JJ Abrams on Howard Stern

If you've seen Star Trek into Darkness, have a listen to this entertaining 35-minute interview with director JJ Abrams on the Howard Stern Show. Abrams talks Star Trek fans, William Shatner, his madly busy schedule that includes developing TV projects and the next Star Wars movie (!), his abandoned Superman script, a strange meeting with Eddie Murphy and more...

Jimmy Carter on Argo

Former US President Jimmy Carter, who served when the events that inspired Argo occurred, gives his 2 cents on the Oscar winner (note: best to see this only if you've seen the film).

More Tarantino/Django Unchained Bits

I'm probably risking Tarantino/Django Unchained fatigue on this blog after the last post, but what the heck, it's a new year, and Tarantino may not be making movies anymore very soon so let's just bask in this stuff while we can. Also, next week we're giving away tickets to see the movie, so in the spirit of generating buzz, here are some clips for your viewing pleasure:

• QT on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson - he tells us what he thinks of Prometheus and talks about kids movies.
• Interview with Jake Hamilton - if you don't have time to watch the whole thing, fast forward to around 13:57 for the best segment of the interview.
• Every Pop Culture Reference from Tarantino Movies in Chronological order - 'nuff said.

Django Unchained Reviews Are In! + Tarantino stuff

There's only one thing causing more noise in film news than The Hobbit this month and it's The New Film by Quentin Tarantino. Django Unchained, the 49-year-old director's 7th feature, has been screened for critics stateside and the reviews are now starting to pop up on the web. Anne Thompson over at Indiewire has this mostly positive round-up, although she isn't as crazy about the film as some of other critics. Also: reviews from The Guardian, Badass Digest, Slant Magazine.

Recently the Hollywood Reporter held a Director Roundtable featuring Tarantino, Ben Affleck, Tom Hooper, Ang Lee, David O. Russell and Gus Van Sant. I didn't get around to posting it last week but here are a couple of Tarantino highlights from that session:
And last but not least, the following is a great interview Tarantino did with Howard Stern. The interview is very frank, revealing (he doesn't like Owen Wilson!) and often hilarious. Listen to its 75-minute entirety here:

Martin Scorsese: Genre-Hopper

I've never really thought of Martin Scorsese as a genre-hopper before, even though it's pretty clear he's had a fairly varied career, working in different genres. Here's a neat infographic from Fast Company that visually summarises his body of work by genre and gives credence to the notion that he's often attempted other things beyond the crime/gangster movies that he's more well-known for:

Also be sure to check out the full interview with Scorsese - it's an excellent read which goes into his relationship with Hollywood and how he's manage to stay afloat in the "system" after all these years.  His new 3D kids film Hugo, out here on Jan 12, is currently garnering really good press, probably some of his best in recent years.

Interview with 5-Year Old Screenwriter of Fast & Furious 5

Another winner from The Onion:


Today Now! Interviews The 5-Year-Old Screenwriter Of "Fast Five"

Sheen It All Before

So much crazy stuff has happened in Charlie Sheen's life recently I'm not even sure where to start (try AV Club's detailed Sheen update here if you need to catch up), but any doubts that the guy has really gone off the rails is erased in this interview with ABC's Andrea Canning. His "bi-winning" quote is priceless, as is his assertion that his partying makes "Sinatra, Flynn, Jagger, Richards look like droopy armless children". But the Two and a Half Men star claims he's clean now and isn't going to relapse, though I'm more certain he's going to be joining Mel Gibson and Linsday Lohan in celeb-scandal purgatory.