Casting Call – Spider-Man Tom Bond February 13, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Casting Call, Features Finally, Spider-Man has been saved. After two entries in the cruelly mistitled “Amazing” Spider-Man reboot, the character has been given a new lease of life by the arrival of Marvel. Teaming up with...
Best Films Never Made #23: Orson Welles’ Heart of Darkness Ellen Dwyer January 29, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features "Almost we are persuaded that there is something after all ... something essential waiting for all of us in the dark alleys of the world, aboriginally loathsome, immeasurable and certainly nameless." - Orson...
12 Rounds Special: American Sniper Hugh Blackstaffe January 13, 2015 12 Rounds, Behind The Curtain, Features One Room With A View went another 12 Rounds with Clint Eastwood's go-to master of on-screen war fighting, Sergeant Major James D. Dever USMC (ret.), to get the detail on how he turned Bradley Cooper into the...
Taken 3 – Interview with Olivier Megaton Cameron Ward January 6, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Interview Take me once, shame on you. Take me twice, shame on me. What happens when it happens the third time? We sat down with Taken 3 director Olivier Megaton to talk about the process, the franchise, and what...
Stories from the Set: It’s a Wonderful Life Patrick Taylor December 25, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Features, Stories from the Set In terms of classics, they don’t come much more timeless than Frank Capra’s 1947 seasonal showpiece It’s a Wonderful Life. Starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, the film has been a staple of familial...
Best Films Never Made #22: Dalí & The Marx Brothers’ Giraffes on Horseback Salad Nick Evan-Cook December 17, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 3 Comments How often is it that a pair of the world’s most fêted and adored talents put their minds together to create a film? There are some great examples dotted throughout cinematic history – Ford & Wayne,...
Best Films Never Made #21: Steven Spielberg’s Interstellar Tom Bond November 11, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is without doubt the most ambitious film of 2014. Steven Spielberg’s version might just have been better. If you’ve read anything about Nolan’s space epic in the...
TMNT: The Legend of Yokai – Interviews David Brake October 17, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Features, Interview With the upcoming release of Paramount's new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the studio have commissioned artists from all over the world to produce their own interpretation of the turtles for an online...
The Maze Runner – Interview With Wes Ball Cameron Ward October 7, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Features, Interview Wes Ball recently joined us for a round table interview following the imminent release of his directorial debut, The Maze Runner, adapted from James Dashner's widely celebrated book series. How did...
The Maze Runner – Cast Interview Cameron Ward October 6, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Features, Interview Dylan O'Brien (Teen Wolf), Will Poulter (Son of Rambo), and Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Game of Thrones) recently joined us for a roundtable interview following the imminent release of James Dashner's adapted...
Small Beginnings: Spike Jonze’s Praise You Conor Morgan September 30, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Features, Small Beginnings Small Beginnings is a new feature focusing on the early days of feature film directors, most frequently their music videos and advertisements. Many directors who got their start in these fields still return to...
Stories from the Set: Breakfast at Tiffany’s David Brake September 22, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Features, Stories from the Set Her name is Holly Golightly, and she has sunglasses, a cigarette holder, and a little black dress. That memory of Audrey Hepburn, taken from the 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's,...
Best Films Never Made #20: Chris Weitz’s The Golden Compass Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan September 20, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 1 Comment Adaptations are hard. A poisoned chalice/holy grail for filmmakers that will have passionate fans wary of you, destroying something they love more than their own mothers. For remember, the "law" states the...
12 Rounds With Annie Ellis Hugh Blackstaffe September 16, 2014 12 Rounds, Behind The Curtain, Features One Room With A View goes 12 Rounds with the unstoppable Annie Ellis. A master of horses, expert stunt driver, and qualified badass, Annie has survived everything the stunt industry can throw at her on- and...
Best Films Never Made #19: Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Abel Cain and King Shot Conor Morgan August 22, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 85 year old Chilean-French surrealist/mime/experimental playwright/author/comics writer/mystical therapist/artist/director/all-round fascinating guy Alejandro Jodorowsky recently premiered his first film in 23...
