guy in CARS 2

Lemon cars of the world unite in CARS 2 as villains looking to take down Tow Mater and Lightning McQueen. The CARS 2 stars reveal which of their own cars turned out to be a lemon.

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Chris Weitz Interview: It Would Be A Tragedy If Latinos Don't Support A BETTER LIFE

Details: Category: Interviews; Published: Friday, 24 June 2011 08:45; Written by Lupe Haas

Chris Weitz directs Demian Bichir, Jose Julian in A BETTER LIFE

A BETTER LIFE is not your typical summer blockbuster but director Chris Weitz hopes his passion project will bring in the masses specifically Hispanic Americans.

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INTERVIEW: Michelle Rodriguez Prefers Tough Chick Roles

Details: Category: Interviews; Published: Thursday, 10 March 2011 12:26; Written by Lupe Haas

Don't expect BATTLE: LOS ANGELES star Michelle Rodriguez to play a damsel in distress anytime soon. Michelle tells CineMovie, she will stick to playing strong women roles and leave the eye candy to those who did it well.

Michelle Rodriguez stars in BATTLE: LOS ANGELES as a Marine fighting the aliens on the coast of Los Angeles. Since her film debut as tough girl boxer in Girlfight, Michelle has landed the tough as nails roles in many action films including Resident Evil, The Fast and Furious, S.W.A.T, and most recently in Machete and Avatar. The Puerto Rican and Dominican actress doesn't mind playing the tough-chick roles as she recently told CineMovie's Zay Zay and credits Latina actresses such as Rita Moreno, Rosie Perez and Jennifer Lopez for paving her way to Hollywood.

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Dwayne Johnson On Returning To Action In FASTER

Details: Category: Interviews; Published: Thursday, 18 November 2010 18:24; Written by Lupe Haas

CineMovie's Viviana Vigil sits down with Dwayne Johnson as he returns to the action genre in FASTER alongside Billy Bob Thornton. Dwayne Johnson took a break from the shoot 'em genre to concentrate on family-friendly films (Tooth Fairy, The Game Plan), comedies (Get Smart, The Other Guys) and a dramatic role in Gridiron Gang. In his new film FASTER, Dwayne puts "The Rock" back into his performance as a man out for revenge after a gang kills his brother. Add a comment

Tom Hanks Is Real Summer Superhero Says Cedric The Entertainer

Details: Category: Interviews; Published: Thursday, 30 June 2011 17:38; Written by Lupe Haas

Tom Hanks and Cedric the Entertainer in LARRY CROWNE

Cedric the Entertainer stars with Tom Hanks in LARRY CROWNE, a slice-of-life feel good movie that is up against the summer's onslaught of superhero blockbusters, but according to Cedric, Larry Crowne should be the true hero at the movies. Add a comment

INTERVIEW: Eli Roth on Docu-Horror

Details: Category: Interviews; Published: Friday, 27 August 2010 09:07; Written by Lupe Haas

Hostel director and Inglourious Basterds star Eli Roth dons a producer hat for his new horror flick THE LAST EXORCISM, a pseudo documentary-style shot film he calls a "first person horror experience".

Eli Roth and THE LAST EXORCISM stars Ashley Bell and Patrick Fabian sat down with CineMovie to talk about their new film and why it even scared them after watching it.

MOVIE CLIP: Watch a scary scene from THE LAST EXORCISM

Shot in a documentary-style format reminiscent of The Blair Witch Project, THE LAST EXORCISM creates a sense of realism for the viewer which creates a much more scary experience according to the writer/director of Cabin Fever. In the film, a documentary crew follows Reverend Marcus Cotton as a preacher man who explains to the camera that possessions are psychological and not real. The Reverend (Fabian) has made a career out of faking exorcisms to help people with their mental conditions and he takes the crew on his latest request for an exorcism to prove his theory.

When the possessed teen (Bell) stares into the camera with an eery look, the viewer feels the target of the possession and that is why Eli reveals makes THE LAST EXORCISM unique from other horror films.

Watch the interview for more with Eli and actors Ashley Bell and Patrick Fabian.

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FRIGHT NIGHT Exclusive: Expect Monster Movie Says Anton Yelchin

Details: Category: Interviews; Published: Wednesday, 06 July 2011 21:21; Written by Lupe Haas

Anton Yelchin in FRIGHT NIGHT

FRIGHT NIGHT star Anton Yelchin promises the remake to the 80s classic vampire flick will be a throwback to the Nosferatu blood-sucking monster.

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Movie Review and Clip: Robert Pattinson in Remember Me

Details: Category: Interviews; Published: Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:19; Written by Lupe Haas

In the romantic drama REMEMBER ME, Robert Pattinson (Twilight Saga) plays Tyler, a rebellious young man in New York City who has a strained relationship with his father (former James Bond, Pierce Brosnan) ever since tragedy separated their family. In this clip from REMEMBER ME, Robert Pattinson's Tyler loses his temper with his father during one of his board meetings.

Tyler didn’t think anyone could possibly understand what he was going through until the day he met Ally (Lost's Emilie de Ravin) through an unusual twist of fate. Love was the last thing on his mind, but as her spirit unexpectedly heals and inspires him, he begins to fall for her. Through their love, he begins to find happiness and meaning in his life. Soon, hidden secrets are revealed, tragedy lingers in the air, as the circumstances that brought them together threaten to tear them apart.

Set in the summer of 2001, REMEMBER ME is an unforgettable story about the power of love, the strength of family, and the importance of living passionately and treasuring every day of one’s life.

Remember Me also stars Academy Award® winner Chris Cooper, and Academy Award® nominee Lena Olin.

U.S. release via Summit Entertainment, March 12, 2010. Rated PG-13.