Joey Batey & Lenny Henry Discuss Opening Sequence
After the successful reception of Netflix’s 2019 fantasy series The Witcher, a new prequel adaptation, The Witcher: Blood Origin, is taking fans back to the beginning. Set 1200 years prior to Geralt of Rivia’s (Henry Cavill) monster-slaying, Blood Origin takes…
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Armageddon Time Director James Gray and Stars Banks Repeta and Jaylin Webb on the End of the World
"Every generation thinks it's the end of the world," sang Jeff Tweedy in the Wilco song You Never Know. There's always a newfound tiny apocalypse for people to fear, and occasionally it's even justified. In many ways, the world actually…
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His Dark Materials Producers on Season 3 & Continuing the Story
[Editor’s note: The following contains some spoilers for Season 3 of His Dark Materials.] The eight-episode third and final season of the HBO series His Dark Materials, based on author Philip Pullman’s The Amber Spyglass, follows Lyra (Dafne Keen) and…
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Creator Abe Sylvia & Georgette Jones on Telling the Truth
The Showtime series George & Tammy explores the complicated relationship of country music power couple George Jones (Oscar nominee Michael Shannon) and Tammy Wynette (Academy Award-winner Jessica Chastain), whose love story was troubled while their music was iconic. The “First…
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I Float Too With the IT Mini Series Cast in Manchester
Brandon Crane, Adam Faraizi, Ben Heller and Marlon Taylor from the original IT mini-series starring Tim Curry joined me last Friday ahead of the For the Love of Horror convention in Manchester this weekend. We spoke all about Manchester, phobias,…
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Women Talking Cast Discusses the Film’s Portrayal of Mental Health
Based on the novel by Miriam Toews, Sarah Polley’s breathtaking film Women Talking centers on a group of Mennonite women who must decide what to do after the shocking realization that the men of their colony have been taking advantage…
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The Lair Director Neil Marshall and Star Charlotte Kirk on Collaborating as a Couple
The Lair has a tremendous premise — in the 1980s, when Soviet troops were invading Afghanistan and fighting the Mujahideen, they set up a military bunker that doubled as a scientific outpost. When Gorbachev withdrew forces in the late '80s,…
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Gossip Girl Cast Discuss Throuple Dynamics and Challenges in Season 2
[Editor's note: The following contains some spoilers for Season 2 of Gossip Girl.]Developed by showrunner Josh Safran (a writer and executive producer on the original series), Season 2 of the HBO Max original series Gossip Girl has seen more drama,…
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Nafessa Williams Talks I Wanna Dance With Somebody & Whitney Houston
Sony’s biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, stars Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker) as the multi-Grammy Award-winning powerhouse, Whitney Houston. The film will chronicle Houston’s emotional launch to fame and depict all the decades…
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Saw Star Tobin Bell Tells Us All To Cherish Our Lives
Tobin Bell joined me to discuss Saw movies, movie props and Manchester United football club. Tobin has been on my list of people to meet for many, many years and on the press day we were only scheduled to interview…
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His Dark Materials’ Dafne Keen on Season 3 Character Arcs & Final Scenes
[Editor’s note: The following contains some spoilers for Season 3 of His Dark Materials.] The eight-episode third and final season of the HBO series His Dark Materials, based on author Philip Pullman’s The Amber Spyglass, follows Lyra (Dafne Keen) and…
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Veteran Producer Christina Sibul Talks New Movies Monica and Butter & Her ‘Accidental’ Film Career
"I didn't make a conscious decision to do film," Christina Sibul said in our Zoom call of how she initially became involved in the movie-making industry. It was actually her boyfriend at the time, who, in a way, kick-started her…
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