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Original-Cin Q&A: Director Tim Van Patten on Michael Douglas's Turn as Ben Franklin

Original-Cin Q&A: Director Tim Van Patten on Michael Douglas's Turn as Ben Franklin

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 8, 2024Benjamin Franklin, Apple TV+ series Franklin, Franco-American alliance of 1778, Michael Douglas, Noah Jupe, First time playing a historical figure, Director Tim Van PattenComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Ripley Helmer Steven Zaillian on Why Moral Ambiguity Works in Black and White

Original-Cin Q&A: Ripley Helmer Steven Zaillian on Why Moral Ambiguity Works in Black and White

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 3, 2024Streaming series in black-and-white, Netflix's Ripley, Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 best selling novel, The Talented Mr Ripley, Writer/director Steven Zaillian, Andrew Scott, Johnny Flynn, Dakota Fanning, Maurizio LombardiComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Star Trek's Strange New Worlds' Ethan Peck on Being Spock

Original-Cin Q&A: Star Trek's Strange New Worlds' Ethan Peck on Being Spock

By John Kirk

InterviewJim SlotekApril 2, 2024Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Toronto Comicon, Ethan Peck, Lieutenant Spock, Strange New Worlds episode Charades, Rebecca Romijn, Jerry O’Connell, Star Trek: Lower Decks Comment

Original-Cin Q&A: Director Ken Loach on his Final Bow with The Old Oak

Original-Cin Q&A: Director Ken Loach on his Final Bow with The Old Oak

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 1, 2024The Old Oak, Ken Loach, David Turner, Ebla Mari, British film, Contemporary storyComment

Original-Cin Q&A: X-Men '97's Rogue/Ex-Federal MP Lenore Zann Talks Social Justice Onscreen and Off

Original-Cin Q&A: X-Men '97's Rogue/Ex-Federal MP Lenore Zann Talks Social Justice Onscreen and Off

By John Kirk

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 22, 2024Canadian actors turned politician, Lenore Zann, X-Men animated series, Continuation sequel series, X-Men '97, Days of Future Past storyline, Disney+Comment

Original-Cin Q&A: Palm Royale's Josh Lucas on Superstar Coworkers and Oscar Dreams

Original-Cin Q&A: Palm Royale's Josh Lucas on Superstar Coworkers and Oscar Dreams

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 19, 2024Palm Royale, Series, Kristen Wiig, Carol Burnett, Allison Janney, Laura Dern, Bruce Dern, Josh Lucas, Ricky Martin, 1960sComment

Original-Cin Q&A: One Life Director James Hawes on Capturing a Hero’s Essence

Original-Cin Q&A: One Life Director James Hawes on Capturing a Hero’s Essence

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 13, 2024One Life, TIFF 23, James Hawes, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, WWII, Nazis, Helena Bonham Carter, DramaComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Code 8 Part II’s Stephen and Robbie Amell on Hamilton’s Grainy Beauty

Original-Cin Q&A: Code 8 Part II’s Stephen and Robbie Amell on Hamilton’s Grainy Beauty

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekFebruary 29, 2024Code 8, Code 8 Part II, Netflix, Sci-fi, Sequel, Shot in Hamilton, Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell, SeriesComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Austin Butler, Callum Turner Bring War Heroes to Life in Masters of the Air

Original-Cin Q&A: Austin Butler, Callum Turner Bring War Heroes to Life in Masters of the Air

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 25, 2024Masters of the Air, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Raff Law, Barry Keoghan, Anthony Boyle, Josh Bolt, WWII, Drama, Series, AppleTV+Comment

Original-Cin Q&A: Freud’s Last Session Star and Director Discuss Fab Fictional Gabfest

Original-Cin Q&A: Freud’s Last Session Star and Director Discuss Fab Fictional Gabfest

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 8, 2024Freud’s Last Session, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Brown, Sigmund Freud, Matthew Goode, C.S. Lewis, adaptationComment

Star Trek: Prodigy - Cancellation Averted, With a New Season and a New Audience on Netflix

Star Trek: Prodigy - Cancellation Averted, With a New Season and a New Audience on Netflix

By John Kirk

InterviewJim SlotekDecember 26, 2023Star Trek: Prodigy, Prodigy cancellation averted, Netflix, Co-showrunners, Dan and Kevin Hageman, Brett Gray, Rylee Alazraqui, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Animated Trek seriesComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Fantasia Barrino on the Healing Properties of Playing Celie in The Color Purple

Original-Cin Q&A: Fantasia Barrino on the Healing Properties of Playing Celie in The Color Purple

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekDecember 21, 2023The Color Purple, Fantasia Barrino, Actors dealing with childhood trauma, Alice Walker, Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo, H.E.R, Novel turned movie turned play turned movie, Director Blitz Bazawule, Celie, Fantasia's childhood traumasComment

Original-Cin Q&A: The Zone of Interest's Christian Friedel on Normalized Evil, and Where He Parts Ways With Meryl Streep

Original-Cin Q&A: The Zone of Interest's Christian Friedel on Normalized Evil, and Where He Parts Ways With Meryl Streep

By Karen Gordon

InterviewJim SlotekDecember 19, 2023The Zone of Interest, German films about the Holocaust, Jonathan Glazer, Auschwitz commandant Rudolph Höss, Cannes award winners, Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, The normal lives of Nazi war criminalsComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Chicken Run 2's Hero Zachary Levi Won't Give Up Eating Chicken

Original-Cin Q&A: Chicken Run 2's Hero Zachary Levi Won't Give Up Eating Chicken

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekDecember 12, 2023Chicken Run:, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Long delayed sequels, Aardman Animations, Chickens flee for their lives, Zachary Levi, Shazam!, Mel Gibson, Thandiwe Newton, Bella Ramsey, Director Sam FellComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Reginald Hudlin - 30 Years Post Boomerang - Reuniting With Eddie Murphy on Candy Cane Lane

Original-Cin Q&A: Reginald Hudlin - 30 Years Post Boomerang - Reuniting With Eddie Murphy on Candy Cane Lane

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 27, 2023Eddie Murphy, Candy Cane Lane, Christmas movies, Reginald Hudlin, Boomerang, Tracee Ellis Ross, Nick Offerman, Director and star reunited after 30 yearsComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham on Her Apple TV+ Special & Treading the Boards with her Co-Stars

Original-Cin Q&A: Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham on Her Apple TV+ Special & Treading the Boards with her Co-Stars

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 21, 2023Hannah Waddingham, Rebecca Welton in Ted Lasso, Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas, Retro network variety specials, Phil Dunster, Jason Sudeikis, Leslie Odom Jr.Comment

Original-Cin Q&A: Director Nick Broomfield on Capturing History Through Rock Docs

By Liz Braun

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 16, 2023The Stones and Brian Jones, Nick Broomfield, Documentary, Q&AComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Director of the Doc Cynara Talks Rush-to-Judgment in the Trial of a Dead Teen's Mom

Original-Cin Q&A: Director of the Doc Cynara Talks Rush-to-Judgment in the Trial of a Dead Teen's Mom

By Thom Ernst

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 12, 2023Child death charges, Documentaries about the possibly wrongly accused, Cynara, Sherien Barsoum, Investigative journalism, Toronto Star, Jim Rankin, Lawyer James LockyerComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Creators of For All Mankind Talk Season Four, and Greed Taking Over After Mars

Original-Cin Q&A: Creators of For All Mankind Talk Season Four, and Greed Taking Over After Mars

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 6, 2023For All Mankind, Alternate timeline drama, The Space Race, Creators Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, Mars colonization, Greed in spaceComment

Original-Cin interview: Canadian Bugs Bunny Eric Bauza Lures Us to Cali (Via a Left Turn at Albuquerque)

Original-Cin interview: Canadian Bugs Bunny Eric Bauza Lures Us to Cali (Via a Left Turn at Albuquerque)

By John Kirk

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 2, 2023Canadian voice actors, Looney Toons characters, Bugs Bunny, Eric Bauza, Space Jam: A New Legacy, California tourism project, Keeping Up with the Canadians, Canadians in HollywoodComment