Billy Crystal, Bette Midler and Marisa Tomei sit down to discuss ‘Parental Guidance’ – by Ian McFarland

Christmastime can't be all Hobbits and 007s. It's inevitable that some vanilla Family feel-goodery is going to sneak in somehow, and this year that film is Parental Guidance, starring Billy Crystal and Bette Midler as a pair of grandparents who are in for a rude awakening when they agree to watch their daughter (Marisa Tomei)'s...

Interview with Silver Linings Playbook’s Author, Matthew Quick

Lost in Reviews got a chance to sit down with Matthew Quick, the author of the novel that Silver Linings Playbook is based on.  It is always intriguing to talk to authors, to hear about the process of the book being made into a movie, and their opinions on how the film turned out.  Matthew...

Interview with Kellan Lutz for ‘Breaking Dawn – Part 2’

Last year, Lost in Reviews was invited to cover the The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 fan event in Dallas, Texas.  We met and interviewed Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Charlie Bewley, and Ashley Greene.  This year there was no fan event for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, but Dallas did get...

Interview with David France for ‘How to Survive a Plague’

We were able to sit down with director and journalist David France last week to discuss his new documentary, How to Survive a Plague.  The film deals with the HIV/AIDS epidemic that started in the 1980s and the activism group, Act Up, that was instrumental in changing how the US dealt with the epidemic. By...

Interview with Writer/Director Stephen Chbosky for ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’

In all of the interviews I have ever done for Lost in Reviews, I have never been a part of  a round table interview that lasted forty minutes.  This is exactly what happened when I and other journalists interviewed Stephen Chbosky, the author, screenwriter, and director of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.  Stephen is extremely passionate...

Interview with Michael Peña and Natalie Martinez for ‘End of Watch’

Michael Peña and Natalie Martinez were in Dallas to promote David Ayer's End of Watch.  Michael and Natalie play husband and wife in the film, and Michael plays the cop partner to Jake Gyllenhaal.  The format for the interview was a small press conference setup.  We were able to ask a couple of questions as...

Interview with ‘Arbitrage’ Director Nicholas Jarecki- by Ian McFarland

Something very strange is happening this Friday - a Hollywood studio is releasing a mid-budget character-based thriller not aimed squarely at the teenage market.  That movie is Arbitrage, and despite its low marketing profile, it's not a movie worth missing.  Built around a performance from Richard Gere that will surely build award season buzz, Arbitrage sets...

Interview with ‘Lawless’ Author Matt Bondurant

Lawless is in the running to be my favorite film of the year, so I was very excited to sit down with Matt Bondurant.  Matt's book The Wettest County in the World is the novel Lawless is based on.  The novel itself is fiction but is based on the events of Matt's grandfather and two...

Interviews with Cast & Director of ‘For a Good Time, Call . . .’

Lost in Reviews had the pleasure of sitting down with actresses Ari Graynor and Lauren Miller and director Jamie Travis in support of their new comedy, For a Good Time, Call . . . .  If you haven't heard, it is a cute little comedy about frenemies turned best friends that start up their own...