Andrew Garfield on his ‘Never Let Me Go’ Character

Andrew Garfield talks about the repression and anxiety his character ‘Tommy’ faces in the film, Never Let Me Go.

Movie Review: Let Me In

Let Me In

Director: Matt Reeves

Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Richard Jenkins

The Story: Owen, a lonely, awkward 12-year old boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee), who is on the radar of the school bullies, meets Abby (Chloë Grace Moretz), the new girl who moves into the apartment next door. Even though she immediately tells him, “I can’t be your friend,” the two quickly form a bond.  While Owen’s days are a nightmare, his nights spent with Abby are a blessing… even though he is soon to find she’s a vampire.

Meanwhile, a murder has caught the attention of a police officer (Elias Koteas). He begins to suspect a satanic cult may be the culprits when in actuality, its Abby’s “father” (Richard Jenkins) trying to fresh blood to feed her.

The Actors: Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass) are both wonderful. Their scenes together are touching, real and the heart of the film. These are two kids who have found what they are missing in each other.

And excellent as always, Richard Jenkins somehow makes us feel sympathetic for him despite the horrible violence commits.

Final Thoughts:  Even thought its billed as a horror movie, I’d classify it more as a drama with horror elements. Owen finds out that Abby is a vampire he doesn’t care. She’s more human to him that the bullies who torture him at school.

The only thing I didn’t like about the film was the special effects. The CGI was just bad.

That being said, this is a great film.

Movie Review: The Social Network

The Social Network

Director: David Fincher

Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield

Writer: Aaron Sorkin

The opening scene of The Social Network starts off mid-conversation with Erica (Rooney Mara) trying to dig into the brain of Mark Zuckerberk (Eisenberg).

As you can probably guess, it doesn’t go well.

From the moment the actors open their mouths, you can tell that this is a script from Aaron Sorkin. The quick pace, the back and forth banter he is known for is only one part of the fabulous components that make up the film.

The brisk direction by David Fincher and the acting are all Oscar worthy. I’m serious. This film does not let you down. It’s throughly engrossing from beginning again.

The Actors: There’s not one sour performance in the bunch.

Eisenberg may just win an oscar for his portrayal of the Facebook founder. As Erica tells him, “You’re not an asshole, Mark. But you’re trying really hard to be one.” And that describes his portrayal perfectly. At once, he’s both admired and hated so you never really know if truly is an a-hole or not.

With Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake and Armie Hammer, we’re witnessing a cast that is connecting on all cylinders.

I know… Justin Timberlake? The guy is talented. He oozes scumbag in the film.

And finally, Armie Hammer. Where did this guy come from? He plays both Winklevoss twins – Both of them. To be completely honest, I seriously thought Fincher found a pair of twins to play the parts. Only when I got home to see who this guy was, that’s when I was really blown away.  Never once did I think it was one person playing both roles.

Simply put, The Social Network is fantastic.

Alison Brie: Two shows, two totally different characters

How many actors do you know who are appearing in two hit TV shows at once? The only name that comes to me is Alison Brie. She’s currently on both Community and Mad Men… and she’s playing two totally different characters!

She recently talked with Vulture about both shows, how she started acting and more.

Did you start out as a comedienne?
Not originally. In my personal life, I’m hilaaaarious! I was always a bit of a jokester. My sister and I would put on these little SNL-esque sketches at family barbecues, which were actually a little dirty — though we were only about 8 and 10, so our idea of dirty humor was, like, hot dogs as wieners. Our parents got a great kick out of them. But I was gearing toward dramatic work, in high school and at Cal Arts. I thought I probably had a more dramatic look, I’m not sure why — maybe it came from teachers. But the first TV show I ever booked was a guest spot on Hannah Montana. And then I booked Mad Men pretty quickly, so I thought, Well, here’s the drama. But even there, Trudy is more comic relief. It’s nice to think that I can do both.

Both Annie and Trudy are such fully formed characters, and both clothing and voice seem to figure heavily into that. Is that true for you?
I think you’re totally right. For Trudy, she’s obviously very fashionable and it puts into perspective how she spends her days, and for Annie, watching how her clothing evolved over the season was a big part for me to see how she was maturing, discovering herself as a woman, maturing sexually, discovering boys. The shirts got a little more low cut, the sweaters are a little tighter. But it’s as much an outside-in process as an inside-out process. With Trudy, especially with the period undergarments alone, you hold yourself differently, and with Annie it was a lot of thinking about her self-consciousness, how she’s not a person used to being looked at.

Knowing you’re no Wasp, your Wasp affect on Mad Men is particularly fabulous.
Honestly it just came sort of naturally with the way the character was written; I didn’t totally realize I was doing it until Vincent Kartheiser started making fun of me. He does this impression of me, “Ooooh, you’re Truuudie Campbell!” And I’m like, I do a voice? Both characters are a bit affected …

It seems like you guys hang out a lot as a cast. Who are you close with?
Danny [Pudi] is probably my closest buddy on set. We are trailer neighbors; our trailers conjoin at the bathroom wall. So we tend to check in every morning, and we both live in Pasadena. We have conversations through the wall when we’re both in the bathroom. That’s as close as you can get with someone, maybe?

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Rob Corddry: “I’m like a Roman Caeser”

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I got a chance to talk to Rob Corddry at Comic-Con this year at a roundtable interview and while it was  brief (I think it lasted like 4 minutes!),  it was still very cool to talk to him.

I love his show Children’s Hospital on Adult Swim. He plays ‘Dr. Blake Downs’, the clown doctor who believes in the ‘healing power of laughter’ as opposed to medicine. And if you’ve seen the show, you know that belief always leads to pretty disastrous but funny results.

Rob spoke about the show, being the guy in charge and not kissing Megan Mullally.

For the full interview, click onto the audio link above or download from iTunes.

What’s it like being in charge, does it feel good?

Rob: It’s so good. So good. I just say ‘no’ arbitrarily. I’m like a roman Caesar. “Yes, No, give me some ham.” It’s fantastic.

With the kids in the background, have you guys got any bets on set who can be the worst in front of the kids? To see what they can get away with before the parent steps in?

Rob: No, oh my God no. Oh my God no. Most of the time, I talk a truck driver and I’ve got two young children of my own and I can’t believe they haven’t sworn yet. But no, God, we would feel terrible.

One day this girl was just talking about her dad and how kind of horrible he was like, ‘yeah my dad makes us do this.’ Painting the picture of like this awful father. Any parent that lets their children do something like that is just a bad parent. There’s no argument against that- that kids should be in any way affiliated with this business, especially the show.

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