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*Alec Baldwin is the voice North in “Rise of the Guardians” and is instrumental in bringing together a crew of immortals to protect children all over the world from the evil spirit Pitch (Jude Law), who is out to steal their dreams and happiness. In an interview with Baldwin, he rose to the occasion and [...]
*James Bond films have always used a number of characters from diverse backgrounds, including Blacks. Bond girl Gloria Hendry, Julius Harris, Geoffrey Holder, Grace Jones, Sebastian Foucan, Isaach De Bankole, are among them. Colin Salmon, who appears in TV’s “Arrow,” was M’s Chief of Staff for three of the movies. Halle Berry was Jinx in [...]
*Before talking to “Beasts of the Southern Wild” stars Quvenzhane Wallis [Nazy] and Dwight Henry, The Film Strip asked its director Benh Zeitlin to explain the concept behind the film since some question the context in which it was made. Is this entertainment, educational, or informative and what do you want audiences to walk away [...]
*Tyler Perry and cast members John Amos, Tom Arnold, Marla Gibbs, Eugene Levy, Romeo Miller, Denise Richards and Doris Roberts were in town recently at the Parker Meridien Hotel in Manhattan to promote “Madea’s Witness Protection.” At the press conference I asked Tyler if Madea learned anything this time around? Laughing, he said, “I don’t [...]
*In “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World” starring Steve Carell, Keira Knightly and Derek Luke, Carell and Knightly seek some sort of solace during the earth’s final days. At the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, The Film Strip asked Carell and Knightly what they thought they might be doing if they [...]
*Sam Worthington and Liam Neeson reprise their roles as Perseus and Zeus, respectively in “Wrath of the Titans,” the follow up to “Clash of the Titans.” A decade after he defeats the Kraken, an enormous and feared monster, Perseus attempts to live a normal life. As a village fisherman, he lives with his 10-year-old son, [...]
*Actor/Comedian Steve Harvey wasn’t acting when he lectured a group of kids at the Disney’s Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey and Essence Magazine’s annual event. He was dead serious because young lives are at stake for children in a cutthroat culture where only the strong minded and educated survive. It was just last week that [...]
*When The Film Strip interviewed Ryan Reynolds for “Safe House,” he had the highest regard for its director Daniel Espinosa. “Daniel is a gifted filmmaker and so insightful. He sort of acts a bit like thug but he’s read every book you can pretty much imagine, he’s seen every film that you could ever think [...]
*Just as you will not find The Film Strip announcing its Top Ten films at year’s end, you will not find any Yay or Nay when it comes to an Award win. Whether it be the Golden Globes or Oscars, the awarding systems are flawed. Golden Globe host, Ricky Gervais, said it best when he [...]
*”Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” is not just a spy story, say its filmmakers. And to adequately tell its tale, director Thomas Alfredson had one person in mind to fill the shoes of its top spy, George Smiley. “We needed some kind of chameleon and we almost gave up and I said, ‘I don’t want to [...]
*Gone are Halle Berry and that whole crew of the first two X-Men installments. “X-Men: First Class,” the prequel, stars Zoe Kravitz (Angel), Edi Gathegi (Darwin), James McAvoy (Charles), Michael Fassbender (Erik), Kevin Bacon (Sebastian), Rose Byrne (Moira), January Jones (Emma) and Lucas Till (Alex). Gathegi caused an uproar among white fans of the “Twilight” [...]
*The bed bugs news report about the prestigious Waldorf Astoria in New York did not scare away the cast of “Morning Glory.” Before getting to the heavy-duty subjects, I asked the renowned action hero Harrison Ford (“Indiana Jones” trilogies, “Star Wars,” “Patriot Games”) if it was more fun playing a hero without the action in [...]
*When I spoke to Michael Douglas earlier this year for his “Solitary Man,” he was in good spirits and with high hopes for his son who, as he said, “had gone off the deep end.” In a recent interview for “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” he was still in a good mood and had high [...]
*Danny Glover (Harry “Red” Newman) did not make it to the press day for “Legendary,” but in a statement he said: “Rarely do you find a situation when you get a chance to work, and do the kind of work you think is transformative. I use the word ‘transformative’ in the sense that whenever a [...]
*It’ rare that I’ve gone to a screening of a film and all the critics there walked away singing the praises of the film. Such was the case with “Get Low” and I asked Bill Murray (Frank Quinn) if he got the sense that they were making a movie that would appeal to so many [...]
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