This was part of a broader spread of features to mark the release of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness. It also marks another entry in my Expanded Universe series about tie-in and spin-off novels and novelisations. I had to deal with Trek a bit differently to the previous instalments, since I couldn’t possibly have… Continue reading Star Trek
Timed for a Blu-ray re-release, this interview with John C. McGinley focuses specifically on one of his earliest roles, in Oliver Stone’s Platoon. It was originally published on the Empire website, and later formed part of a feature on Oliver Stone. —– Now perhaps best known as the ferocious Dr Percival Ulysses Cox on Scrubs,… Continue reading John C. McGinley
This interview with the thoroughly excellent Peter Stormare is intended as the inaugural entry in an occasional series called Rogues Gallery, where I’ll get actors particularly associated with playing villains to talk me through some of their most memorable characters. It was timed for the DVD release of The Last Stand, and works chronologically backwards… Continue reading Peter Stormare
In late 2011 Empire ran an anniversary feature for The Wicker Man: the director Robin Hardy wrote it for us, which was a bit of a coup. Big features always need sidebars – the smaller pieces that run in the margins – so I thought it would be cool to talk to Candidate, the British… Continue reading Candidate
