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In addition to scribbling barely comprehensible copy for HeyUGuys, Ben has spent several years working in low budget film. One might imagine this has given him an insight into the production process - instead it has made him bitter, twisted and convinced of his own superiority. His life ambition is to run Disney.
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And now we have Paul Feig, up for awards for his movie, Bridesmaids (see all our BAFTA coverage including the full winners list and other interviews here). ———————- This was a bit of a surprise awards hit. ‘Yeah, who would have thought . When you do comedy you don’t expect this, you just have to [...]
Next we have our interview with the Director of Senna, Asif Kapadia which is up for three awards (see all our BAFTA coverage including the full winners list and other interviews here). ———————– At this stage now, walking up the carpet for BAFTA,did it ever occur to yo, when you began making a movie about [...]
Next up in our Red Carpet interviews, Sarah Smith, writer/director Arthur Christmas. (see all our BAFTA coverage and other interviews here) ——————- Congratulations, it’s an astonishing achievement to be nominated against Steven Spielberg an Gore Certainly. ‘It’s hilarious that it happens to be the year that those two people made movies, but it’s hilarious to [...]
I’m currently sat in the media centre at BAFTA, trying to warm up after spending several hours in the freezing cold. Still, it was all worth it as I managed to snag some great interviews with the nominees and attendees. To make it even more worthwhile, I’ll be posting the interviews as soon as they’re [...]
When it comes to interviewing people in the film industry, there are a great many unwritten rules if you want to be considered professional: Be reasonably respectful and polite, don’t beg for autographs and don’t dribble on yourself. Beyond that it helps to have some idea what to ask, and it’s certainly considered a bit [...]
We’re now only days away from the creepiest and most upsetting movie in years hitting cinemas (our review here). It’s already been well received in the US, where it made back its budget this weekend, and in case you haven’t read our review, we thought it was rather good. Last week we published our premiere [...]
At this week’s second UK premiere* for A Dangerous Method, we spoke to Viggo Mortenson about the attraction of working with David Cronenberg.He explained, “He makes what can sometimes be a very trying or difficult job, or emotionally demanding, he makes easy and fun. He never loses sight of the fact that, after all it’s [...]
It’s been almost a year since we first saw Chris Evans wield The Shield as Captain America, and while small children have spent the interceding months running around with a dis of their own, those of us who have (in theory) grown up have had to make do with a painted bin lid and an [...]
In case you somehow missed it, there’s a new Muppet film coming out early next month, and at HeyUGuys, we’ve gone a little bit Muppet-crazy. On Friday we live-blogged the press conference, where Kermit, Miss Piggy and director James Bobin discussed the film. In the next few days we will be posting a one-to-one interview [...]
Last night saw the UK premiere of This Means War, the spy-action-rom-com-bromance starring Chris Pine, Tom Hardy and Reese Witherspoon, and we braved the cold weather and the gangs of dispossessed posh people marauding around Kensington to cover the event. You may have already seen the clip from the video where McG serenades me. Remarkably [...]
Normally at HeyUGuys, we don’t go in for celebrity culture, we certainly wouldn’t usually run a separate piece based on a red carpet interview with someone not involved with film, but when we spoke to Jimmy Carr at the premiere for The Woman In Black we discovered something very interesting – not only is he [...]
Throughout today we have been running extended versions of our interviews from the premiere of The Woman In Black. One of the most interesting things that came up during those interviews related to Hammer Films plans for the future. During our conversation with Simon Oakes, CEO of the company, he revealed, “We’re going to look [...]
Earlier today we ran our full interviews with Daniel Radcliffe and Ciaran Hinds from the premiere of The Woman In Black. Next up we have extended interviews with director, James Watkins and screenwriter Jane Goldman. During the interviews, Watkins spoke to us about the way audiences have been responding to the film, and his pleasant [...]
Yesterday we promised you longer versions of our interviews from the Woman In Black red carpet. Never say we don’t deliver. First up, we’ve got a full version of our interviews with Daniel Radcliffe and Ciaran Hinds. In this interview, Radcliffe talks about the reaction of the die-hard Harry Potter fans (who spent most of [...]
Last night a chill ran through the South Bank, as the premiere of The Woman In Black took over The Royal Festival Hall. Given how much we enjoyed the movie, it seemed only sensible to head down and grab a few quick interviews with the cast and crew, hopefully managing to steer clear of any [...]
Update – We interview Daniel Radcliffe on his role in The Woman in Black A truly horrific horror film is something of a rarity. The Saw films are gruesome, the Paranormal Activity movies are jumpy and Sam Raimi’s output is schlocky fun, but if you know what to expect from them – or their lower [...]
Those who follow me on Twitter will know I have no love for the current UK government. In fact, I can’t stand almost everyone involved with it, so bare with me while I spit the following sentence through gritted teeth: The new policy announced by David Cameron on Wednesday – to invest Lottery money in [...]
FEATURE From a purely technical standpoint, Arrietty is a masterpiece. Ghibli films are, apparently, exclusively hand-drawn, and while it’s easy to be cynical about such assertions – publicists and animators will often skirt around the use of technology in films when talking to the press – I’m inclined to believe it here. In a culture [...]
Earlier today we had a chance to talk to Oscar-winning producer Jon Landau when he came to town to present some footage from the 3D version of Titanic. We’ll be posting details of that footage later in the week but Landau also spoke about 3D and the future of film. During the presentation he gave [...]
Last night the building site in central London that used to be Leicester Square was restored temporarily to its former glory for the premiere of War Horse. We were there, and managed to have a few very interesting conversations with some of the cast and crew of the movie, including Jeremy Irvine, who spoke about [...]
